Social Services
NEW! Review and Model Development Specialized Residential Services; by Michelle Shears for Lakeland Centre for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Bottling It Up The Effects Of Alcohol Misuse On Children, Parents And Families; by The National Documentation Centre on Drug Use, Ireland, 2006Child Risk and Parental Resistance: Can Motivational Interviewing Improve the Practice of Child and Family Social Workers in Working with Parental Alcohol Misuse?; by Donald Forrester1, Jim McCambridge, Stephen Rollnick, John Strang and Clara Waissbein; January 2006Safeguarding Children of Parents with Substance Misuse Problems and Other Vulnerabilities: A Strengthening Complex Families Approach; by Essex Hidden Harm Steering Group; Drug & Alcohol Partnership; 2010Annex to the above report - Safeguarding Children etc.
“Looking Beyond Risk” Parental Substance Misuse: Scoping Study; by Lorna Templeton, Sarah Zohhadi, Sarah Galvani and Richard Velleman; for for the Scottish Executive; 2006Family Matters: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders And The Family; by Heather Carmichael Olson, Rosalind Oti, Julie Gelo and Sharon Beck; Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews Vol 15, 2009A Study Of The Pre-Adoption Functioning And Post-Adoption Adjustment Of Children Who Have Been Prenatally Exposed To Alcohol, Tobacco And/Or Other Drugs; a thesis by Geraldine Delong Goldman; The Florida State University; 2007Characteristics and Needs of People With Intellectual Disability Who Have Higher IQs; by Martha E. Snell and Ruth Luckasson, With Sharon Borthwick-Duffy, Val Bradley, Wil H. E. Buntinx, David L. Coulter, Ellis (Pat) M. Craig, Sharon C. Gomez, Yves Lachapelle, Alya Reeve, Robert L. Schalock, Karrie A. Shogren, Scott Spreat, Marc J. Tasse, James R. Thompson, Miguel A. Verdugo, Michael L. Wehmeyer, and Mark H. Yeager; Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities, Vol 47, No 3, June 2009The Intellectual Disability Construct and Its Relation to Human Functioning; by Michael L. Wehmeyer, Wil H. E. Buntinx, Yves Lachapelle, Ruth A. Luckasson, Robert L. Schalock, and Miguel A. Verdugo, with Sharon Borthwick-Duffy, Valerie Bradley, Ellis M. Craig, David L. Coulter, Sharon C. Gomez, Alya Reeve, Karrie A. Shogren, Martha E. Snell, Scott Spreat, Marc J. Tasse´, James R. Thompson, and Mark H. Yeager; Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Vol 46, No 4, August 2008Substance Using Women with FASD and FASD Prevention - A Literature Review on Promising Approaches in Substance Use Treatment and Care for Women with FASD; by Karen Gelb and Deborah Rutman; University of Victoria; January 2011Assessing the Consequences For Children and Families When a Parent Has A Problem With Substance Use and Abuse: Considerations For Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals; by Dennis Kimberley; Forum on Public Policy, A Journal of the Oxford Round Table ; Vol 2010 No.1; Spring 2010Redefining Parenting: The Process Of Raising Adopted Children With Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE); a thesis by Kathryn Burgan; University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon; July, 1999Bound by the Clock: The Voices of Manitoba Youth with FASD Leaving Care; by Don Fuchs, Linda Burnside, Amy Reinink, Shelagh Marchenski, November, 201Keeping The Promise: The Critical Need for Post-Adoption Services to Enable Children and Families to Succeed - Policy & Practice Perspective; Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute; October 2010A Study Of The Pre-Adoption Functioning And Post-Adoption Adjustment Of Children Who Have Been Prenatally Exposed To Alcohol, Tobacco And/Or Other Drugs; a dissertation by Geraldine DeLong Goldman; Florida State University College Of Social Work; 2007Illicit Drug And Alcohol Use During Pregnancy As A Child Protection Issue - Multi-disciplinary views; a thesis by Liam Curran; University Of Dublin, Trinity College; 2008Towards a Provincial Strategy: Advancing Effective Respite Services in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD); by FASD ONE - FASD Ontario Network of Expertice; 2010Towards a Provincial Strategy: Advancing Effective Service Provider Practices in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD); by FASD ONE - FASD Ontario Network of Expertice; 2010Burden Experienced by Caregivers of Youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Study; by Roxanne Pereira; a