
Bio
Nico Trocmé is a professor of social work at McGill University where he holds the Philip Fisher Chair in Social Work and directs the Centre for Research on Children and Families. Dr. Trocmé is the principle investigator for the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (1998, 2003 & 2008), the lead researcher for a Federal-Provincial-Territorial initiative to develop a common set of National Outcomes Measures in child welfare, and coordinates the Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal (cwrp.ca). He is currently conducting analyses of the over-representation of First Nations children in foster care, evaluating a family support program for African Canadian families, and leading the development of outcome indicators for youth centres across Québec. Dr. Trocmé is the Senior Advisor for Knowledge Integration at Bathshaw Youth and Family Services, provides research and policy advice to the governments of Alberta, Québec and Ontario, has presented expert evidence at several inquests and inquiries and is a member of Statistics Canada’s National Statistics Council. Prior to completing his Ph.D., Dr. Trocmé worked for five years as a child welfare and children's mental health social worker.
Résumé
Nico Trocmé est professeur en service social à l'université McGill où il détient la chaire Philip Fisher en travail social et dirige le Centre de recherche sur l'enfance et la famille. Dr. Trocmé est le directeur de l'Étude canadienne sur l'incidence des signalements de cas de violence et de négligence envers les enfants (1993, 1998, 2003 et 2008), le chercheur principal pour la Matrice d'indicateurs des résultats en protection de l'enfance, et coordonne le Portail canadien de la recherche en protection de l’enfance (cwrp.ca). Il dirige présentement l'analyse de la surreprésentation des enfants de Premières Nations en milieu substitut, l'évaluation d'un programme de soutien pour des familles afro-canadiennes, et le développement d’indicateurs cliniques pour les Centres de jeunesse su Québec. Dr. Trocmé est le conseiller principal sur l'intégration des connaissances au Centre de la famille et de la jeunesse Batshaw, agit comme consultant recherche et politiques aux gouvernements du Québec, de l'Ontario et de l'Alberta, a intervenu à titre d'expert dans plusieurs enquêtes de coroner, et est membre du conseil national de la statistique de Statistique Canada. Avant de compléter son doctorat, Dr. Trocmé a travaillé pendant cinq ans comme intervenant en protection et en santé mentale de l'enfance.
Education
Ph.D. (University of Toronto) 1992
M.S.W (University of Toronto) 1983
B.A. (University of Toronto, Trinity College) 1981
Employment
2005-present Professor
McGill University, Faculty of Arts, School of Social Work
2005-present Senior Advisor for Research Integration
Batshaw Youth and Family Centre
2005-present Scientific Director
Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, University of Toronto
2005-2007 Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
2004-2006 Analyst
Child Welfare Secretariat, Ministry of Child and Youth Services
2004-2005 Full Professor
Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
2000-2005 Director
Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, University of Toronto
1999-2000 Director
Centre for Applied Social Research, University of Toronto
1998-2004 Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
Research
Areas of interest
- Child Welfare
- Program Evaluation
Recent grants
| 2006-2009 |
Services Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada: 603-2005-0012 |
$600,000 |
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Evidenced-Based Management in Child Welfare |
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| 2006-2007 | Public Health Agency of Canada / ACFAS |
$10,000 |
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ACFAS Conférence: Variations des taux de mauvais traitements envers les enfants: réalité épidémiologique ou changements de normes? |
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| 2006-2007 |
Plate-forme informationnelle pour Le bien-être de l'enfant / Valorisation Recherche Québec |
$25,000 |
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La judiciarisassions des mauvais traitements envers les enfants |
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| 2000-2005 | Health Canada - Centres of Excellence Secretariat |
$590,000 |
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Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare |
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| 2005-2010 |
Canadian Institute of Health Research: MOP 74547 |
$258,632 |
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Maltreatment and Adolescent pathways Longitudinal Study |
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| 2005-2006 |
The Provincial Centre of excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO RFA 280205-022 |
$800,000 |
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Maltreatment and Adolescent pathways Longitudinal Study: Gender and Mental Health |
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| 2004 | Ministry of Child and Youth Services |
$40,000 |
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Child Welfare Secretariat Research Support |
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| 2004 | Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Institutional Grant Program (SIG) |
$2,050.93 |
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Child welfare practices in domestic violence cases |
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| 2004-2005 | Social Science and Humanities Research Council |
$149,331 |
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Reliability, predictive validity and impact of a child abuse risk assessment tool |
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| 2003-2004 |
Network of Centres of Excellence (CIHR, SSHRC, NSERC) |
$25,000 |
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Canadian child welfare research network |
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| 2000-2005 | Health Canada - Centres of Excellence Secretariat |
$3,717,700 |
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Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare |
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| 2001 |
Research Proposal Development Grant for the Canadian Child Welfare Research Partnership |
$5,000 |
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Principal investigator: N. Trocmé |
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| 1998-2000 |
Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement |
$12,970 |
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Building bridges: The collaborative development of culturally appropriate definitions of child abuse and neglect for the South Asian community |
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| 1998-2000 |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Maitland Foundation Bell Canada Child Welfare Research Unit |
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Child Maltreatment Parent Personality Disorder |
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| 1999-2000 |
Human Resources and Development Canada Bell Canada Child Welfare Research Unit |
$172,497
$25,000 |
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Child Welfare in Canada in the Year 2000: A National Research and Policy Symposium |
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| 1997-2000 |
Maitland Foundation |
$6,000 |
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Incidence of Child Abuse and Neglect: Ontario / U.S. Comparative Study |
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Publications
Books & Monographs
Sinha, V., Trocmé, N., Fallon, B., MacLaurin , B., Fast, E., Thomas Prokop, S., et al (2011). Kiskisik Awasisak: Remember the Children. Understanding the Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in the Child Welfare System. Ottawa, ON: Assembly of First Nations
Léveillé, S. Trocmé, N., Brown, I. & Chamberland C. (Eds.) (2011). Research-Community Partnership in Child Welfare, Toronto, On: Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare.
