Welcome

Welcome to the Child and Youth Care Guide

This guide is to assist you in researching topics related to the Child and Youth Care field. Here you will find information about finding books, ebooks, journals, databases, videos, websites, blogs and more about child and youth care practice.

Don’t forget to check out the related guides for similar topics.

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Keywords

Use the following keywords to get started searching this subject area:

Attachment behavior in children
Bullying
Child abuse
Drug abuse
Eating disorders in adolescence
Foster care
Gangs
Gay youth
Homeless youth
Human trafficking
Indigenous youth
Male sexual abuse victims
Outdoor education
Parents
Peers

Programs
Punishment
Relational practice
Residential care
Restorative practice
Runaways
Self-mutilation in adolescence
Sexual abuse
Sexual exploitation
Special needs
Teenage parents
Teenage pregnancy
Trauma in children
Youth crime and juvenile justice

List of common Acronyms

ACLO – Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer
CFS – Child and Family Services
CFSIS – Child and Family Services Information System
CIC – Child in Care
FASD – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
HRV – High Risk Victim
LGBT2SQ+2 – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirited and Queer+
POP – Prostitution Offender Program
RCMP – Royal Canadian Mounted Police
WPS – Winnipeg Police Service
WRHA – Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
SEY – Sexually Exploited Youth
STR – StreetReach