Americas

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Family for Every Child,

Family for Every Child has shared three pre-recorded presentations to watch in advance of their Online Event on Kinship Care in Brazil on Wednesday 3 April at 13:00 UK time.

Carmen Monico, Karen S. Rotabi, Justin Lee - Journal of Human Rights and Social Work,

This article focuses on the “zero-tolerance” policy adopted in spring, 2018, in the USA. The implementation of this policy resulted in the forced separation of children from their families and the violation of human rights of those detained in authorized facilities and foster care.

Carmen Monico, Karen S. Rotabi, Justin Lee - Journal of Human Rights and Social Work,

This article focuses on the “zero-tolerance” policy adopted in spring, 2018, in the USA.

Marianna L. Colvin & Heather M. Thompson - The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research,

The importance of mental and behavioral health for child welfare clients is well-documented; yet, little is known about the challenges therapeutic service providers (TSPs) experience working in child welfare practice. To explore this topic, five focus groups were conducted with 40 TSPs in a contracted mental and behavioral health agency and data were analyzed following an inductive thematic process.

National Children’s Advocacy Center,

The International Symposium on Child Abuse is a premiere conference that provides expert training and numerous networking opportunities to professionals in the child maltreatment field.

Sonya J. Leathers, Jill E. Spielfogel, Jennifer Geiger, James Barnett, Beth L. Vande Voort - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with difficult parenting experiences and placement disruption.

Carlos Ríos Espinosa - Human Rights Watch,

Mexico’s Supreme Court First Chamber has issued a ruling declaring that the practice of placing one 50-year old man with an intellectual disability under "guardianship," and thus stripping him of his autonomy and many basic rights, is discriminatory, according to this news release from Human Rights Watch.

Amy M. Salazar, Kevin P. Haggerty, Susan E. Barkan, Rachel Peterson, Madeline E. Furlong, Eunsaem Kim, Janice J. Cole, Jessica M. Colito - Sexuality Research and Social Policy,

This study has three aims: (1) to provide an overview of a module designed to support relationship building between LGBTQ+ youth in foster care and their caregivers, (2) to describe the theater testing procedure used to assess usability of the developed module with foster caregivers and adults, and (3) to share the results of the theater test.

Randall Waechter, Dilesha Kumanayaka, Colleen Angus-Yamada, Christine Wekerle, Savanah Smith and The MAP Research Team - ,

This open access study compared self-reported impact of research participation against maltreatment history and current post-traumatic stress symptomatology among a randomly selected group of adolescents (< 18 years old) in the child protection service (CPS) system.

Ryan D. Davidson, Claire S. Tomlinson, Connie J. Beck, Anne M. Bowen - Children and Youth Services Review,

This article aims to identify risk and protective factors associated with families returning to the US child welfare system within a social ecological framework, to identify gaps in the current literature, and to discuss areas for future research.