Trocmé, N., Fallon, B., MacLaurin, B., Sinha, V., Black, T., Fast, E., Felstiner, C., Hélie, S., Turcotte, D., Weightman, P., Douglas, J., & Holroyd, J., (2010) Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect – 2008: Executive Summary. Public Health Agency of Canada: Ottawa, 2010.
Fallon, B., Trocmé, N., MacLaurin, B., Sinha, V., Black, T., Felstiner, C., . . . Johnston, A. (2010). Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect – 2008: Major Findings (pp. 112). Toronto, ON: Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal.
Chamberland, C., Léveillé, S., Trocmé, N. (Eds.) (2007). Des enfants à protéger, des adultes à aider : deux univers à rapprocher, Sainte-Foy, Presses de l’Université du Québec.
Trocmé, N., MacLaurin, B., Fallon, B., Knoke, D., Pitman, L., & McCormack, M. (2005). Mesnmimk Wasatek - Understanding the Overrepresentation of First Nations Children in Canada’s Child Welfare System: An Analysis of the CIS-2003. Toronto, ON: Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, 80 pages.
Fallon, B., Trocmé, N, MacLaurin, B., Knoke, D., Black, T., Daciuk, J., & Felstiner, C., (2005). Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect – 2003: Major Findings. Toronto, ON: Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, 160 pages.
Trocmé, N, Fallon, B., MacLaurin, B., Daciuk, J., Felstiner, C., Black, T., et al. (2005). Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse & Neglect - 2003: Major Findings. / Étude canadienne sur l’incidence des signalements de cas de violence et de négligence envers les enfants – 2003: Données principales. Ottawa, ON Public Health Agency of Canada, 148 pages.
Trocmé, N., Knoke, D., & Roy, C. (Eds.) (2003). Community collaboration and differential response: Canadian and international research on emerging models of practice. Ottawa, ON: Child Welfare League of Canada, 153 pages.
Tourigny, M., Mayer, M., Wright, J., Lavergne, C., Helie, S., Trocmé, N., Jacob, M., Boucher, J., & Larrivee, M-C. (2002). Étude sur l’incidence et les caractéristiques des situations d’abus, de négligence, d’abandon et de troubles de comportement sérieux signalées à la Direction de la protection de la jeunesse au Québec (EIQ). Montreal, QC: Centre de liaison sur l’intervention et la prévention psychosociales (CLIPP), 240 pages.
Trocmé, N., MacLaurin, B., Fallon, B., Daciuk, J., Billingsley, D., Tourigny, M., Mayer, M., Wright, J., Barter, K., Burford, G., Hornick, J., Sullivan, R., & McKenzie, B. (2001). Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect -1998: Final Report. / Étude canadienne sur l’incidence des signalements de cas de violence et de négligence envers les enfants – 1998: Rapport final.
Trocmé, N., McPhee, D., Tam, K.K., & Hay, T. (1994). Ontario incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect. Toronto, ON: Institute for the Prevention of Child Abuse, 127 pages.
Journal Articles
Chamberland, C. Fallon, B., Black, T., Trocmé, N., & Chabot, M. (in press) Correlates of substantiated emotional maltreatment in the second Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma.
Trocmé, N., Fallon, B., Sinha, V., Van Wert, M., Kozlowski, A. & MacLaurin, B., (in press) Differentiating between child protection and family support in the Canadian child welfare system’s response to intimate partner violence, corporal punishment, and child neglect. International Journal of Psychology.
Ellenbogen, S., Wekerle, C., Trocmé, N. (in press) Comparing the Maltreatment Experiences of Aggressive and Nonaggressive Youth. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma.
Ellenbogen, S., Trocmé, N., & Wekerle, C (2012). Comparing the self-generated violence outcome expectancies of aggressive and nonaggressive adolescents in a sample of Child Protective Services users. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Sciences, 44(4), 300–307.
