THERE ARE NO WIZARDS: THE CHILD WELFARE CONUNDRUM
Published: June 2010
James R. Wilkes
Child Psychiatrist
Chair, Children in Limbo Task Force
Summary: The Limbo Task Force of the Sparrow Lake Alliance has two previous publications:
Children in Limbo, 1996, and Permanency Planning in the Child Welfare System, 2002.
The Task Force has continued to meet and discuss matters of continuity of care in the child welfare system and how best to provide children and youth with a sense of permanence.
Contents:
Select a specific section or read the full publication here: There Are No Wizards: The child Welfare Conundrum.
- Introduction: There Are No Wizards: The Child Welfare Conundrum 2
James R. Wilkes - Summary of Children’s Needs 5
Janet Morrison - Life Narrative and Voice Are Children’s Rights 7
Birgitte Granofsky - Tell Me My Story 13
Mary Rella - Child Protection Court Proceedings 26
Kristina Reitmeier - Adoption and Contact with Birth Family: Can a Child Have It All? 41
Elizabeth Keshen - The Foster Parent Role in Supporting an Aboriginal Child’s Permanency Plan 48
Landy AndersonTo - Visit or Not to Visit: Issues Regarding Access Visits for Children in Care 60
Gail Aitken, Sarah Burgess, Janet Morrison - Therapeutic Access 73
Mary Rella - Therapy for Children in the Child Welfare System 90
James R. Wilkes - Where’s My Place?: Helping Children in Out-of-home Care 96
with Separation, Identity, and Self-esteem
Sally Palmer - Parenting By Committee 110
Jean Skelton - Kinship: Successes and Challenges 122
Lin Brough, Andrea Smart - It’s About Time: Rethinking Our System of Care for Youth 139
Virginia Rowden
PERMANENCY PLANNING IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM
Published: January 2002
Summary: “This book is intended to promote optimal care and management of children in the child welfare system. It is directed primarily at the front-line and supervisory staff of Child Protective Services (CPS). It could also serve as a resource for lawyers, judges, social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, teacher, child and youth workers, and other professionals who work with children in the child welfare system.”
– Excerpt from Introduction
Contents:
Select a specific section or read the full publication here: Permanency Planning in the Child Welfare System
I. Overview
- Introduction 4
James R. Wilkes - Planning Flow Chart 7
James R. Wilkes - Glossary 8
James R. Wilkes - Factor Affecting Planning 10
James R. Wilkes - Extending Option in Permanency Planning 15
Gail AitkenII. Removing a Child from Home - When Should Children Be Taken Into Care? 27
Paul D. Steinhauer - Use or Risk Assessment Tools 33
Harriet MacMillan, Paul D. Steinhauer, Deborha Chappel - Truth or Consequences 40
Jame R. Wilkes, Cheryl MilneIII. Use of Access - Introduction 56
- The Role of Access in Permanency Planning 59
Margaret Osmond, Nitza Perlman, Nancy Dale, Sally PalmerIV. Adoption - Adoption and the Issue of Access or Contact 90
James R. Wilkes - Adoption with Access 93
Paul D. Steinhauer - Using Mediation as an Effective Technique to Achieve
Success in Open Adoptions 101
Marvin M. Bernstein - Access and the Changing Face of Adoption 124
Nancy DaleV. Placement Out of the Family Home - Introduction 132
- Foster Care 133
James R. Wilkes, Sally Palmer - Staff-Operated Settings 138
Margaret Osmond, Sally Palmer, James R. Wilkes - The Recognition, Prevention and Management of Attachment
Disorders within the Child Welfare System 145
Paul D. Steinhauer, Margaret Osmond, Sally Palmer,
Harriet McMillan, Nitza PerlmanVI. Youth Transitions to Independence - Youth Transition to Independence 174
Cheryl MilneVII. Membership: Children in Limbo Task Force
REPORT OF THE CHILDREN IN LIMBO TASK FORCE
Published: April 1996
Summary: In Canada, the state assumed a major responsibility for the well-being of children. The state intervenes on behalf of children, using different mechanisms. One of these mechanisms is the child welfare system.
The purpose of this document is to identify some of the difficulties that destabilize the lives and undermine the development and continuity of important relationships for children in the child welfare and/or custody an access disputes. This is important to protect children’s development, mental health, competence and potential for take their place as successful and contributing members of society.
Contents:
Select a specific section or read the full publication here: Report of the Childten in Limbo Task Force – April 1996.
