Americas

This page contains documents and other resources related to children's care in the Americas. Browse resources by region, country, or category.

Displaying 1821 - 1830 of 3032

List of Organisations

Cage J. - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This study examined the extent to which (a) maltreatment type and (b) foster care placement were associated with the educational attainment of 337 maltreated adolescents.

Rebecca R. Seltzer, Erin P. Williams, Pamela K. Donohue, Renee D. Boss - Children and Youth Services Review,

The authors of this study sought to better understand the potential strengths and challenges of medical foster care (MFC) as a placement setting for children with chronic critical illness (CCI).

Bryn King, Barbara Fallon, Joanne Filippelli, Tara Black, Carolyn O'Connor - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses data from the provincially representative Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (OIS-2013) to identify the characteristics of the alleged maltreatment, functioning concerns, caregiver risk factors, and socioeconomic conditions associated with the decision to provide ongoing child welfare services to adolescents and their families.

Merav Jedwab, Anusha Chatterjee, Terry V. Shaw - Children and Youth Services Review,

The current study presents findings from a survey of child welfare caseworkers' experiences with reunifications and focuses on practices and key factors at the casework practice and at the system-environment level to assist in achieving successful reunification.

Armeda Stevenson Wojciak, Bryan P. Range, Dumayi M. Gutierrez, Nathan A. Hough, Casey M. Gamboni - Journal of Family Issues,

This study analyzes semistructured interviews of 15 foster parents on how foster parents perceive the sibling relationships of youth in foster care and ways to promote these relationships.

UNICEF,

UNICEF is seeking a Project Management Consultant in Child Protection. 

Jude Mary Cénat, Daniel Derivois, Martine Hébert, Laetitia Mélissande Amédée, Amira Karray - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This article aimed to investigate traumas experienced by street children and their coping and resilience strategies used to deal with adversities in a logic of survival, relying on a mixed method approach.

Rose Chahla & Rose Chahla - Journal of Social Work,

In this sample of 160 retained specially-trained public child welfare workers and former students, sources of stress and satisfaction were examined three and five years after the conclusion of the students’ work obligation.

Save the Children,

Save the Children is seeking a Senior Director of Child Protection. 

Jayshree S. Jani & Michael Reisch - Children and Youth Services Review,

Based on primary and secondary source materials, this article traces the evolution of the US social work field's response to the needs of unaccompanied immigrant and refugee youth during the past two centuries.