Americas

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Katrina Taschman & Bertranna A. Muruthi - Contemporary Family Therapy,

This study employed a retrospective lens to explore adult experiences of their family post-deportation. Findings show that family went through a reorganization process after parental deportation which impacted how the child understood the deportation and affected the child’s perceptions and experiences of their parental loss.

Charles V. Izzo, Elliott G. Smith, Deborah E. Sellers, Martha J. Holden, Michael A. Nunno - Children and Youth Services Review,

The current study examined the effects of implementing a new program model on the quality of relationships between direct care providers and residents in group care agencies.

Robin Marie Harwick, Deanne Unruh, Lauren Lindstrom - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The purpose of the study was to uncover challenges during the transition to adulthood for youth with disabilities who experienced foster care and elucidate the supports most beneficial in addressing these challenges.

Sherri C Widen, Marlene Orozco, Eileen Lai Horng, Susanna Loeb - Journal of Early Childhood Research,

The authors of this study conducted a qualitative 2-year study to investigate informal caregivers’ motivations, assets, and needs.

Jared I. Best, Jennifer E. Blakeslee - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study incorporated a network approach to understanding how youth discussed strong ties and defined closeness in relationships.

Mariette Chartier, et al - Children and Youth Services Review,

This article investigates the efficacy of the Families First Home Visiting (FFHV) program, which aims to enhance parenting skills and strengthen relationships between parents and their children.

Brittany P. Mihalec-Adkins, Sharon L. Christ, Elizabeth Day - Children and Youth Services Review,

The current study uses a nationally representative sample of adolescent foster youth in the U.S. to test a model of the influences of placement-related factors on school engagement – namely, foster youth’s perceptions of security in their foster placements, their reports of education-specific involvement by foster caregivers, and the mediating potential of adolescents’ expectations for their future.

Ministerio de la Niñez y Adolescencia y Ministerio de la Defensa Pública con la Corte Suprema de Justicia y el Ministerio Público,

El presente informe de sistematización tiene como propósito hacer accesible la información producida en la Cumbre de la etapa final del análisis transversal del sistema de protección de la niñez, y ser una herramienta de comunicación y planificación al servicio de las instituciones públicas que formaron parte de este proceso.

Ministry of Children and Adolescents and Ministry of Public Defense with the Supreme Court of Justice and the Office of the Public Prosecutor,

The purpose of this systematization report is to make available the information produced at the Summit in the final stage of the cross-sectional review of the child protection system in Paraguay, and to be a communication and planning tool at the service of the Government agencies that were part of this process.

Taekyung Park & Barbara Pierce - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study aimed to examine how organizational factors, particularly leadership, affect child welfare worker turnover intentions in order to help child welfare agencies establish a practice model that prevents the turnover of qualified workers.