Parent Participation

This section highlights resources focused on the participation of parents and caregivers in decisions about children's care, including decisions about their own children and their placement in alternative care, as well as advocacy efforts to reform systems of care and protection for children.

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Taliah Drayak and Andy Bilson - Parents, Families & Allies Network (PFAN),

This blog post describes the benefits of parent advocacy for parents involved in the child protection system and includes a letter of thanks written by Taliah Drayak to her advocate.

Dr Gary Clapton - University of Edinburgh,

This article discusses the results of the first Scottish survey of parents’ experiences of child protection.

The Children’s Trust Fund Alliance and Birth Parent National Network,

The Children’s Trust Fund Alliance joined with a group of parents from the BPNN to produce these issue briefs. They include the perspectives of parents with life experiences in using services to strengthen their families and focus on timely and important topics.

Sharon Jackson, Lynn Kelly & Brian Leslie - Child & Family Social Work,

This article reports on the analysis of 11 qualitative interviews with parents who had attended child protection case conferences (CPCCs) in Scotland.

Rise,

This series—which begins with a focus on schools— exposes the harm of punishing parents instead of addressing the root causes of child welfare involvement in the U.S.

Government of the Northern Territory,

‘Children Safe, Family Together', the new family and kin care model outlined in this paper forms an integral part of the overall strategy being currently implemented by Territory Families (TF) to transform Out-of-Home Care in the Northern Territory (NT) and address worrying trend data pointing to the significant over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the NT child protection system.

PeakCare Queensland, Inc,

This article describes David Tobis's keynote address at the Family Inclusion Network South East Queensland’s Global Day of Parents Forum and the story of the parents and allies who changed the child protection system in New York City.

Casey Family Programs,

This Casey Family Programs issue brief looks at the use of peer mentors (“parent partners”) who work with parents entering in and engaging with the child welfare system.

Marilyn Obispo and Cynthia Cuevas - Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations,

The following research study aimed to discover the relationships and contributions that parent partners have in the reunification process of parents and children within the child welfare system.

Jeff Chambers, Sandy Lint, Maggie G. Thompson, Matthew W. Carlson, Michelle I. Graef - Children and Youth Services Review,

The current study used a quasi-experimental design and propensity score matching to examine the outcomes for children of families served by the Iowa Department of Human Services Parent Partner program, a peer support program to mentor parents who are currently involved in the US child welfare system.