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ISSN 1378-286X
VOLUME 9 NUMBER 4
DECEMBER 2006
Table of Contents
and Abstracts
194
Child Protection in Ontario and Israel: A Comparative Analysis
Mosek, A.
Abstract
This paper presents a comparative analysis of child protection
services in Ontario, Canada and Israel. The summary of these findings
and their implications led to insights that can raise awareness of
unchecked discourses, enable the refraining of issues and concerns,
and open up new alternatives for policy and program development. We
set the framework for this comparison by presenting demographic
characteristics of children, families, and subgroups, and highlighting
issues of poverty, cultural diversity and inequality which are
prevalent in families involved with child protection. A review of the
perception of child protection in both societies contrasts their
culture and ideology, historical developments and legal context, as
well as their policy positions and child protection interventions.
Focusing on the implications of this comparison, the strengths and
weaknesses of each society were highlighted, pointing out lessons to
be learned.
213
Acquisition of professional knowledge and parental knowledge within
the PRIFAM intervention program
Pelchat, D., & Lefebvre; H.
Abstract
Training of perinatal nurses in the PRIFAM family intervention program
and implementation of the program led to a retrospective study on the
knowledge acquired within the partnership relationship. The study
sought to identify the theoretical, experiential and transformational
knowledge acquired and the co-learning accomplished by the perinatal
nurses and families of children with trisomy 21 who took part in the
study. The results show that partnership, the relational basis for the
PRIFAM program, promotes sharing of knowledge and the development of
parental skills, and that the reciprocal, mutual engagement of each
partner generates co-learning that promotes family adjustment and
makes nursing practice more fulfilling.
228
A Comparative Analysis of Social Work Responses to Child Abuse in
the United Arab Emirates
Crabtree, S.A.
Abstract
This paper argues that social work in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
is at an early developmental stage in relation to the implementation
of effective services for children at risk of abuse. Research shows
that social work training and practice has yet to develop an adequate
indigenous response to child abuse. Additionally, it appears that
crucial training for the detection of risk, as may be found in the
wider international community, is not taught or practiced in the U.A.E,
often due to cultural sensitivities regarding the open discussion of
unlawful sexual practices in Islamic terms. A deficit in training in
conjunction with disorganized social work responses to the issues of
risk is not deemed sufficiently capable of adequately protecting
children at risk due to a lack of legal frameworks and procedural
guidelines to inform good practice.
238
Children 'At Risk' in Secure Accommodation
O'Neill, T.
Abstract
In the UK, some children who are deemed to be `at risk' of significant
harm in the community are incarcerated in local authority secure
accommodation under child welfare legislation, together with young
people convicted or accused of serious criminal offences. The
deprivation of the liberty and the rights of this group of children is
justified on the basis of what is considered to be in their `best
interests', and their placement together with young offenders is
defended on the basis that young people who have committed crimes are
also vulnerable and could be assessed as `children in need'. This
article will review the literature and question the legitimacy of
secure accommodation as it is currently constituted to provide
protective custody for children at risk in the child welfare system.
249
Book Review An Opening to a Secret Garden
Wu, Y.

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