child and family counsellor

children's counsellor

Definition: Parents forcing the child to be different from the local norm, either sex-inappropriate (e.g. dressing a boy in girl's clothes), age-inappropriate (e.g. forcing a child to take on responsibilities above her or his own age) or otherwise inappropriate (e.g. pressing the child to engage in unwanted or too difficult activities).

employability support worker | job placement social worker | employment rights worker | employment support worker

counsellor of embassy | political attache | defence attache | embassy counsellor

elected representative | local councillor | city councillor | county councillor

Definition: Problems related to contact or attempted contact with the child's or the other person's breasts or genitals, sexual exposure in close confrontation or attempt to undress or seduce the child, by a substantially older person outside the child's family, either on the basis of this person's position or status or against the will of the child.

child protection [ child abuse | child soldier | ill-treated child | moral protection of children ]

Definition: Conduct disorder, usually occurring in younger children, primarily characterized by markedly defiant, disobedient, disruptive behaviour that does not include delinquent acts or the more extreme forms of aggressive or dissocial behaviour. The disorder requires that the overall criteria for F91.- be met; even severely mischievous or naughty behaviour is not in itself sufficient for diagnosis. Caution should be employed before using this category, especially with older children, because clinically significant conduct disorder will usually be accompanied by dissocial or aggressive behaviour that goes beyond mere defiance, disobe ...[+++]dience, or disruptiveness.

With us today from the Department of Justice are Carole Théberge, Counsel for Criminal Policy Section; Lucie Angers, Counsel for Criminal Policy; and Carole Morency, Counsel of Family, Children and Youth Section.

Ms Wendy Bryans, Counsel, Family, Children and Youth Section, Department of Justice: Women have custody 80 per cent of the time, and men, 20 per cent.

Ms Carole Morency, Counsel, Family, Children and Youth Section, Department of Justice: From the international perspective, your initial concern was on the child sex tours and what kind of support or protection could be offered to the child victims who would participate in a Canadian prosecution.

Thursday, 27 October 8.30 a.m.: Press breakfast with EESC member Madi Sharma, launching an EESC online database of good practices for the protection of children against sexual abuse 9.30 a.m.: Commissioner Cioloş at plenary session