thesis; University of Calgary, Alberta; 2010Consultation on the Voice of the Child at the 5th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights; submitted by Joanne J. Paetsch, Lorne D. Bertrand, Jan Walker, Leslie D. MacRae, and Nicholas Bala; National Judicial Institute and Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family - for Justice Canada; 2009A Study of Youth Re-offending in Calgary; Submitted by Leslie D. MacRae, Lorne D. Bertrand, Joanne J. Paetsch, Joseph P. Hornick and Berenice DeGusti, Canadian Research institute for Law and the Family to the Alberta Law Foundation; 2009Best Practices for Chronic/Persistent Youth Offenders; by Berenice DeGusti, Leslie MacRae, Michel Vallée, Tullio Caputo and Joseph P. Hornick, Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family and Centre for Initiatives on Children, Youth and the Community - For the Alberta Law Foundation; 2009The Social Inclusion Project for At Risk Children and Families: Final Report; submitted to The Social Development Partnerships Program, Social Development Canada by Human Early Learning Partnership; 2009Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain Development; Child Welfare Information Gateway; 2009Key Worker and Parent Support Program - Final Formative Evaluation Report for Ministry of Children and Family Development MCFD; prepared by Sharon Hume and Associates; 2009Service Needs of Families with Children Seen Through FASD Specialty Clinics in Aberta; Final Report; prepared by Susan Huculak and John D. McLennan for Alberta Centre for Child, Family & Community Research University of Calagary; 2009Listen, Do You Hear Me? : Homeless Girls’ Experiences With Child Protection Services in a British Columbian Semi-Rural Community; a thesis by Irene DeLeenheer; University of British Columbia, 2005Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposures in Adoption; by Julian K. Davies and Julia M. Bledsoe; Pediatric Clinics of North America, Vol 52, 2005"Where's Mom?" : The Meanings Of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; by Tracy Anne Northey; a thesis; University of British Columbia; 2000 Fetal alcohol syndrome Is A Feminist Issue : A Framework For Services As Articulated By And For Women Who Have Given Birth To Alcohol Affected Babies; by Tracy Anne Northey; a thesis; University of British Columbia; 2003What Research Tells Us About the Intersecting Streams of Homelessness and Foster Care; by Cheryl Zlotnick; American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 79, No. 3, 2009Also found under - Homelessness
A Handbook for Health and Social Service Professionals Responding to Abuse During Pregnancy. Health Canada (1999)Improving Family Foster Care: Findings From The Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study; Casey Family Programs; 2005Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Standards: Supporting Children in the Care of Children’s Services; by Dorothy Badry; First Peoples Child & Family Review; Vol 4 No 1, 2009Parenting, Parental Mental Health,and Child Functioning in Families Residing in Supportive Housing; by Abigail H. Gewirtz, David S. DeGarmo, Elizabeth J. Plowman, and George Realmuto; American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 79 No. 3, 2009Supports to families of Children with Disabilities: Systematic Review: State of the Evidence; by Dick Sobsey & Peter Calder; Alberta Centre for Child, Family & Community Research / University of Lethbridge; 2006NOTE: This links to a word document that will open on your computer
Early Life Factors Influencing Neurodevelopment And The Study Of The Interrelations Between Different Behavioral Areas; by Jordi Julvez Calvo; Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain; 2007Also Found under - International
Evaluation of "Option 2" - Final Report; prepared for Welsh Assembly Government; 2008 (“Option 2” is a service funded by the Welsh Assembly that works with families in which parents have drug or alcohol problems and there are children at risk of harm. A particular focus of the service is reducing the need for children to come into public care.)Addressing The Needs Of Children Of Substance Using Parents: An Evaluation Of Families First’s Intensive Intervention - Final Report; by Kerry Woolfall, Harry Sumnall & Jim McVeigh; Prepared for the Department of Health; November 2008Protecting Children in Families Affected by Substance use Disorders; by US Department of Health and Human Services; 