Effects of Institutional Care

Institutionalising children has been shown to cause a wide range of problems for their development, well-being and longer-term outcomes. Institutional care does not adequately provide the level of positive individual attention from consistent caregivers which is essential for the successful emotional, physical, mental, and social development of children. This is profoundly relevant for children under 3 years of age for whom institutional care has been shown to be especially damaging. 

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World Vision,

This report summarises findings from a recent online survey conducted with over 300 international travellers to Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam. 

Georgette Mulheir - The Equal Rights Review,

This article sets out some of the evidence of the impact of institutionalisation on children in Europe.

Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis, Kevin Browne ,

This article provides an update on a series of projects that have highlighted the issue of institutionalization of children in Europe, arguing that babies and small children aged less than 3 years old, with or without disability, should not be placed in residential care without a parent or primary caregiver.

McCall, van IJzendoorn, Juffer, Vorria, Groark, & Groza - Leiden Conference,

This article briefly summarizes the literature on elements of research, practice, and policy pertaining to the development and care of children raised in institutions. It covers such children’s development while they reside in institutions and after their transition to adoptive or foster families.

Robert B. Mccall, Marinus H. Van Ijzendoorn, Femmie Juffer, Christina J. Groark, and Victor K. Groza - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development,

This monograph reviews literature pertaining to children without permanent parents.

Dana E. Johnson and Megan R. Gunnar - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development,

This study explores global growth suppression among children within institutional care settings.

Patrice L. Engle, Victor K. Groza, Christina J. Groark, Aaron Greenberg, Kelley McCreery Bunkers, Rifkat J. Muhamedrahimov - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development Volume 76, Issue 4,

This paper from Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development Volume 76, Issue 4 proposes a number of key components for translating research into policy and programs: analyzing the situation, using evidence to build the case for action, developing policies, building program capacity in child welfare and early childhood development, creating a family‐based child welfare system, and developing a system of monitoring and accountability.

Dana E. Johnson & Megan R. Gunnar - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development Volume 76, Issue 4,

Children within institutional care settings experience significant global growth suppression, which is more profound in children with a higher baseline risk of growth impairment (e.g., low birth weight [LBW] infants and children exposed to alcohol in utero), according to this chapter from Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development Volume 76, Issue 4.

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development,

This monograph contains nine chapters that review and discuss the empirical literature on the development of children who have been deprived of their permanent parents

Charles A. Nelson III Karen Bos Megan R. Gunnar Edmund J. S. Sonuga‐Barke - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development Volume 76, Issue 4 ,

This chapter from Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development Volume 76, Issue 4 reviews the neurobiological literature on early institutionalization that may account for the psychological and neurological sequelae discussed in other chapters in this volume.