Child and Youth Care
Working with Families, Third Edition
Working with Families, Third Edition is an accessible and practice-oriented guide that equips students and practitioners alike with the knowledge and tools to support families facing complex and evolving challenges. Through clinical and sociological perspectives and employing a strengths-based approach, this thoroughly updated edition provides a broad overview of factors affecting Canadian families such as diverse family structures, healthy and unhealthy forms of communication, family culture and beliefs, couple dynamics, addiction, and developmental and psychiatric disabilities.
Covering a range of topics, the author draws special attention to 2SLGBTQI+ and military families, the effects of violence and trauma, and professional ethics and self-care. Thorough updates to this third edition reflect contemporary issues such as trauma-informed practice, social media and its impact on families, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indigenous families, colonialism, and “good enough parenting.”
Utilizing straightforward language, applied focus, and extensive pedagogical supports Working with Families, Third Edition remains an indispensable resource for students and practitioners of social services, child and youth work, family studies and health-related programs, and early childhood education.
Features:
- Robust pedagogical features include epigraphs, chapter summaries, reflection questions, classroom resources, classroom activities, and further reading
- Instructor resources include PowerPoint slides, an instructor manual, and a test bank of true/false and multiple choice questions
- Designed to bridge theory and practice in health and human services settings, the text emphasizes practical strategies students can apply in placements and early career roles
- The strengths-based and reflective frameworks centre resilience, family capacity, and relational strengths, while encouraging a reflective practice over deficit-based assessment
We Were Not Built to Break
We Were Not Built to Break: Racially Affirming Care for Black Children, Families, and Communities offers social service and education providers who work with Black children, youth, and families a critical understanding of the ways in which race and racism influence the experiences and outcomes of Black children, youth, and families. This book addresses the documented disproportionate representation of Black families in child welfare systems, where they often face excessive surveillance, family separations, and systemic pathologization. This project seeks to disrupt these problematic narratives by intentionally focusing on the strengths, capacities, and capabilities of Black communities, which have been foundational to their survival for generations.
Most workers who are involved in the lives of Black children—ECEs, CYCs, social workers, teachers, or healthcare providers—are seldom members of Black communities and are trained using perspectives and curriculum that remain culturally and racially irrelevant. Recognizing these challenges, this book seeks to provide current and future practitioners with concise, easily accessible, detailed information that can enhance their engagement with Black families. Dr. Daniel explores the role of ‘race’ as a socially constructed marker in Canada, examines the impact of racism on Black communities, and introduces alternative frameworks that highlight resilience, cultural identity, and community strengths.
We Were Not Built to Break is intended for Child and Youth Care, Social Work, ECE, Teacher Education, and Psychology programs within universities and colleges in Canada.
Features
- Pedagogical features include key terms, case studies, and recommended readings
- Provides students with information about various African-centered theories and practices for assessing, intervening, and supporting Black children, youth, and families
Outdoor Experiential Learning in Canada
Moving students’ learning from the traditional indoor classroom to outdoor spaces has proven benefits. It expands student engagement and uptake, promotes mental and physical health, and strengthens students’ awareness of Indigenous ways of knowing as well as environmental issues. Outdoor Experiential Learning in Canada takes pre- and in-service teachers and outdoor professionals on a journey that elevates their experience and effectiveness when teaching any curriculum content in an outdoor classroom.
With its focus on curriculum and instruction, this book focuses on ‘where’ students learn, emphasizing the use of outdoor spaces to teach. This book illustrates the many benefits of outdoor learning and how to be successful when educators teach students outside. The voices and perspectives of professional educators and practitioners from across Canada give readers a broad overview of outdoor learning from a variety of viewpoints, including Indigenous voices that ground the topic and provide a basis for connecting to the earth.
This book is intended to inspire teachers, pre-service teachers, outdoor professionals, and outdoor enthusiasts to take their students and clients outside to learn, connect, and grow.
Features:
- A research-informed and practice-based guide to outdoor learning that explores how teaching beyond the classroom can support student engagement, well-being, and meaningful connection to the land
- Pedagogical features include key terms, discussion questions, activities and assignments, recommended readings, and additional resources
- Instructor resources include an instructor’s manual, PowerPoint slides, and a test bank
Child and Youth Care Interviewing and Counselling
Child and Youth Care Interviewing and Counselling is a practical text designed to help students learn essential interviewing and counselling skills through a practical action-oriented approach and scenarios situated in common professional CYC settings such as group homes, treatment centres, or outreach services.
This invaluable text features examples, reflection questions, role-play exercises, and case studies that demonstrate how counselling skills are used outside of the typical one-hour counselling session, impacting the daily life of children and youth in their lifespaces. Students will develop essential skills within the field with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and anti-oppression.
Child and Youth Care Interviewing and Counselling is an essential must-read resource for Child and Youth Care, Social Work, and Human Services programs at colleges and universities in Canada and the United States.
Features
- The first of its kind, this text builds essential skills for child and youth care interviewing and counselling
- Relevant theories to the field are expanded upon including narrative therapy, feminist, and attachment theories
- Pedagogical features include chapter reflective questions, use of skills, use of theories, informal assessment, measuring progress, activities, and an appendix with key terms
- Chapter reflective questions encourage readers to consider important areas to the field and practice self-reflection
Equip future CYC professionals with the tools they need to succeed
Our comprehensive CYC texts are designed to meet the unique challenges of today’s child and youth care landscape, providing educators with evidence-based strategies, real-world case studies, and critical frameworks that foster deep understanding and practical skills. Whether you’re preparing students for trauma-informed care, mental health interventions, or community advocacy, these resources offer the most up-to-date insights and practical applications.
Save time on course preparation with easy-to-adopt materials, digital resources, and instructor guides!
Save time on course preparation with easy-to-adopt materials, digital resources, and instructor guides!
Foundational Texts
Rental
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Apr 2019
Child and Youth Care across Sectors, Volume 1
Canadian Perspectives
By Kiaras Gharabaghi, Grant Charles
238 PagesChild and Youth
Rental
Rental
Oct 2020
Child and Youth Care across Sectors, Volume 2
Canadian Perspectives
By Kiaras Gharabaghi, Grant Charles
208 PagesChild and Youth
Rental
Rental
May 2022
Research and the Field of Child and Youth Care
An Invitation
By Kiaras Gharabaghi
428 PagesChild and Youth / Social Work
Rental
Rental
Aug 2023
Indigenous Child and Youth Care
Weaving Two Heart Stories Together
By Cherylanne James
308 PagesChild and Youth / Indigenous Studies
Practicum Preparation
Mental Health for CYC
New
New
Apr 2024
Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada, Second Edition
Cases from Front-Line Settings
By Patricia Kostouros, Shemine Alnoor Gulamhusein, Brenda Thompson
Child and Youth
Anti-Oppressive Practice
New
New
Mar 2025
Anti-Oppressive Child and Youth Care
Critical Conversations
By Andrea Christensen
Anti-Oppressive Practice / Child and Youth / Education / Social Work
Youth and Childhood Narratives
Rental
Rental
Dec 2019
The Black Girlhood Studies Collection
By Aria S. Halliday
314 PagesChild and Youth / Communication and Cultural Studies / Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies / Race, Ethnicity, and Marginality
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