Walking this path together : anti-racist and anti-oppressive child welfare practice

Strega, Susan. (Added Author). Carriere, Jeannine. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781552662922 :
Physical Description: print
294 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Black Point, N.S. : Fernwood Pub., c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Children in the center: Indigenous perspectives on anti-oppresive child welfare practice -- Meeting here and now: Reflections on racial and cultural difference in social work encounters -- Race matters: Social justice not assimilation or cultural competence -- Widening the circle: Countering institutional racism in child welfare -- The practice of child welfare in indigenous communities: A perspective for the non-indigenous social worker -- Metis experiences of social work practice -- What parents say: Service users' theory -- Anit-oppressive approaches to assessment, risk assessment and file recording -- Supporting youth in care through anti-oppressive practice -- Reconstructing neglect and emotional maltreatment -- Oppressing mothers: Protection practices in situations of child sexual abuse -- Taking resistance seriously: A response-based approach to social work in cases of violence against ingidgenous women -- Healing versus treatment: Substance misuse, child welfare and indigenous families -- Engaging fathers in child welfare practice -- Considerations for cultural planning and indigenous adoptions -- Practising from the heart -- Appendix 4.1: Questionnaire for achievement of FGC objectives -- Appendix 4.2: Scoring the questionnaire -- Appendix 6.1: Seven steps to removing aboriginal children -- Appendix 16.1: Whole person assessment -- Appendix 16.2: Support network.