Valuing the Field: Child Welfare in an International Context
Already published in this series, in association with CEDR
(Series Editor Robin Lovelock)
Changing Patterns of Mental Health Care A case study in the development of local services Jackie Powell and Robin Lovelock
Partnership in Practice The Children Act 1989 ed. Ann Buchanan
Disability: Britain in Europe An evaluation of UK participation in the HELIOS programme (1988-1991) Robin Lovelock and Jackie Powell
The Probation Service and Information Technology David Colombi
Visual Impairment; Social Support Recent research in context Robin Lovelock
Workloads: Measurement and Management Joan Orme
Living with Disfigurement Psychosocial implications of being born with a cleft lip and palate Poppy Nash
Educating for Social Work: Arguments for Optimism eds Peter Ford and Patrick Hayes
Dementia Care: Keeping Intact and in Touch A search for occupational therapy interventions M . Catherine Conroy
Suicidal Behaviour in Adolescents and Adults Research, taxonomy and prevention Christopher Bagley and Richard Ramsay
Narrative Identity and Dementia A study of autobiographical memories and emotions Marie A. Mills
Child Sexual Abuse and Adult Offenders: New Theory and Research eds Christopher Bagley and Kanka Mallick
Community Approaches to Child Welfare International perspectives ed. Lena Dominelli
Social Work in Higher Education Demise or development? Karen Lyons
In preparation
Parents in Need Reflecting on social work assessment where both child care and parental mental ill-health are involved Sue Beresford
Beyond Racial Divides: Ethnicities in Social Work Practice eds Lena Dominelli, Walter Lorenz and Haluk Soydan
Valuing the Field: Child Welfare in an International Context
Edited by
Marilyn Callahan
Professor Emeritus
School of Social Work, University of Victoria
Sven Hessle
Professor
Department of Social Work, University of Stockholm
with Susan Strega
Research Associate
School of Social Work, University of Victoria
First published 2000 by Ashgate Publishing
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Yvonne Aronson is a member of the teaching staff at Hogeschool Brabant Socio-Educational Care Work in the Netherlands where she teaches methods and theory. She graduated with Higher Vocational Education in Cultural/Educational Care Work and Social Work and has taken further studies in general pedagogics, tutoring and experiential peer counseling. She has worked in a crisis centre for homeless people and with refugees and asylum-seekers, mostly young people and women with children, assisting them during and after their settlement in Holland.
Candace Bernard is a Master of Social Work student at Dalhousie University, and a MA candidate at Mount Saint Vincent University. Her interests are play therapy and the intersection of schooling and social issues, particularly as they relate to marginalised populations. She works part time for the Nova Scotia Association of Black Social Workers.
Wanda Thomas Bernard is an assistant professor at the Maritime School of Social Work at Dalhousie University. She teaches in the area of anti-oppression and direct social work practice. Her research interests are in the areas of critical race theory and participatory action research that makes links between communities and academia. She is a founding member of the Nova Scotia Association of Black Social Workers.
Kish Bhatti-Sinclair practised for twelve years as a youth and community worker prior to becoming a university lecturer at the Department of Social Work Studies at the University of Southampton, England. She is currently a tutor, practice teacher and trainer working with students and practice teachers within a variety of statutory, voluntary and privately funded settings. Her particular interests include developing standards in teaching and learning within qualifying and post-qualifying social work education.
Ab Bobbink graduated from Higher Vocational Education in Socio-Educational Care Work and has advanced training in Psychiatric Socio-educational Care Work. He has worked with youth, in community work and as a practice supervisor in nursing studies. He is presently a member of the teaching staff at Hogeschool Brabant, Socio-Educational Care Work in the Netherlands where he teaches of methods and theory, and is the co-ordinator of External Contacts and Internationalization.
Wendy Borrill qualified as a specialist worker with children and families in 1969. Her experiences working with students in placement and as a team manager led her into the field of social work education and training. She is currently the director of a distance learning programme for practice teachers, working with social workers in both statutory and voluntary agencies.
Ralph A. Brown is an Associate Professor and Director in the School of Social Work at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. He is interested in social policy and practice pertaining to families and children, with emphasis on "hard-to-serve" children and family violence. Other interests include program evaluation, group functioning and social work ethics. Current research includes an evaluation of wraparound services in seven Ontario communities, children witnessing violence against their mothers, school-based violence prevention, children's services outcomes and tracking children across multiple service sectors.
Judy Burgess has worked for and is now the Director of the James Bay Community Services Project in Victoria, Canada for many years. The project is unique in the Victoria area as it combines health and social service programs, a library and community development. Judy is a graduate in Nursing from a multi disciplinary program of the Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria and is a committed and active community organizer.
Marilyn Callahan is Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the University of Victoria, Canada and the former director of the school. She has written extensively about feminist thinking in child welfare and has recently completed research projects on women, pregnancy and child abuse. She is currently working with Lena Dominelli and Susan Strega on an exploration of young women in care who become pregnant. She has also worked in feminist organizations, as a child welfare worker and is the former co-editor of the Canadian Social Work Review . She is the Canadian co-ordinator of the Child Abuse, Protection and Welfare project.
