MOVING TOWARDS EMANCIPATORY PRACTICE: CONDITIONS FOR MEANINGFUL YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN CHILD WELFARE

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  • Jennifer Dupuis Batshaw Youth and Family Centres
  • Varda Mann-Feder Concordia University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs43201312436

Keywords:

youth empowerment, child welfare, youth in care

Abstract

What are conditions that facilitate the development of youth voice in child welfare? This article will build on current literature that emphasizes the critical importance of treating youth in the care of the public system as valued resources and agents of change in their own lives who can contribute to effective service delivery. A focus will be on comparing principles of youth empowerment and the general purpose of child welfare systems in Canada and the United States. Challenges to the implementation of this model will be highlighted and recommendations to facilitate its execution at the individual, organizational, and policy development levels of our youth serving agencies will be made.

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Published

2013-07-04

How to Cite

Dupuis, J., & Mann-Feder, V. (2013). MOVING TOWARDS EMANCIPATORY PRACTICE: CONDITIONS FOR MEANINGFUL YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN CHILD WELFARE. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 4(3), 371–380. https://doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs43201312436

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