Fallon, B., Trocmé, N., Fluke, J., Wert, M. V., MacLaurin, B., Sinha, V., . . . Turcotte, D. (2012). Responding to child maltreatment in Canada: Context for International Comparisons. Advances in Mental Health, 2719-2746.
Ruiz-Casares, M., Fallon, B. & Trocmé, N. (2012). Supervisory Neglect and Risk of Harm: Evidence from the Canadian Child Welfare System. Child Abuse & Neglect. 36(6), 471–480.
Jud, A., Fallon, B., & Trocmé, N. (2012). Who gets services and who does not? Multi-level approach to the decision for ongoing child welfare or referral to specialized services. Children and Youth Services Review, 34(5), 983-988.
Chamberland, C. Fallon, B., Black, T. & Trocmé, N. (2011) Emotional Maltreatment in Canada: Prevalence, Reporting and Child Welfare Responses Child Abuse & Neglect, 35, 841-854.
Trocmé, N., Fallon, B., MacLaurin, B. Chamberland, C., Chabot, M., & Esposito, T. (2011) Shifting definitions of emotional maltreatment: An analysis child welfare investigation laws and practices in Canada. Child Abuse & Neglect , 35, 831– 840
Fallon, B. & Trocmé, N. MacLaurin, B., Sinha, V. & Black, T. (2011) Untangling Risk of Maltreatment from Events of Maltreatment: An Analysis of the 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2008). International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 9 (10)
Fallon, B., Trocmé, N., MacLaurin, B. (2011) Should child protection services respond differently to maltreatment, risk of maltreatment, and risk of harm? Child Abuse & Neglect. 35 (4), 236-239
Collin-Vezina, D., Trocmé, N. & Hélie, S. (2010) Is child Sexual Abuse Declining in Canada? An Analysis of Child Welfare Data. Child Abuse & Neglect, 34 (11), 807–812.
Fallon, B., Trocmé, N., Fluke, J., MacLaurin, B., Tonmyr, L., Yuan Y., (2010) Methodological challenges in measuring child maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 34(1), 70-79
Sinha, V., Fast, E., Trocmé, N., Fallon, B. & MacLaurin, B. (2010) La composante Premières nations de l’Étude Canadienne sur l'incidence des signalements de cas de violence et de négligence envers les enfants : une approche axée sur le renforcement des capacités dans le cadre d’une recherche nationale appliquée aux Premières nations Nouvelles Pratiques Sociales 23(1), 83-98.
Gough, P., LaJoie, J., Shlonsky A. & Trocmé, N. (2010) Journal Watch: An inter-university collaborative e-learning partnership. Social Work Education, 29(1), 18-26.
Campbell, A., Springate, M., & Trocmé, N. (2009) Legislation’s Influence on Judiciarization: Examining the effects of statutory structure and language on rates of court use in child welfare contexts. Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 26(2), 1-28
Clément, M.E. & Trocmé, N. (2009) Description du troisième cycle des enquêtes sur la maltraitance et la violence envers les enfants au Québec. Santé, Société et Solidarité, (1), 159-164.
Trocmé, N. La matrice d’indicateurs d’impacts des services de protection de la jeunesse. (2009) Santé, Société et Solidarité, (1),151-158.
Clément, ME, Chamberland, C., & Trocmé, N., (2009) Épidémiologie de la maltraitance et de la violence envers les enfants au Québec. Santé, Société et Solidarité, (1), 27-38.
Larrivée, M.-C., Lavergne, C., Dufour, S. et Trocmé, N. (2009). L’abus physique avec ou sans autres formes de mauvais traitements : deux réalités?. Revue canadienne d’orientation et de psychoéducation, 38, 2, 215-233.
Collin-Vézina, D., Dion, J., & Trocmé N. (2009) Sexual Abuse in Canadian Aboriginal Communities: A Broad Review of Conflicting Evidence. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 7(1), 27-41
Trocmé, N., Esposito, T. Laurendeau, C. Thomson, W. & Milne, L. (2009) Knowledge Mobilization in Child Welfare. Criminologie, 42(1), 33-59.
Larrivée, M.-C., Lavergne, C., Dufour, S., Trocmé, N. (2009). L’abus physique avec ou sans autres formes de mauvais traitements: deux réalités? Revue de Psychoéducation. 38(1), 73-95.
Trocmé, N., Knoke, D., Fallon, B., & MacLaurin, B. (2009) Differentiating between substantiated, suspected and unfounded maltreatment in Canada. Child Maltreatment. 14 (1), 4-16
Knoke, D., Trocmé, N., MacLaurin, B., & Fallon, B. (2009) Reliability of the Canadian Incidence Study Data Collection Instrument. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. 23 (1) , 87-112
Wekerle, C., Leung, E, Wall, AM, MacMillan, H., Boyle, M., Trocmé, N., & Waechter, R. (2009). The contribution of childhood emotional abuse to teen dating violence among child protective services-involved youth. Child Abuse & Neglect, 33, 45–58.
