May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.A. CYR - CR-EX. (GINDIN) MAY 31, 2013
D.L. ROUSSIN - CR-EX. (GINDIN)
S.E. TAYLOR - CR-EX. (GINDIN)
D.M. KNOL - CR-EX. (GINDIN)
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to us and what the family's understanding.
MR. GINDIN: I see.
MS. CYR: Correct.
MS. TAYLOR: Um-hum.
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MR. GINDIN:
And that's happened enough times
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that you have resorted to keeping very detailed notes of
these meetings?
MS. CYR: Absolutely.
MR. GINDIN: All right. And I know that at some
point during the, Ms. Walsh's questioning, the question of
SDM tools came up, and Ms. Cyr, I noticed, maybe I was
wrong, but I think I noticed your eyes rolling and it
sounded like you couldn't wait to say something about that.
Did I -- am I correct in noticing that?
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MS. CYR:
I'm not a, I'm not a huge supporter of
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the SDM tools. I never have been. I've been very vocal in
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standing committee on my position on the SDM tools.
I was
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a strong advocate for signs of safety and that practice. I
would certainly recommend a paradigm shift in child, child
welfare practice from very risk-based to more safety-based,
strength-based, and I know that the only tool out of the
SDM that's really an actuarial tool is the probability of
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future harm.
The rest of the tools are ticky box tools
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that we fit our families into.
My issue with the SDM is that a number of
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