Youth in care are often represented in poorer health outcomes, homelessness, suicide, trafficking, and poorer educational outcomes. However, the narratives included in this book from 18 former youth in care provide a fresh look at moving beyond growing up in the child welfare system.
The Youth in Care Chronicles video from Canadian Association of Social Workers shares experiences of pain and trauma faced by those in the child welfare system yet and towards the future with boundless hope and resilience.
This webinar will focus on the implications for social workers to positively and actively impact the lives of youth in system care.
A critical element of this book is a learning guide co-written by the editorial team which includes social workers, a child and youth care worker, a social work professor, a writer, and key messages from former youth in care themselves.