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Amina Khalid, Alina Morawska, Karen M. T. Turner,

This study involved a qualitative design with a thematic analysis approach, consisting of focus group discussions with 14 caregivers working in Pakistani orphanages who had participated in Group Triple P Parenting program.

Aikaterini Oikonomou, Agapi Kandylaki,

This article presents an example of critical best social work practice with unaccompanied minor asylum seekers. Based on a critical perspective, it focuses on social and community work interventions in the first reception centre, established in Greece, before the huge influx of refugees in 2015, aiming to support, empower and achieve social integration of the hosted youths.

Mary Canning, Marie Keenan, Ruth Breslin,

This scoping study explores forms of sexual exploitation of children and young people in Ireland, including those whose life experiences make them more vulnerable including being in care, going ‘missing’ or running away from home or a care placement.

Interagency Statement,

Sixteen NGOs with expertise in child protection, disability inclusion and human rights call on the Government of Ukraine and its international partners to implement these key recommendations on the development of an inclusive child protection and care system. 

Nuria Fuentes-Peláez, Carme Montserrat, Rosa Sitjes-Figueras, Gemma Crous,

This study aims to develop an understanding of the distinctive features of kinship and non-kin foster care based on information obtained from fostered children and child care professionals in Spain.

Kess L. Ballentine, Christina Huerta, Daniel Hyung Jik Lee, Elizabeth M.Z. Farmer,

This US-based study draws from a large-scale, quasi-experimental study of group homes in a southeastern state. To date this is the study examining youth’s prospective assessment of group home treatment quality on their later treatment outcomes.

Fangsong Liu,Na Wang, Harold Chui, Xinhong Wang, Na Chen,

This paper explores the strengths and weaknesses of orphaned children in orphanages in China under the guidance of enrichment theory, and then develops individualized social work service programs to help them acquire more knowledge and provide developmental services by building a trusting partnership with orphaned children and adolescents, guiding them to raise their awareness of self-change, providing supplementary learning education, and helping them to develop their potential and develop their abilities.

Li Huang, Sizhe Zhang, Biyu Bian, Mi Zhou, Zinan Bi ,

The aim of the study is to investigate the interactive influence of depression on left-behind and non-left-behind children in China from the perspective of peer effects. The roles of teachers, parents, and friends are also explored.

Hope and Homes for Children,

The Hope for Homes team in Rwanda helps communities become more inclusive for children with disabilities. 

Colleen C. Katz, Nathanael J. Okpych, Pajarita Charles, Eden Wall, Mark E. Courtney,

This US-based study explores factors associated with intimate partner violence using longitudinal data from a representative sample of older youth in California Foster Care who participated in the California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study (CalYOUTH). The authors' IPV outcome measures included victimization, perpetration, bidirectional IPV, and emotional abuse.