Americas

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Bryan Avelar - BBC Mundo,

This article from BBC News tells the stories of "cuckoo families" in El Salvador, women and families who are chosen and coerced by gang members to care for certain children. 

Joy D. Osofsky and Betsy McAlister Groves,

This book explains the neurological, emotional, and behavioral impacts of violence and trauma experienced by newborns, infants, children, and teenagers.

Carlomagno C. Panlilio, Sheridan Miyamoto, Sarah A. Font, Hannah M. C. Schreier - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The objective of this study was to assess item characteristics indicative of the severity of risk for commercial sexual exploitation among a high-risk population of child welfare system involved youth to inform the construction of a screening tool.

Cady Voge - The Guardian,

This article from the Guardian shares some of the stories of long-term trauma caused by the U.S. family separation policy.

Jamiles Lartey - The Guardian,

A recent lawsuit alleges that children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S. border with Mexico, who are under the supervision of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), were routinely given anti-anxiety and antidepressant drugs, sometimes by force, according to this article from the Guardian.

Austen McGuire & Yo Jackson - Child Abuse & Neglect,

The current study examined if the methods used to define and describe maltreatment contribute to the association between maltreatment and academic functioning in youth.

Roxanne Sicotte, Marie-Josée Letarte, Sonia Hélie, Isabelle-Ann Leclair Mallette - Child Maltreatment,

The study examines whether the form of maltreatment experienced by the child moderates the effects of a parent training program (PTP) on the probability that the child’s case will be closed.

Amy Strickler, Jennifer R. Mihalo, Karen L. Celedonia, Michael S. Kaelin - Child & Family Social Work,

This study aimed to examine the longitudinal changes treatment parents experience throughout preservice training and after a youth is placed in their home.

Elizabeth Bowen, Annahita Ball, Annette Semanchin Jones, Andrew Irish - Youth & Society ,

This qualitative study explored processes of resilience in the transition to adulthood for cross-systems youth aged 18 to 24.

David Crary  |  AP - Washington Post,

The government of Haiti has set out "to improve the deplorable status of the country’s children," through a partnership between the state child welfare agency and several international child-service organizations, by beginning to build a foster care system in the country, according to this article from the Washington Post.