2009Doing It Together Strengthens Families And Helps Prevent Substance Use; Drug and Alcohol Findings; issue 10, 2004Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare – Voices from the Prairies; by Brown, I., Chaze. F., Fuchs, D., Lafrance, J., McKay, S., & Thomas Prokop, S.; Prairie Child Welfare Consortium, Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare; (2007)Behavior Problems In Children Adopted From Socially-Emotionally Depriving Orphanages; by Emily C. Merz; University of Pittsburgh; 2008Redefining Parenting: The Process of Raising Adopted Children with Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE); Thesis by Kathryn Burgan, University of Saskatchewan; 1999NOTE: This file takes a long time to load
Searching for, Finding and Experiencing Friendship, a Qualitative Study of Friendship Experiences of Seven Young Adults with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome of Fetal Alcohol Effects; Thesis by Brenda Copeland, University of Victoria, 2001Practice Paper - Parental Substance Misuse and Child Protection: Intervention Strategies; Queensland Government Department of Child Safety; August 2007Living on Welfare in B.C.; Experiences of Longer-Term "Expected to Work" Recipients; An Economic Security Report; by Seth Klein and Jane Pulkingham; Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; 2008Children with FASD Involved with the Manitoba Child Welfare System; by Don Fuchs, Linda Burnside, Shelagh Marchenski and Andria Mudry; Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare; 2007Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Knowledge and Attitudes of Health Professionals about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Results of a National Survey; Public Health Agency of CanadaForward, Together: Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) In Atlantic Canada; Public Health Agency of Canada Atlantic Region and Health Canada - First Nations and Inuit Health Atlantic Region; 2008Why is it so tough to get ahead? How our tangled social programs pathologize the transition to self-reliance; by John Stapleton; Metcalf Foundation, November 2007Also appears under - Policy and Position Statements
The Experiences of Mothers Who Raise Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Collective Case Study; by Theresa J. Campbell: thesis, Stellenbosch University, South Africa; 2005Also appears under - International
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Survey - 2003 Post Media Campaign Analysis; Clay County Minnesota; North Dakota State UniversityWhen Youth Age Out of Care - A Report on Baseline Findings; by Deborah Rutman, Carol Hubberstey, April Barlow and Erinn Brown; School of Social Work; University of Victoria, August 2005Children with FASD Involved with the Manitoba Child Welfare System; by Don Fuchs, Linda Burnside, Shelagh Marchenski, Andria Mudry; 2007Ministry of Children and Family Development - Key Worker and Parent to Parent Support Program - Time 1 Formative Evaluation Report; by Sharon Hume & Associates; 2007Health and Well-Being of Children in Care in British Columbia: Educational Experience and Outcomes; Representative for Children and Youth and Office of the Provincial Health Officer, B.C.; 2007Also found under Education
Alcohol and It's Social Consequences:The Forgotten Dimension; by Harald Klingemann. World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe (2001). Also appears under - International
The Impact of KidsFirst Saskatoon Home Visiting Program in Families' Lives; by Nadia Stadnyk, Nazeem Muhajarine and Tammy J. Butler; Community-University Institute for Social Research; 2005Early Child Development in Social Context: A Chartbook; Child Trends and Center for Child Health Research, 2004Withstanding the Test of Time: What We Know About Treatment Foster Care: A Monograph on Treatment Foster Care; by Robert C. Twigg; Foster-based Treatment Association; 2006 Ethical, Legal and Social Issues: Our Children's Future; by Steven G. Gilbert; Neurotoxicology Vol 26; 2005 Fighting Against All Odds: Children Living in Urban Poverty in the United States; by Meghan McGoldrick, Thesis, Lynch School of Education; 2003Ideologies of Class, Motherhood and Work: The Subject of the Working Mother Viewed Through the Lens of Welfare Reform; Working paper # 38; by Anna C. Korteweg; Center for Working Families, University of California, Berkeley; 2002Challenges Experienced by Intercountry Adopted Children: A Survey of the Issues; by L.M. Edelsward; Intercountry Adoption Services, Social Development Canada; 2005Social Work Education for the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders; Social Work Curriculum on Alcohol Use Disorders; NIAAA; 2005 NOTE: This page will take you to a table of contents containing various course modules - Handouts, Pdf's and Slides
