Social Work Practice with War-Affected Children

Myriam Denov is Full Professor of Social Work at McGill University, Canada, and holds the Canada Research Chair in Youth, Gender and Armed Conflict. Her research is dedicated to children and families affected by war, migration, and their intergenerational effects. She is the author of Child Soldiers: Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (2010), and co-editor of Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Theory, Method and Practice (2017, with Bree Akesson). Meaghan C. Shevell holds a BA in Anthropology and Psychology from McGill University, Canada, and an MA in Human Rights Studies from Columbia University, USA, where she specialized in children’s rights in conflict settings.

• Introduction – Social work practice with war-affected children and families: the importance of family, culture, arts, and participatory approaches 1. Intergenerational resilience in families affected by war, displacement, and migration: "It runs in the family" 2. Rethinking the meaning of "family" for war-affected young people: implications for social work education 3. Beginning at the beginning in social work education: a case for incorporating arts-based approaches to working with war-affected children and their families 4. Culture, migration, and identity formation in adolescent refugees: a family perspective 5. The essential role of the father: fostering a father-inclusive practice approach with immigrant and refugee families