Durrant, J., Trocmé, N. Fallon, B., & Milne, C. (2009) Protection of Children from Physical Maltreatment in Canada: An Evaluation of the Supreme Court’s Definition of Reasonable Force Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma,18(1), p 64 – 87
Walsh, C., MacMillan, H., Trocmé, N., Jamieson, E., & Boyle, M. (2008). Measurement of victimization in adolescence: Development and validation of The Childhood Experiences of Violence Questionnaire. Child Abuse and Neglect. 32(11), 1037–1057
Barber, J., .Shlonsky, A., Black, T., Goodman, D., & Trocmé, N. (2008). Reliability and Predictive Validity of a risk assessment tool. Journal of Public Child Welfare. 2(2) 173-195
Gonzalez, M., Durrant, J-E., Brown, J., Trocmé, N. (2008).What Predicts Injury from Physical Punishment? A Test of the Typologies of Violence Hypothesis. Child Abuse and Neglect. pp. 752-765
Lavergne, C., Dufour, S., Trocmé, N. et Larrivée, M.-C. (2008). Visible Minority, Aboriginal and Caucasians Children investigated by Canadian Child protective services. Child Welfare, 87 (2), 59-76.
Black, T., Trocmé, N., Fallon, B., & MacLaurin, B. (2008). The Canadian Child Welfare System Response to Exposure in Domestic Violence Investigations. Child Abuse & Neglect, 32(3), 393-404
Dufour, S., Lavergne, C., Larrivée, C., & Trocmé, N. (2008). Who are these parents involved in child neglect? A differential analysis by parent gender and family structure. Children and Youth Services Review. 30(2)141-156.
Tourigny, M. Domond, P., Trocmé, N., Sioui, B., and Baril, K. (2007) Les mauvais traitements envers les enfants autochtones signalés à la Protection de la jeunesse : Comparaison interculturelle. First Peoples Child & Family Review Journal, 3(3), 84-102.
Wekerle, C., Leung, E, Wall, AM, MacMillan, H., Boyle, M. & Trocmé, N. (2007) The Maltreatment and Adolescent Pathways (MAP) Project: Using Adolescent Child Protective Services Population-Based Research to Identify Research Questions. First Peoples Child & Family Review Journal, 3(2), 43-49.
Knoke, D., Goodman, D., Leslie, B., & Trocmé, N. (2007). Differences in the Factors Associated with Out-of-Home Placement for Children and Youth. Canadian Journal of Social Work, 9(1), 26-47.
Wein, F., Blackstock, C., Loxley, J., & Trocmé, N. (2007).Keeping First Nations children at home: A few Federal policy changes could make a big difference. First Peoples Child and Family Review. 3(1), 10-14.
Bala, N., Mitnick, M., Trocmé, N., & Houston, C. (2007). Sexual Abuse Allegations and Parental Separation: Smokescreen or Fire? Journal of Family Studies, 3(1), 26-56
Wekerle, C., Wall, A.-M., Trocmé, N., & Leung, E. (2007). Cumulative stress and substantiated maltreatment: The importance of caregiver vulnerability and adult partner violence. Child Abuse & Neglect, 31(4), 427-443.
De Marco, R., Tonmyr. L., Fallon, B. & Trocmé, N. (2007).The Effect of Maltreatment Co-occurrence on Emotional Harm among Sexually Abused Children. Victims and Offenders, (2), 45-62.
Marziali, E., Damianakis, T., Smith, D., & Trocme, N. (2006). Supportive group therapy for parents who chronically neglect their children. Families in Society, 87 (3), 401-408.
Tourigny, M., Trocmé, N., Helie, S., & Larrivee, M. (2006). Facteurs associés à la décision de recourir au Tribunal de la jeunesse lors de l’orientation des mesures de prise en charge. Criminologie, 39(1), 129-150.
Mayer, M., Dufour, S., Lavergne, C, Girard, M., Trocmé, N. (2006). Structures familiales, paternité et négligence : des réalités à revisiter. Revue de psychoéducation, 35(1), 157-181.
Trocmé, N., & Blackstock, C. (2005). Community based child welfare for aboriginal children: Supporting resilience through structural change. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 24, 12-33.
Knoke, D., & Trocmé, N. (2005). Reviewing the evidence on assessing risk for child abuse and neglect. Brief Therapy and Evidence Based Practice Journal, 5(3). 310-327.
Trocmé, N., & Bala, N. (2005). False allegations of abuse when parents separate: Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect, 1998. Child Abuse & Neglect, 29(12), 1333-1345.
Trocmé, N., Fallon, B., MacLaurin, B., & Neves, T. (2005). What is driving increasing child welfare caseloads in Canada? Analysis of the 1993 and 1998 Ontario Incidence Studies of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Welfare, 84(3), 341-359.
