Americas

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JaeRan Kim - Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services,

This study explored the experiences of adoptive parents who chose to place their intercountry adopted child in out-of-home care due to the child's disability. 

Margaret H. Lloyd, Becci A. Akin, Jody Brook - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study seeks to contribute to the literature on child welfare and parental drug use in the United States by answering several research questions.

Angela Nancy Mendoza, Christine A. Fruhauf, Kimberly Bundy-Fazioli, Joyce Weil - The International Journal of Aging and Human Development,

The purpose of this article is to provide a summary of the published research addressing the challenges and strengths of Latino grandparents raising grandchildren in the United States. 

Kathryn L. Humphreys, Charles A. Nelson, Nathan A. Fox, and Charles H. Zeanah - Development and Psychopathology,

This study examines signs of reactive attachment disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder at age 12 years in 111 children who were abandoned at or shortly after birth and subsequently randomized to care as usual or to high-quality foster care, as well as in 50 comparison children who were never institutionalized. 

Michelle S. Ballan, Molly Burke Freyer - Disability and Health Journal,

This article explores sexuality education and sexual healthcare for female adolescents in foster care with ID/DD and recommends practice guidelines to support and prepare their emergent sexual development.

Ise Bosch, Eva-Maria Hilgarth, Sarah Blakemore, Amani Njogu, Nguyen Van Hue, Karin Demuth – Dreilinden,

Dreilinden produced this working paper to improve practice in the area of *LGBTI children in care. This paper has texts in a variety of formats from around the world and contains three sections that cover research and tools, interviews, and practice examples.

Patrick J. Fowlera, Katherine E. Marcala, Jinjin Zhangb, Orin Dayc, John Landsverk - Children and Youth Services Review,

The present study represents the first large-scale, prospective comparison to test whether aging out of foster care contributes to homelessness risk in emerging adulthood in the USA. 

Disability Rights International,

Entre el 7 y 11 de marzo de 2017, investigadores de Disability Rights International (DRI) viajaron a Guatemala para entrevistar los sobrevivientes de vivienda institucional. Este documento presente la información recopilada y las recomendaciones de DRI a Guatemala.

Disability Rights International,

DRI’s main finding is that survivors of the fire at Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción face immediate danger – including detention in other institutions where they face continued segregation and abuse.

Save the Children,

Save the Children is in search of a Regional Program Manager to work on its Regional Senior Management Team in Panama City, Panama.  The initial contract term is two years initially.

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