CYC 201- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 58 pages long!)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Child and Youth Care
• Course: CYC 201
• Professor: Gurjeet Dhillon

Document Summary

Cyc201 is an introductory course that exposes students to the topic of child maltreatment. The legislative context of child protective services will be explored. Communities accept a state responsibility for the welfare of children. The investigation of child abuse (protective services) is the most narrow consideration of a societies" responsibilities to provide for the welfare of the child. Meet the evolving physical, emotional, social, cultural and intellectual developmental needs. Minimal standards of child care: from school standards, to child labour laws, the state plays a regulatory role in child care standards. Recently there has been a shift in the means of assessing, reporting, investigating child abuse and neglect in canada. Expanding the understanding of child welfare and promotion of child rights has resulted in a significant increase in the number of substantiated child maltreatment cases. Moreover, understanding the long-term effects of child exposure to domestic violence has warranted its classification as a legitimate form of child maltreatment.