Trocmé, N., Knoke, D., Blackstock, C. (2004). Pathways to the overrepresentation of Aboriginal children in Canada’s child welfare system. Social Service Review, 78(4), 577-600.
Maiter, S., Alaggia, R., & Trocmé, N. (2004). Perceptions of child maltreatment by parents from the Indian sub-continent: Challenging myths about culturally based abusive parenting practices. Child Maltreatment, 9(3), 309-324.
Blackstock, C., Trocmé, N., & Bennett, M. (2004). Child maltreatment investigations among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Families in Canada: A comparative analysis. Violence Against Women, 10(8), 901-916.
Walsh, C., Jamieson, E., MacMillan, H., & Trocmé, N. (2004). Measuring child sexual abuse in children and youth. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 13(1), 39-68.
Marziali, E., Damianakis, T., Trocmé, N. (2003). Nature and consequences of personality problems in maltreating caregivers. Families in Society, 84(4), 530-538.
Trocmé, N., MacMillan, H., Fallon, B., & de Marco, R. (2003). The nature and severity of physical harm caused by child abuse and neglect: Results from the Canadian Incidence Study. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 169(9), 911-915.
King, G., & Trocmé, N., & Thatte, N. (2003). Substantiation as a multi-tier process: The results of an NIS3 Analysis. Child Maltreatment, 8(3), 173-182.
Trocmé, N., Tourigny, M., MacLaurin, B., & Fallon, B. (2003). Major findings from the Canadian Incidence Study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 27(12), 1427-1439.
Trocmé, N., & Durrant, J. (2003). Physical punishment and the response of the Canadian child welfare system: implications for legislative reform. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 25(1) 1-18.
MacLaurin, B., Trocmé, N., & Fallon, B. (2001) The Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and neglect: Study Findings. Journal of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies. Vol. 45 (2), p. 7-11.
Trocmé. N., MacLaurin, B., Fallon, B., Daciuk, J., Tourigny, M., & Billingsley, D. (2001). The Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect: Methodology. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 92(4), 259-263.
Trocmé, N., & Tourigny, M. (2000). Facteurs associés aux décisions d’engager des poursuites pénales après enquêtes sur des abus physiques ou sexuels infligés à des enfants. Criminologie, 33(2), 7-30.
Trocmé, N., MacLaurin, B., & Fallon, B. (2000). Canadian child welfare outcomes indicator matrix: An ecological approach to tracking service outcomes. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 4(1), 165-190.
Trocmé, N., & Schumaker, K. (1999). Reported child sexual abuse in Canadian schools and recreational facilities: Implications for developing effective prevention strategies. Children and Youth Services Review, 21(8), 621-642.
Oxman-Martinez, J., Trocmé, N., & Moreau, J. (1998). Client outcomes in Canadian child welfare. The Social Worker, 66(3), 66-78.
Barsky, A., & Trocmé, N. (1998). The essential aspects of mediation in child welfare protection cases. Child and Youth Services Review, 20(7), 629-696.
MacMillan, H., Fleming, J., Trocmé, N., Boyle, M., Wong, M., Racine, Y., et al. (1997). Prevalence of child physical and sexual abuse in a community sample: Results from the Ontario Health Supplement. Journal of the American Medical Association, 278(2), 131-135.
Trocmé, N. (1996). Le rôle des facteurs de classe et de genre dans la sélection de stratégies de recherche, d'intervention et de prévention de la maltraitance des enfants. Réflections, 4, 7-34.
Trocmé, N. (1996). L’étranger: ogre ou bon samaritain. Reflets: revue Ontaroise d’intervention sociale et communautaire, 2(1), 58-68.
Trocmé, N. (1996). Development and evaluation of a child neglect index. Child Maltreatment, 1(2), 145-155. (CNI reprinted in Crosson-Tower, C. (1999). Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect, Allyn and Bacon.).
Trocmé, N., & Lindsey, D. (1996). What can child homicide rates tell us about the effectiveness of child welfare services? Child Abuse & Neglect, 20(3), 171-184.
Trocmé, N., McPhee, D., & Tam, K.K. (1995). Child abuse and neglect in Ontario: Incidence and characteristics. Child Welfare, 74(3), 563-586.
Trocmé, N., & Caunce, C. (1995). Educational needs of abused and neglected children: A review of the literature. Early Childhood Development and Care, 106, 101-135.
Lindsey, D., & Trocmé, N. (1994). Have child protection efforts reduced child homicides: An examination of data from Britain and North America. British Journal of Social Work, 24, 715-732.
Irving, H., Benjamin, M., & Trocmé, N. (1984). Shared parenting: An empirical analysis using a large data base. Family Process, 23, 561-569.
