Description

:This course will provide an opportunity for students to examine in some detail the child protection legislation and law in Ontario. The course will include theoretical and practical content. The purposes and objectives of child protection law will be examined. The course will also include an examination of how the child protection legislation balances the rights and responsibilities of the State and of the parents of children found to be in need of protection.

Topics covered include the history and development of child protection services, the purposes of child protection legislation, defining child abuse and children in need of protection, the tools used to assess child abuse and risk, child protection justice system, the various stages in bringing a child protection matter to court, the power of the court in child protection matters, judicial case management of child protection cases, tools available to a court in making decisions in child ...