Americas

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Heather N. Taussig, Lindsey M. Weiler, Edward F. Garrido, Tara Rhodes, Ashley Boat, Melody Fadell - American Journal of Community Psychology,

This study replicates and extends previous findings of the Fostering Healthy Futures (FHF) program, a 30‐week mentoring and skills group intervention for preadolescent maltreated children in foster care.

Eduardo Vianna & Anna Stetsenko - Perspectiva,

The authors of this article discuss implementing critical-theoretical pedagogy within a collaborative transformative project in a foster care program in the U.S. to showcase the activist role of the educator in providing tools of agency for youth struggling against oppression.

Jessica Dym Bartlett & Sheila Smith - The American Journal of Community Psychology,

This paper examines strategies currently being implemented in early care and education (ECE) to address early childhood trauma.

Lauren H. K. Stanley & Shamra Boel-Studt - Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma,

This study examined the effects of trauma-informed residential care and the relation between complex trauma (CT) and gender.

David Kirp - The Guardian,

In this opinion piece for the Guardian, David Kirp describes an initiative at Western Michigan University (WMU) in the United States to support foster youth in completing their university degrees.

Samantha M. Brown, Rebecca Orsi, Pang Ching Bobby Chen - Child Maltreatment,

The aims of this study were to examine rates of reentry and risk factors associated with reentry into out-of-home care among children and youth involved in the child protection (reported for abuse/neglect) and youth-in-conflict (reported for behavioral issues) programs.

The Children's Bureau,

The Evaluation Summit is a forum for child welfare leaders, members of the research and evaluation community, and their partners and stakeholders to come together for timely and important dialogue and learning.

Jordan E. Montgomery - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy,

This study tested a web‐based parenting course called FosterParentCollege.com (FPC) Culturally Competent Parenting (CCP) for transracial foster and adoptive parents.

Sidney Cohen - CBC News,

"Nearly 10 months after the Auditor General of Canada delivered a scathing rebuke of the Northwest Territories' child welfare system, the territorial government has released a new plan to improve it," says this article from CBC News.