A review of 69 deaths and serious injuries, conducted by Alberta’s child and youth advocate, has found there were gaps when child intervention workers assessed families.

In her annual review of children or young adults who died or experienced serious injury, advocate Terri Pelton said that in more than half of the cases, child intervention workers didn’t adequately evaluate either the caregivers’ capacity to help or the impact of disrupted relationships .

“These critical factors influence safety, well-being and long-term outcomes for young people,” Pelton wrote in her Calling for Change report for 2024-25, which was released Thursday.

She recommended mandatory training on the impact of trauma for provincial employees who work with young people, and the adoption of better systems to iden

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