Chapters
Trocmé, N., Milne, L., Esposito, T., Laurendeau, C., & Gervais, M.-J. (in press). Supporting evidence based management in child welfare: A Canadian university-agency collaboration. In A. Shlonsky & R. Benbenishty (Eds.) From Evidence to Outcomes in Child Welfare: An International Reader. Oxford University Press.
Esposito, T., Trocmé, N., Chabot, M., Gaumont, C., Coughlin, L., Laurendeau, C., & Duret, A. (in press). Gestion Fondée Sur Les Indicateurs De Suivi Clinique En Protection De La Jeunesse In M.-A. Poirier & S. Léveillé (Eds.) Jeunesse en tête: au-delà des risques, les besoins de développement des enfants, Presses du l'Université du Québec.
Vine, C., Trocmé, N., MacLaurin, B., & Fallon, B. (in press). Children abused, neglected, and living with violence: An overview. In R. Allagia & C. Vine (Eds.), Cruel but not unusual, second edition. Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Trocmé N. (2012) Child maltreatment and its impact on psychosocial child development: Epidemiology. Rev ed. MacMillan H, topic ed. In: Tremblay RE, Boivin M, Peters RDeV, eds. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development [online]. Montreal, Quebec: Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development and Strategic Knowledge Cluster on Early Child Development; 2012:1-5. Available at: http://www.childencyclopediacom/documents/TrocmeANGxp2.pdf.
Trocmé, N., (2011) Poverty, Inadequate Housing and Social Isolation are Interwoven with Child Abuse. In Sarra, J. (Ed.) A Voice for Many - Margaret Philip, Journalist, Toronto, ON: Carswell.
Lavergne, C., Dufour, S., Trocmé, N. et Larrivée, M.-C. (2011). Visible Minority and Aboriginal Children, and Canadian Protective Services. In Deborah K. Green, Kathleen Belanger, Ruth McRoy and Lloyd Bullard (Eds.). Challenging Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare: Research, Policy, and Practice. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America
Trocmé, N., Esposito, T., Mulcahy, M., Coughlin, L., Fallon, B., MacLaurin, B., & Shlonsky, A. (2011) The National Child Welfare Outcomes Indicator Matrix (NOM) and its application in a child welfare agency In K. Kufeldt & B. McKenzie (Eds.), Child welfare: Connecting research, policy and practice, 2nd Edition. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Sinha, V., Trocmé, N. Blackstock, C. Fallon, B., MacLaurin, B. (2011). Understanding the overrepresentation of First Nations children in Canada’s child welfare system. In K. Kufeldt & B. McKenzie (Eds.), Child welfare: Connecting research, policy and practice, 2nd Edition. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Trocmé, N. Fallon, B., MacLaurin, B. (2011). Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS): Changing patterns of reported maltreatment: 1998 and 2003. In K. Kufeldt & B. McKenzie (Eds.), Child welfare: Connecting research, policy and practice, 2nd Edition. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Fallon, B., MacLaurin, B. Trocmé, N. Gail, J., & Golden, C. (2011) Canadian child welfare worker qualifications: Examining a changing national profile. In K. Kufeldt & B. McKenzie (Eds.), Child welfare: Connecting research, policy and practice, 2nd Edition. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Fallon. B. & Trocmé, N. (2011) Factors associated with the decision to provide ongoing services: Are worker characteristics and organization geographic location important? In K. Kufeldt & B. McKenzie (Eds.), Child welfare: Connecting research, policy and practice, 2nd Edition. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Schumaker, K., Fallon. B. & Trocmé, N. (2011) The response of the Ontatrio child welfare system to neglect: 1992 to 2003. In K. Kufeldt & B. McKenzie (Eds.), Child welfare: Connecting research, policy and practice, 2nd Edition. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Fallon, B., Trocmé, N., MacLaurin, B., Knoke, D., Black. T., Felstiner, C. Supporting Secondary Analyses of the Canadian Incidence Studies of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. (2011) in S. Léveillé, N. Trocmé, I. Brown & C. Chamberland (eds.) Research-Community Partnership in Child Welfare, Toronto, On: Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare.
Trocmé, N., Thomson, W., & Roy, C. (2011) Evidence-Based Management in Child Welfare: researchers and decision-makers working hand in hand, in S. Léveillé, N. Trocmé, I. Brown & C. Chamberland (eds.) Research-community Partnership in Child Welfare, Toronto, On: Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, 43-58.
Wekerle, C., Chen, M., Leung, E., Waechter, R., Wall, AM, MacMillan, H., Trocmé, N., Boyle, M., Leslie, B., Goodman, D., & Mood, B. (2011) Is Epidemiological Research of Child Welfare Youth Feasible? In, S. Léveillé, N. Trocmé, I. Brown & C. Chamberland (eds.) Research-Community Partnership in Child Welfare, Toronto, On: Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, 59-90.
Léveillé, S., Chamberland, C., Trocmé, N., & Brown, I. (2011) An evaluation of Canadian research-community partnerships in child welfare. In, S. Léveillé, N. Trocmé, I. Brown & C. Chamberland (eds.) Research-Community Partnership in Child Welfare, Toronto, On: Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, 231-278.
