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"Contemporary Issues in Child Welfare: American Indian and Canadian Aboriginal Contests examines the spectrum of child welfare policies including: foster care, child protection, adoption, and services to keep families together. Supporting data impacting Native children and their families in the U.S. and Canada are highlighted in each chapter. The numbers of Native children in care are shocking and show a clear disproportionality for non-white children in governmental or state care. Several chapters deal with the long-term effects of the placement of Native children into boarding or residential schools and the resulting historical trauma. Contemporary Issues in Child Welfare not only looks back at the Sixties Scoop, but also argues that the current disproportionality of Native children in state and non-Native family care must be viewed as the Millennium Scoop. While the blatant practice of removing Native children from their families in order to place them within institutional care has been reduced, Native children are now more often being placed in adoptive and/or foster care. In far too many cases, courts have refused to transfer custody away from non-Native homes because system's workers believe that "the child has bonded" with the foster family and it is thus in "the child's best interest" to remain with their current non-Native family. The authors raise interesting questions--"How does bonding compare to cultural background or heritage in a child's development?" "Who is in the best position to make the decision about what is an appropriate "family" for Native children?" Considering the answers to these questions is a main thread of this important text, which will raise awareness about the issues Native families and communities continue to face in the 21st century."--

1. Introduction : international practices issues / Isaac Karikari and Joanna E. Bettmann -- 2. Child welfare / Gloria Jacques -- 3. Couples communication / Joanna E. Bettmann -- 4. Intimate partner violence / Caren J. Frost -- 5. Family conflict / Gloria Jacques -- 6. Elder care/elder populations / Caren J. Frost -- 7. Changes in caregivers / Joanna E. Bettmann -- 8. Adolescents / Joanna E. Bettmann -- 9. Substance abuse / Gloria Jacques -- 10. Concluding remarks / Caren J. Frost.

International Social Work Practice compares and contrasts divergent social work approaches in countries around the world, providing students with a unique perspective on social work as it is actually practised. Using case studies from frontline practitioners from across the globe, this innovative new textbook stimulates critical thinking about international social work practice issues. Providing a review of both country-specific social work practices and universal social work issues, the text looks at a variety of core social work topics, framed here in terms of CSWE competen.

English Mongolia's rapid transition to a capitalist ecomony resulted in family disintegration and child homelessness. This article, based on interviews with six youths who spent several years in an orphanage, suggests that institutionalization is not a solution. Although generalizations require caution, the study supports the importance of developing family preservation policies. French La transition rapide de la Mongolie en une économie capitaliste a pour résultats la désintégration de la famille et la multiplication des enfants sans abris. Cet article, basé sur les interviews de six jeunes ayant passé plusieurs années dans un orphelinat, suggère que l'institutionnalisation n'est pas une solution. Bien qu'il faille se méfier des généralisations, l'étude souligne l'importance du développement des politiques de préservation des familles. Spanish La transición rápida de Mongolia a una economía capitalista resulto en desintegración familiar y niños sin techo. Este artículo, basado en entrevistas con seis jóvenes que pasaron varios años en un orfanato, sugiere que la institucionalización no es buena solución. Aunque las generalizaciones requieren cautela, el estudio apoya la importancia de desarrollar políticas que preserven a la familia.

The health of women is a crucial component to family and community wellbeing. However, social work scholars have not been very engaged in research pertaining to the health needs of women. With the Grand Challenges of Social Work becoming a major element for national discussion and with the revision of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SGD) in 2015, we wondered how connected the 12 Grand Challenges and the 17 SDGs were. We searched the social work literature from 2005 to present to identify what salient publications were available about women's health and then connected them to the current themes of the Grand Challenges and SDGs. There are no more articles to review in the social work literature. Using a feminist social work framework, we summarize the topics covered in these articles and define a call to action for more scholarly work on women's health in the context of current national and global conversations about this social justice issue.