Introduction To Working With Children Of Parents With Substance Use Disorders; Course Module; Shelly A. Wiechelt; National Association for Children of Alcoholics, 2005Also Found under Children of Alcoholics
Core Competencies for Social Workers in Addressing the Needs of Children of Alcohol and Drug Dependent Parents; National Association for Children of Alcoholics; 2005Raising Awareness Of Primary And Secondary Disabilities Resulting From Prenatal Alcohol Use; by Dr Elizabeth Tindle; (published as Tindle, E. (2002) Raising a FAS/FAE Child: Helping Carers Cope - Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling)Study of Fathers’ Involvement in Permanency Planning and Child Welfare Casework; by Freya Sonenstein, Karin Malm, and Amy Billing; The Urban Institute; 2002Father Involvement in Child Welfare:. Estrangement and Reconciliation; Best Practice, Next Practice: Family-Centered Child Welfare, Summer 2002Determinants of Children with Disabilities (Including FASD) Coming into Care of Mandated Child Welfare Agencies (Interim Report); University of Manitoba; 2005Informal Caregivers in Canada: A Snapshot; by Janet E. Fast, Norah C. Keating; Research on Aging, Policies and Practice (RAPP), Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta; 2001NOTE: While this article is about caring for the elderly, much of the discussion about consequences of care giving contains important points relevant to parents caring for adult children with FASD
Social determinants of health: The solid facts - 2nd edition; edited by Richard Wilkinson and Michael Marmot; World Health Organization 2003Another Side To Caregiving: Negative Reactions To Being Helped; by Jason T. Newsom; Institute on Aging, Portland State University, 19991NOTE: While this article concerns elder care the discussion contains important points relevant to parents caring for adult children with FASD
Expensive Children in Poor Families: The Intersection of Childhood Disabilities and Welfare; by Marcia K. Meyers, Henry E. Brady, Eva Y. Seto; Public Policy Institute Of California; 2000Relationships And Adults With An Intellectual Disability; by Brigit Mirfin-Veitch; National Advisory Committee on Health and Disability (National Health Committee) New Zealand; June 2003A New Justice System for Families and Children; Report Of The Family Justice Reform Working Group to the Justice Review Task Force; British Columbia Justice Review Task Force; May 2005Also found under Justice and Legal Issues
Supports to families of Children with Disabilities: Systematic Review: State of the Evidence; by Dick Sobsey & Peter Calder; Alberta Centre for Child, Family & Community Research / University of Lethbridge; 2006 - (This links to a word document to either save or open)Denied Assistance -Closing The Front Door On Welfare In BC; by Bruce Wallace, Seth Klein, and Marge Reitsma-Street; Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; March 2006A Narrative Analysis of Behaviorally Troubled Adolescents' Life Stories: by Alexandra J. Sanderson; Thesis, Applied Psychology; University Of Calgary, 2001Employment And Assistance For Persons With Disabilities Regulation 3.5.2; Ministry of Human Resources, Province of British Columbia; March 2006Employment And Assistance Regulation 3.3.2; Ministry of Human Resources, Province of British Columbia; March 2006NOTE: This is the document containing information about the persons who have persistent multiple barriers to Employment
Asking Questions Project Report; Child and Youth Officer for British Columbia; August 2005Issues Facing Adoptive Mothers of Children with Special Needs; by Heather Forbes & Sophia F. Dziegielewski; Journal of Social Work (JSW) Vol 3 No 3; 2003Finding a Third Option: The Experience of the London Child Protection Mediation Project; by Alison Cunningham & Judy van Leeuwen; Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System, London Family Court Clinic, 2005Child Protection Mediation Discussion Guide for Implementation in Your Community An accompanying 20 page guide to help communities design a child protection mediation service matching local needs.