Brown, I, Trocmé, N., Chamberland, C., & Leveillé, S. (2011). Research Partenerships in Child Welfare: Synthesis & Future Directions. In, S. Léveillé, N. Trocmé, I. Brown & C. Chamberland (eds.) Research-Community Partnership in Child Welfare, Toronto, On: Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, 279-2298.
Milne, L. & Trocmé, N. (2010) Premières leçons tirées de trois initiatives de mobilisation des connaissances In Lafortune, D., Cousineau, M. & Tremblay, C. (Eds.) Pratiques innovantes auprès des jeunes en difficulté Quebec, Qc.: Presse de l’Univeristé de Montréal., 525-537.
Trocmé, N. (2010) Préface. In A. Stipanicic, P. Nolin et G. Fortin (Eds.) Le syndrome du bébé secoué. Quebec, Qc. : Presse de l’Université du Québec. vii-viii.
Trocmé, N. (2009). Avant-propos. In S. Dufour. & C. Lavergne (eds.) La violence envers les enfants en milieu familial. Montréal, QC : Edition CEC. vii-viii.
Trocmé, N. (2008). The Epidemiology of child maltreatment. In D. Lindsey & A. Shlonsky (Eds.), Child Welfare Research. Oxford University Press.(pp 15-24)
Trocmé, N. (2008). Voices Discovering Each Other as They Rise From Canada's Fragmented Child Welfare System. In Brown, I., Chaze. F., Fuchs, D., Lafrance, J., McKay, S., & Thomas Prokop, S. (Eds.) Putting a human face on child welfare: Voices from the Prairies. Prairie Child Welfare Consortium www.uregina.ca/spr/prairechild/index.html / Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare www.cecw-cepb.ca
Blackstock, C., & Trocmé, N., (2006). Community-based child welfare for Aboriginal children: Supporting resilience through structural change In Ungar, M. (Ed.), Pathways to relilience: A handbook of theory, methods and interventions. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE
Tonmyr, L., Trocmé. N., & Fallon, B. (2006). Overview of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS), 2003. In G. Phaneuf (Ed.), Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile 2006. (9 pages in Catalogue no. 85-224). Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada.
Tonmyr, L., Trocmé, N., & Fallon, B. (2006). Aperçu de l’Étude canadienne sur l’incidence des signalements de cas de violence et de négligence envers les enfants (ECI), 2003. In G. Phaneuf (Ed.), La violence familiale au Canada: un profil statistique 2006. (12 pages dans le Catalogue no. 85-224). Ottawa, ON: Statistique Canada.
Hayes, J. Trocmé, N., & Jenney, A. (2006). Children’s exposure to domestic violence. In R. Alaggia & C. Vine (Eds.), Cruel but not unusual: Violence in Canadian families. A sourcebook of history, theory & practice. (pp.201-235). Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Vine, C. Trocmé, N., & Finlay, J. (2006). Children abused, neglected & living with violence: An overview. In R. Alaggia & C. Vine (Eds.), Cruel but not unusual: Violence in Canadian families. A sourcebook of history, theory & practice. (pp.147-176). Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Trocmé, N., Knoke, D., Shangreaux, C., Fallon, B., MacLaurin, B. (2005). The experiences of first nations children coming into contact with the child welfare system in Canada. In Wen: De , We are coming to the light of day. (pp. 60-86). Ottawa, ON: First Nations Child and Family caring Society.
Trocmé, N. (2005). Child Maltreatment and its impact on psychosocial child development epidemiology / Maltraitance chez les enfants son impact sur l’épidémiologie du développement psychosocial. In R. Tremblay, R.G. Barr, & R.DeV. Peters (Eds.), Encyclopedia of early childhood development, [pp. 1-5 online]. Montreal, QC: Centre of Excellence for Early Child Development.
Mayer, M., Lavergne, C. Guyon, L., Gemme, E., Trocmé, N., Girard M. (2005). Toxicomanie parentale et négligence chez les enfants: les révélations de l’Étude d’incidence québécoise. In L. Guyon, S. Brochu & M. Landry (Eds.), Jeunesse et toxicomanies: bilan des connaissances et des recherches québécoise sur l’usage et l’abus de substances chez les jeunes et leurs familles. Quebec, QC: Presse de l’Université Laval.
Blackstock, C., & Trocmé, N. (2005). Community Based Child Welfare for Aboriginal Children: Supporting Resilience through Structural Change. In M. Ungar (Ed.), Handbook for working with children and youth: Pathways to resilience across cultures and contexts, (pp. 105-120). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
MacLaurin, B., & Trocmé, N. (2004). Abuse and neglect. In J. Winterdyk (Ed.), Issues and Perspectives on Young Offenders in Canada. (3rd edition). (pp 289-310). Toronto, ON: Thomson Press.
