8 articles in this issue
Maria Lotty, Eleanor Bantry-White, Audrey Dunn-Galvin
Foster carers require high-quality training to support them in caring for children with trauma-related difficulties. This paper describes a mixed methods approach that was applied to evaluate the complex intervention Fostering Connections: The Trauma-Info... see more
Fred Chou, Kesha Pradhan, Carmen Huang
This paper provides an overview of the development and field-test evaluation of a group-based youth mental health promotion program known as the Core Connectors Initiative (CCI). CCI is a program that aims to help youth gain mental health knowledge and pe... see more
Leena Autonen-Vaaraniemi
This article examines divorce professionals’ attitudes and stances in response to common criticisms of how they deal with divorce outcomes for fathers, according to which men are discriminated against in negotiations on the custody and living arrangements... see more
Carlos Carona , Helena Moreira, Ana Fonseca
The Display of Negative Emotions scale and The Social Consequences Of Negative Emotions scale are two understudied questionnaires that assess parents’ emotion beliefs about their children’s expression of negative emotions. Therefore, the aims of this stud... see more
Jenni Kallio, Päivi Honkatukia
This article concerns young adults’ institutional encounters with professionals in the context of youth services. The encounters are analyzed as institutional social control — the practices and mechanisms that steer young people’s conduct in accordance wi... see more
Madeline Nance, Megan Sease, Brandi Crowe, Marieke Van Puymbroeck, Heidi Zinzow
It is not uncommon for youth (ages 2–19) to experience trauma. There are various types of traumatic events that may lead to adverse effects on youths’ emotional, cognitive, social, physical, and spiritual health. It is important that youth receive support... see more
Jeanette Schmid, Marina Morgenshtern
This article reviews all items in the Canadian Social Work journal over its almost 90-year history that relate to child welfare practice in an Indigenous context. We review the journal contents as a way of understanding the profession’s voice, noting that... see more
Kylee Lindner, Doris Kakuru
This article reviews literature on survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) who were preschool-aged when the abuse occurred, and applies critical discourse analysis to reveal power relations within this field of research. Utilizing themes of narrative theory... see more