Teamwork, Case Management with FASD; by Mary (Vandenbrink) Berube, FAS/E Specialist; presented at Ontario's Provincial Conference, April 2003Demographic Characteristics of Adoptees Presenting to the Yale International Adoption Clinic and the Utility of Pre-Adoption Video Review; by Jon L. Boone; Doctor of Medicine Thesis Submitted to Yale University School of Medicine; 2002Comorbid Childhood Sexual Abuse And Substance Abuse Among Women: Knowledge, Training, And Preparedness Of Graduate Counselor Education And Social Work Students; by Laurie Elizabeth Pennington; Thesis - Masters of Social Work; Louisiana State University, 2005See also under ADDICTIONS TREATMENT
Mothers in Addiction Treatment: The Role of Onsite Child Care; by Bridgett A. Besinger Bridgett; dissertation for PhD in Psychology, University of Cinncinnati; 2004See also under ADDICTIONS TREATMENT
Vicarious Traumatization and Its Impact on the Pennsylvania Child Welfare System; by Jo Ann Jankoski; Dissertation - Doctor of Education; Duquesne University, 2002DENIAL BY DESIGN…...THE ONTARIO DISABILITY SUPPORT PROGRAM; A report outlining problematic aspects of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) application and adjudication process with recommendations; by John Fraser, Cynthia Wilkey, and JoAnne Frenschkowsk; Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC); 2003A Family’s Guide to the Child Welfare System; by J. McCarthy, A. Marshall, J. Collins, G. Arganza, K. Deserly, J. Milon; A Collaborative Effort Among National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health at Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental, Health at American Institutes for Research. Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health, Child Welfare League of America, National Indian Child Welfare Association; Second Edition, 2005Final Report: Supporting Aboriginal Children And Youth With Learning And / Or Behavioural Disabilities In The Care Of Aboriginal Child Welfare Agencies; by A.. Wright, D. Hiebert-Murphy, G. Gosek; Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba for Child and Family Caring Society of Canada; 2005 - (Version Française)Improving Family Foster Care: Findings From The Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study; Casey Family Programs; 2005Innovative Service Delivery Strategies for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Recreational and Educational Summer Programs; A Report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Center For Excellence; 2005Family Matters: Substance Abuse and the American Family; National Center on Substance Abuse at Columbia University - A CASA White Paper; March 2005NOTE: The above link will download the PDF file to your computer
Manitoba Community Mobilization Project Evaluation Report; prepared by Corey LaBerge for the Association of Community Living, Manitoba; 2004Foster Care Today, by Kathy Barbell and Madelyn Freundlich. Casey Family Program, Washington DC (2001).A Preliminary Review of Alcohol and Other Drug Issues in the States' Child and Family Services Reviews and Program Improvement Plans (DRAFT), by Nancy K. Young, Sidney L. Gardner, Brook Whitaker, and Shaila Yah. Prepared for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA and Office of Child Abuse and Neglect, Children's Bureau, ACYF. National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (2004). National Resource Center for Foster Care & Permanent Planning (NRCFCPP) Information Packet: Permanency Planning with Drug Affected Families, Prepared by Judy Blunt and Myrna Lumbsden.Best Practice Ideas Across Five Aspects in Transitions among Youth with FASD Lives, Prepared by Arwen Gibson for the Calgary Fetal Alcohol Network (2003).Fetal Alcohol Exposure: Time to Know, Time to Act. Ontario's Provincial Conference. Parent Support Strategies, prepared by Dorothy Schwab, Interagency FAS/E Program (2003).Children in Care in Canada: A Summary of Current Issues and Trends with Recommendations for Future Research, by Cheryl Farris-Manning and Marietta Zandstra. Child Welfare League of Canada (2003).The Invisible Havoc of Prenatal Alcohol Damage, by Kathryn W. Page. Journal of the Center for Families, Children, and the Courts (2002).Application of the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Facial Photographic Screening Tool in a Foster Care Population, By Susan Astley et al. The Journal of Pediatrics (2002).Living with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS): A Technology of Social Relations, by Corey La Berge. Master Thesis, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University (2000).Out-of-Home Care for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances, by Jayne Barker. A Master Thesis, Leadership and Training, Royal Roads University (2000).Changes and Choices: A Psycho-educational Group Process for Women Identified by Child Welfare Authorities as 'At Risk' of Having their Children Removed Due to Substance Misuse, by Adele L. Pobihushchy. A Master Thesis, Department of Social Work, University of Manitoba (1999).Drunkenness, Degeneration, and Eugenics in Britain, 1900- 1914, by Joanne Wioak. A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto (1998).How Professional Systems Instruct Mothers Recovering From Substance Misuse, by Linda Lorraine White. A Master Thesis, Dept. of Social Work, University of Victoria (1998).A Study of Adoption Disruptions in Manitoba 1990-1996, by Sandra C. Mendell. A Master Thesis, Department of Social Work, University of Manitoba (1998).Level of Adaptive Behaviour According to the Occupational Status of Foster Adolescents in Independent Living, by Marissa D. Amoroso. A Master Thesis, Department of Social Work, Wilfred Laurier University (1997).Barely a Whisper in the System: Parents' Perspectives on the Prevention of Foster Care Placement, by Tammie Belleveau. A Masters Thesis, Department of Psychology, Wilfred Laurier University (1996). Protecting Children in Substance-Abusing Families, by V. Kropenenske et al. US Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (1994).