Trocmé, N., & Chamberland, C. (2003). Re-involving the community: The need for a differential response to rising child welfare caseloads in Canada. In N. Trocmé, D. Knoke & C. Roy (Eds.), Community collaboration & Differential Response. (pp. 45-56). Child Welfare league of Canada. Ottawa, ON.
Trocmé, N., Phaneuf, G., Scarth, S., Fallon, B., & MacLaurin, B. (2003). Canadian incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect: Methodology and Major findings. In K. Kufeldt & B. McKenzie (Eds.), Child welfare: Connecting research, policy and practice. (pp. 13-26). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
MacLaurin, B., Fallon, B., & Trocmé, N. (2003). Characteristics of investigated children and families referred for out-of-home placement. In K. Kufeldt & B. McKenzie (Eds.), Child welfare: Connecting research, policy and practice. (pp. 27-40). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
McKenzie, B., & Trocmé, N. (2003). Child Maltreatment: Themes and Implications. In K. Kufeldt & B. McKenzie (Eds.), Child welfare: Connecting research, policy and practice. (pp. 67-76). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Fallon, B., MacLaurin, B., & Trocmé, N. (2003). A national profile of child protection workers. In K. Kufeldt & B. McKenzie (Eds.), Child welfare: Connecting research, policy and practice. (pp. 41-52). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Tourigny, M., Mayer, Micheline, Hélie, S., Wright, J., & Trocmé, N. (2001). Les mauvais traitements envers les enfants. In Portrait social du Québec, Données et analyses: Edition 2001. (Ch. 20, pp. 461-473). Quebec, QC: Institut de la statistique.
Trocmé. N., & Wolfe, D. (2001). The Canadian incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect. In G. Phaneuf (Ed.), Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile 2001. (10 pages in Catalogue no. 85-224). Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada.
Trocmé, N., MacLaurin, B., & Fallon, B. (2000). Canadian child welfare outcomes indicator matrix. In S. Ward & D Finkelhor (Eds.), Program evaluation & family violence research. (pp. 165-190). New York, NY: Haworth Press.
Trocmé, N., & Brison, R. (1998). Homicide and injuries due to assault and to abuse and neglect. In G. Beaulne (Ed.), For the Safety of Canadian Children and Youth: From data to prevention measures. (pp. 254-265). Ottawa, ON: Health Canada.
Trocmé, N., Tam, K.K., & McPhee, D., (1995). Correlates of substantiation of maltreatment in child welfare investigations. In J. Hudson & B. Galaway (Eds.), Child welfare in Canada: Research and policy implications. (pp. 20-39). Toronto, ON: Thompson Educational Press.
Lindsey, D., & Trocmé, N. (1994). Should the police have greater authority in investigating cases of suspected child abuse? In E. Gambrill & T. Stein (Eds.), Controversial issues in child welfare. (pp. 90-97). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Trocmé, N. (1991). Child welfare services. In D. Barnhorst & L. Johnson (Eds.), State of the child in Ontario. (pp. 63-91). Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press.
Irving, H., Benjamin, M., & Trocmé, N. (1984). Shared parenting: An empirical analysis using a large Canadian data base. In J. Folberg (Ed.), Joint custody and shared parenting. (pp.128-135). Washington, DC: Bureau of National Affairs.
Book Reviews
Black, T., & Trocmé, N. (2005). [Review of the book Protecting Children from Domestic Violence Strategies for Community Intervention], Canadian Psychology, 46(3), 170-171.
Trocmé, N. (2001). [Review of the book Promoting family wellness and preventing child maltreatment: Fundamentals for thinking and action], Canadian Social Work Review. University of Toronto Press, p. 48
Trocmé, N. (1996). The return of morality in liberalism [Review of the book The missing child in liberal theory], Children and Youth Services Review, 18(7), 655-657.
Trocmé, N. (1993). [Review of the book Children at risk: An Evaluation of factors contributing to child abuse and neglect], Children and Youth Services Review, 15, 157-159.
Courses offered
SWRK 606
Social Work: Reflection on current practices in child welfare. An overview of contemporary theoretical frameworks and students' experiences in the field will form the basis of class discussion. Topics include: the construction of abuse and neglect; the risk ethos, families'/mothers' experiences of child welfare services; the reflective practitioner and resistance.
Offered by: Social Work
- Note: Seminar.
- Terms
- Winter 2014
- Instructors
- Nicolas Trocmé
SWRK 643
Social Work: Quantitative methods used in social work, including data collection and analysis, critical appraisal of existing research, and proposal writing. Descriptive and explanatory designs, covering quantitative methods used in experimental studies, surveys, and in analyzing administrative data.
Offered by: Social Work
- Prerequisite: SWRK 653.
- Restriction: Limited to M.S.W. students.
- Terms
- Winter 2014
- Instructors
- Nicolas Trocmé, Tonino Esposito