Appendix C: Discussion with On-Reserve Child Welfare Directors
Appendix D; Discussion with Off-Reserve Child Welfare Managers
Appendix E: Analysis of Discussion with Directors and Managers
Discussions with Child Welfare Agencies on Reserve Communities in New Brunswick: An Effort to Better Understand the Needs of Aboriginal Children in Care
Let's Get It Right: A Literature Review of Cultural Considerations, Tools and Programs for Aboriginal Children in Care
Towards a Better Understanding of the Needs of Aboriginal Children in Care: An Analysis of Discussions with Directors and Managers Working in Child Welfare Agencies Located On- and Off-Reserve
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marilyn Dupré
Patsy McKinney
Elizabeth Blaney
Anne Caverhill
Verlé Harrop
Description
Overview of project's three overarching goals: research and create culturally appropriate support materials; identify community-based supports and establish processes for accessing them; and determine community-driven, culturally appropriate advocacy for children and families.
Appendix A: Literature ReviewAppendix B: Podcast
Recommendations fall within nine areas identified in original report: co-operation between Manitoba Family Services and First Nations and Metis Child and Family Services authorities, devolution, funding, education and training of child welfare workers, supporting the transition to adulthood, children’s advocate, prevention based on children’s rights, building community capacity, and early childhood intervention.
Journal of Teaching in Social Work, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 215-226
Description
As a result of the Gove Report in 1995 changes to the BSW degree where made to include child welfare specialization. Looks at the post-BSW child welfare certificate (CWC) developed for Aboriginal social workers who did not take the specialization component in the BSW degree.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. [53]-61
Description
Discusses the impact of residential schools and the forced removal of children for the purposes of foster care or adoption. Argues that current practices and training must take into account the damage inflicted by the drive for assimilation and incorporate the Aboriginal worldview when dealing with clients.
Contains links to educational modules on six topics: Indigenous worldviews, Indigenous ways of knowing, stereotypes, history of Indigenous education, reconciliation, and treaties. Intended for a post-secondary audience.