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Deconstructing Disability: Definitions, Data, and Discussions from First Nations Child Welfare Agencies in Northern Saskatchewan Raissa Graumans, PhD Saskatchewan First Nations Family and Community Institute National Child Welfare Conference,
Saskatchewan First Nations Family and Community Institute National Child Welfare Conference, Calgary October 24, 2018
and supports to First Nations CFS agencies across the province
with FNCFS agencies
research projects
Canada (INAC)/Department of Indigenous Services Canada (DISC)
relevant information from FNCFS case files
nment nt discrimi iminates against st First Natio ions children by failin ling to provide ide adequat uate funding ng for services (Benjamin, 2018; First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada, 2016; Sinha & Kozlowski, 2013; Blackstock, 2011)
ns child ldren/yo n/youth th are over-repre resent nted in the Child Welfare system m (both in Saskatche hewa wan & C Canada) (Sinha, & Orav-Lakaski, 2018; Kirmayer, Sheiner, & Geoffroy, 2016; Fallon et al., 2015; Barker, Alred, & Kerr, 2014; Statistics Canada, 2013)
(Perrigo et al., 2018; Helton & Cross, 2011; Stalker & McArthur, 2010; Jaudes & Mackey-Bilaver, 2008; Fuchs et al. 2007; Sullivan & Knutson, 2000)
ific, ic, reliabl ble data on prevale lence rates, function ional l impacts, s, and other key informat mation ion related to disabil biliti ities among Indig igenou nous s commun munit itie ies in Saskatc tchew hewan, , Canada, and around nd the world (Di Pietro & Illes, 2016; Lightfoot, Hill, & LaLiberte, 2011; AFN, 2007; Wright, Hiebert-Murphy, & Gosek, 2005; Gething, 1994)
Y1 Y1 Y2 Y2 ACCFS 26 26 MLTCCFS 27 27
Support from the 3 Chiefs and Councils in Athabasca: Chief Rudy Adam (Fond du Lac); Chief Coreen Sayazie (Black Lake); Chief Bart Tsannie (Hatchet Lake) September 16, 2016
ACCFS Sub-Office, Big River First Nation: Prevention Worker Interviews. September 28, 2017 MLTCCFS Sub-Office, Key Informant Interviews. Buffalo Narrows,
L-R: Jacqueline Hale, Joyce Roy, Doreen Sayazie, Rose Mary Campbell October, 2016
QUALITATIVE: ONE NE-ON ON-ONE NE-IN INTERV TERVIE IEWS WS QUANTITATIVE: DISABILI SABILITY TY INFOR FORMAT ATIO ION N TOOL OOL
Y1 Y1 Y2 Y2 Biolo logic ical l Parents 11 11 Foster Parents 3 CFS Workers 3 13 13 Service Provid iders rs 6 5 Band Leadersh ship ip 3 23 21
Y1 Y1 Y2 Y2 ACCFS 26 26 MLTCCFS 27 27
enacted in Indigenous communities is limited (Sabatello & Schultz (Eds.), 2014).
different from that of mainstream Canada” (Dion, 2017)
they have a disability (as defined by government legislation)” Gething, 1994)
Unspecified Terms & Usage Social & Functional Impacts Child-focused perspective
Six Key Sections:
1 •Demographics 2 •Child Welfare Information 3 • Health Condition 4 •Assessment, Diagnoses, & Services 5 • Functioning 6 • Contextual Factors
49 36% 9 7% 33 24% 40 29% 6 4% 137 instances
(diagnoses, assessment referrals, suspected cases)
Placements
placements per child = 7.5
placement (never moved) = 2
the most = 23 placements (in 4 years)
have moved 10 + times while in care = 8 (15% of cases reviewed)
The systems that participants mentioned most often as not meeting their needs are:
Y1 Y1 Y2 Y2 ACCFS 26 26 MLTCCFS 27 27
SOCIAL “None of the families with kids with special needs really go out – we just stay home.” “I didn't want him to go down south, I didn't want him to lose our culture, to miss his family.” EDUCATIONAL “She doesn't go to school because there is no
“Almost every day they send him home and every year he is growing and missing so much important stuff. So he will be falling behind.” ECONOMIC “I can’t get a job because he has so many appointments and is not in school.” PHYSICAL “Travelling is hard on both of us.” “As she is growing up it is getting worse. It is really so hard.” EMOTIONAL “I just didn't know where to go or what to do. I just started to get counselling myself because people started to push me away because of my kid and I just didn't know what to do.”
Professional Training for ADCFS Staff (FASD Network, Disability/Challenging Behavior) (Stony Rapids, March 2017) Group Home Disability Training, (Black Lake, May 2017) Parent Workshops (FASD Network, Disability/Challenging Behavior) (Fond Du Lac, Hatchet Lake, Black Lake; March, 2017) Family Conference Presentations: (Fond Du Lac, Hatchet Lake, Black Lake; Feb/Mar 2017)
Caregiver Training (Exceptionalities and Therapeutic Interventions) (MLTCCFS and ACCFS, Feb-Mar 2018) Reaching in Reaching Out Resiliency Training Staff (MLTCCFS/ACCFS, March 2018) Information sessions by Onion Lake FASD Diagnostic Team (MLTCCFS and ACCFS, Jan/Feb 2018) Results Sharing Lunch and Learn (MLTCCFS and ACCFS, March 2018)
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