Part Canada Podcasts

This podcast discusses research and practice implications of evidence-based literacy interventions for children and youth involved in child welfare, with a special focus on the Paired Reading Intervention. A summary of research findings and limitations helps frame and define Paired Reading as well as lay guidelines for its use in practice. Finally, factors of the care environment are discussed and included in a brief overview of alternative interventions.

This podcast focuses on causes and conditions that create burnout in child welfare, highlighting treatment and prevention for individuals and agencies.

This podcast outlines the phenomenon of burnout in child welfare, highlighting: causes, development, and the impact on workers, clients, and organizations.

This PARTicle will discuss existing research related to the impact of treatment foster care (TFC) on delinquency, mental health, substance use, and pregnancy among youth. Research about TFC in the international context will also be outlined.

This PARTicle highlights recent research around families where one or more parent experiences a mental health concern. Impacts on family members as well as family strengths and the importance of talking about mental health issues are explored.

This particle will discuss research related to foster parents as caregivers. What motivates foster parents, their support and intervention needs, and issues regarding recruitment and retention are some of the key areas that will be examined.

This literature review outlines the complexities of adolescent self-harm, differences between harm behaviours with and without suicidal intent, risk factors for self-harm repetition, and key critical thinking considerations.

This podcast discusses the basic elements of early brain development, highlighting the impact of maltreatment on these developmental processes.

PARTcast 28 - Grandparents As Caregivers by

PARTcast27 - Trauma-Informed Practice by

Article discussed: Rajendran, K., Smith, B. D., & Videka, L. (2015). Association of caregiver social support with the safety, permanency, and well-being of children in child welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, 48, 150-158.

PARTcast - Episode 26 - Youth and the Criminal Justice System by

Article Discussed: Orsi, R. (2014). Predicting re-invovlement for children adopted out of a public child welfare system. Child Abuse & Neglect, 39: 175-184.

Research Radio Episode 14 - Lee Zanoni by

PARTcast - Episode 25 - Poverty Among Families Involved with Child Welfare by

PARTcast - Episode 24 - Caregiver Substance Misuse by

Research Radio Episode 13 - Joan Pennell by

Post-Adoption Support by

Research Radio Episode 12 - Tom Packard by

PARTcast Episode 22 - Investigations of Maltreatment in Family-based Out-of-home Care by