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Promoting family wellness and preventing child maltreatment : fundamentals for thinking and action

Title
Promoting family wellness and preventing child maltreatment : fundamentals for thinking and action / edited by Isaac Prilleltensky, Geoffrey Nelson, and Leslea Peirson.
Publication
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Prilleltensky, Isaac, 1959-
  • Nelson, Geoffrey B. (Geoffrey Brian)
  • Peirson, Leslea.
Description
xvi, 540 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Based on extensive research over many years, with a broad range of participants in Canada and internationally, this collection of essays is an important contribution to the child welfare agenda. It deals with the promotion of emotional well-being in families, and the prevention of child maltreatment. Values, policies and resources are examined as both facilitators of, and barriers to, effective action. The authors interviewed nearly 150 people, including researchers, policy makers, social workers and clients of the child welfare system. Both theoretical and practical issues emerge, as the authors discuss the social context of abuse and the scientific context wherein policy is made. They conclude that the following social conditions are essential in effectively reducing abuse: upheld values of self-determination and the health of children; sufficient material and psychological resources for children and families; family-friendly parental leave and child support policies, and empirically grounded and tested prevention programs. Contained within the work is extensive examination of current issues in Aboriginal child welfare. The authors advocate certain collective approaches to child-raising, inspired by current and historical Aboriginal practices. Promoting Family Wellness is of relevance to all those involved in child welfare, and to researchers and students too. It is readable and clear enough to be of interest to the general reader who is interested in this intellectually complex and emotionally fraught topic.mbolism.
Subject
  • Child welfare > Canada
  • Child abuse > Canada > Prevention
  • Social work with children > Canada
  • Family social work > Canada
  • Child abuse > Prevention
  • Child welfare
  • Family social work
  • Social work with children
  • Kindermishandeling
  • Preventie
  • Maatschappelijk werk
  • Gezinsbegeleiding
  • Canada
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-529) and index.
Contents
Mapping the terrain: framework for promoting family wellness and preventing child maltreatment / Isaac Prilleltensky [and others] -- Context contributing factors and consequences / Leslea Peirson [and others] -- Vision and values for child and family wellness / Isaac Prilleltensky [and others] -- Social policies for promoting the well being of Canadian children and families / Ray de V. Peters [and others] -- A review and analysis of programs to promote family wellness and prevent the maltreatment of preschool and elementary-school-aged children / Geoffrey Nelson [and others] -- Programming for distressed and disadvantaged adolescents / Gary Cameron [and others] -- Program implementation and diffusion / Gary Cameron [and others] -- Circle of haling family wellness in aboriginal communities / Ed Connors and Frank Maidman -- Beyond the boundaries: themes for thinking and action in the promotion of family wellness and the prevention of child maltreatment / Geoffrey Nelson [and others].
ISBN
  • 0802048617
  • 9780802048615
  • 0802083838
  • 9780802083838
LCCN
2002392173
OCLC
  • ocm46857981
  • 46857981
  • SCSB-1240709
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library