Child Welfare, social justice, Anti-Opression
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The termination of parental rights of parents with mental disabilities is a growing and crucial issue. In 2010, an estimated 45.9 million adults in the U.S. had experienced a mental illness in the past year. This represents 20% of the... more
Delving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers with the first... more
The precursors to and process of termination of parental rights (TPR) proceedings in parents with mental disabilities require examination because previous scholars have not approached this matter with the correct framework. The effects of... more
Parenting capacity assessments are a common tool used by child intervention programs. Their goal is to determine whether a parent is good enough to raise their own children, if intervention is needed to support parents to achieve that, or... more
This study documents the child welfare experiences of youth who are LGBTQ and their perspectives on how these experiences influenced their housing instability and homelessness. Youth detailed incidents of gender segregation,... more
This is a set of overheads for a presentation at the Canadian Provincial Court Judges Education Association in Charlottetown, PEI, September 27, 2017
Despite claims that child protective services are not designated as housing agencies, many child welfare-involved families face housing challenges that may be considered a risk to the health and safety of children. This article is based... more
On behalf of the Los Angeles Civil Grand Jury (CGI), KH Consulting Group (KH) set up a Steering Committee composed of representative from the: - County of Los Angeles, Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) - County of Los... more
Parenting Capacity Assessments (PCA) are used by child protection workers to assist in determining the ability of a parent to care for their children. They may be used at various stages of the case management process but these assessments... more
Building upon this author’s previous work applying the new theoretical framework of Family Systems Theory to termination of parental rights (TPR) cases in parents with mental challenges, New Jersey statutes and case law bear close... more
Abstract: This is the first IARA summary paper on family financial hardship and child welfare. It contains short descriptions of six studies in five U.S. States conducted by the authors. These were multi-year, multi-method evaluations... more
Child abuse and neglect are complex issues because many variations may or may not constitute the acts. There are numerous types of abuse and neglect, along with several indicators for each type. In addition, there are newly investigated... more
/RESUME The child welfare system in Manitoba has moved in recent years from the large scale export of Aboriginal children to parallel Indian and non-Indian systems. Métis children, some 27% of the total, have been included in the... more
I enter the discussion on madness and psychiatrization through breathing the air and walking the halls of ‘benevolent’ institutions, such as child protection and psychiatry, institutions that produce "mental illness" through the... more
U okviru ovog rada istražena je posredovana online komunikacija članica Javnog radio-televizijskog sistema u Bosni i Hercegovini (JSBiH) da bi se ustanovilo kako se mediji koji pripadaju tom sustavu koriste internetskim portalima za... more