A comparative analysis of child welfare systems in 10 countries identifies three broad functional orientations – child protection, family service and child development – around the problem definition, mode of intervention and role of the state: The changes in policies and practices since the...

This is the first Canadian longitudinal study to use province-wide clinical administrative data to explore when family reunification is most likely to occur and for whom. Clinical administrative child protection data were merged with the 2006 Canadian Census data for the province of Québec; the...

This study contributes to the growing child protection placement literature by providing the first Canadian provincial longitudinal study examining when and for whom initial out-of-home placement is most likely to occur. Anonymized clinical-administrative child protection data were merged with...

There is a lack of research examining predictors of out-of-home placement (OOHP) following residential treatment (RT). The current study examined how various child and family factors predict OOHP at discharge and 6-months post-discharge for a RT sample.

This study compared the academic performance of youth at varying levels of child protection system (CPS) involvement to understand whether a CPS achievement gap existed, and if so, whether more extensive involvement in CPS was associated with poorer academic performance. Standardized test scores...

Notwithstanding the debate in the literature over the outcome of intact out-of-home sibling placement, the voices and perspectives of the very children who are influenced by this out-of-home decision are rarely presented. This qualitative study examined the intact out-of-home sibling experience...

The intersection of parenting stress and maltreatment underscores the importance of understanding the factors associated with parenting stress among child welfare involved families. This study takes advantage of a statewide survey of child welfare involved families to examine parent and child...

Prevailing child psychopathology paradigms focus on caregiving in isolation from market work. Yet most children's caregivers — mothers and fathers — are also employed. Although policy and academic debate has voiced concerns that employment could hamper mothers' capacity to care, less...

Using structural equation modeling, this study examined the relationship of caregiver network support on caregiver and child mental health need, as well as child mental health service use among 1075 8-year-old children participating in the LONGSCAN study. The final model showed acceptable fit...

Although considerable public policy and research has focused on children removed from their homes following a CPS response, the vast majority of maltreated children remain in their homes, either with or without child welfare services. Little is known about which families are provided with child...