Challenges in Child Welfare

Graduate

This course examines how biological, psychological, and social theoretical perspectives differentially explain the etiology, occurrence, and response to challenges influencing child welfare including physical illness, mental illness and substance abuse, economic adversity, and family and community violence. Specific attention is paid to disparate experiences of Indigenous Peoples and equity-seeking groups such as Francophone communities, and African, Caribbean, and Black communities. Both the impact of these challenges and strategies responding to these challenges will be appraised and critically analyzed.