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Child and Youth Welfare
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Domestic Violence: Child Custody, Access, and Recommendations for Reform Submitted to the Ministry of Children`s Services. Recommendations to maintain safety of the child in parental separation cases where domestic and family violence is involved. -
Bill C-22 Recommendations for Amendments to the Divorce Act: Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Comments and recommendations on Bill C-22 in order to maintain safe situations for children in parental separation cases where domestic and family violence is involved. -
Child Custody and Access Advocacy Correspondence Correspondence between ACWS and the Honourable Anne McLellan regarding the federal Divorce Act and ACWS concerns about unsafe situations that could arise for children as a result of changes to the divorce act. -
Alberta Council of Women's Shelters Sharing Circle Materials: Children Who Are Exposed to Family Violence Collection of resources, exercises, and ideas for assisting children who have been exposed to family violence. Includes colouring sheets, ideas for group or individual exercises, and other resources to assist shelter workers who are dealing with children. -
Memorandum of Understanding for Helping Hands Project Memorandum of Understanding between ACWS and contributing shelters. -
Research Trends and Implications for Practice: The State of Alberta's Children Report on the protection of children against discrimination and all forms of neglect and exploitation. -
Walking the Path Together Memorandum of Understanding Memorandum of Understanding for the Walking the Path Together project between ACWS, 5 on-reserve emergency shelters, Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell, and the Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System of the London Family Court Clinic. -
Helping Hands: Final Report for the Stollery Foundation Report on Helping Hands, a two year project carried out by ACWS in order to provide an enhanced level of support for young children in shelters in order to build their resilience after exposure to domestic violence. -
New and Different Ways of Supporting Children In Shelter Presentation to support the ACWS Children's Project -
The ACWS Children's Project: Phase I First phase of the ACWS Children's project on supporting the development, integration, and evaluation of promising child support practices in women's shelters and sheltering organizations in Alberta. -
Research Trends and Implications for Practice: The State of Alberta's Children Presentation given by Janet Gladue, Jan Reimer, and Kate Woodman on children affected by domestic violence in Alberta. -
Priority for Action: Continuous Access to Education for Children in Shelter Final grant report to the Prairie Action Foundation on the need for uninterrupted education for children in domestic violence shelters. -
ACWS Position on Children Exposed to Family Violence This document details the AWCS's position on what should happen to children that are exposed to family violence and how to support them