Rape Culture, Child Protection, and 50 Shades of Grey – Related Really?
Rape Culture, Child Protection and 50 Shades of Gray may not appear to have an obvious connection, but let's take a...
Poverty Becomes Child Protection Concerns – That’s Avoidable!
Recent reports out of the United States raise important concerns about the soaring rates of children living in poverty which...
Foster Care – Doing It Right Is Part of the Deal!
“Over the next 10 months, Jake and his brother were moved 11 times, sometimes in short succession.” This quote is...
Is Saying Victim Failed to Protect Children Another Form of Victim Blaming
A mother finds herself in a domestically violent relationship and she has children. Child Protective Services (CPS) becomes involved and...
Intense Child Custody Disputes are Rarely About the Best Interests of the Child
Child custody disputes are rarely about the best interest of the child, and the stories are all too common. A...
Rotherham Report: The Role of Leadership in Child Protection
It is hard to read the report on the sexual abuse of children in Rotherham England. It details years of...
Post Partum Depression Can Be a Child Protection Issue
Post partum depression (PPD) occurs in about 20 - 25% of women after giving birth. Some level of the "baby...
The Rule of Optimism
I have recently been reading the work of Brandon et al., (2012) on learning from Serious Case Reviews in the...
What About Repeat Child Protection Families?
A study just released in the United Kingdom, talks about repeat families within the child welfare system. Researchers from Manchester...
The Law is a Blunt Weapon to Be Used Carefully
The Guardian newspaper in the UK is reporting on a proposed law in the state of Victoria, Australia that would...
History Really Does Matter in Child Protection
It was several years ago that I was watching the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation program, The Fifth Estate, and its story...
Child Protection: The Cases You Live With
My first case as a social worker involved child abuse, and the father of an infant had inflicted a spiral...
Boy Held Captive Teaches Us About Good Child Protection Practice
Canadian media have been covering the story of a 10 year old boy who was rescued by child protection workers...
Where is the Voice of the Child?
Jeffrey Baldwin A few months ago, I conducted a survey of just under 50 lawyers who represent children in the...
Addiction: Treat the Parent – Treat the Child
This past week has seen a report from the London School of Economics that has looked at the impact of...
Intimate Partner Violence has Bigger Implications Around Post Partum Mental Health
Most social workers are familiar with the concerns arising from post partum depression. It has been linked to weakened bonding...
Bullying Lasts a Lifetime
Amanda Todd before she committed suicide There have been several high profile suicides that have been related to bullying. Perhaps...
Domestic Violence is Witnessed by Children Far More Than We Know
Imagine a child watches domestic violence going on between her parents. It’s not a stretch to think of how scary...
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