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Title	Adjusting the lens : parents create change in Ontario's child protection system
Author	Gallagher, Bernadette, 1964-
Description	Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2008. Social Work
Date	2008
Pagination	vi, 212 leaves : ill.
Subject	Children--Legal status, laws, etc.--Ontario; Juvenile justice--Administration of--Parent participation--Ontario
Degree	Ph.D.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. School of Social Work
Discipline	Social Work
Language	Eng
Spatial Coverage	Ontario
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-192)
Abstract	This study explored the potential for parents to create social change in Ontario's current system of child protection. Concepts of social justice and participatory action research (PAR) were used to focus the inquiry and provided boundaries for data collection, analysis and dissemination (Morse, 1998). Participants in the study included (1) parents, referred to as an adult caregiver inclusive of extended family raising children; who have successfully completed a supervision court order and (2) professionals associated with child protection. The following two research questions were explored: what advice do court ordered parents give on how to create a less bureaucratic system of child protection in Ontario? Secondly, how can professionals be engaged to work with parents to bring about the recommended changes? A research facilitation team of parents as co-researchers participated in the study's design and provided on-going consultation during data collection and analysis. Data emerged from three focus groups; a parent group, a professional group and one involving both parents and professionals. Of significance in the study is the opportunity for eight parents and thirteen professionals to voice their collective views on changes they would make to the child protection system. -- The findings suggest the study was timely in light of the newly amended Child and Family Services Act, 2006 in Ontario. Parents and professionals alike came forward with suggestions for change that now fall within the realm of the new Act. These suggestions are identified and discussed in this study.
Type	Text
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	a2700634
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(22.87 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Gallagher_Bernadette.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	113564.cpd