Americas

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

Displaying 1981 - 1990 of 3165

List of Organisations

Sharyn DeZelar, Elizabeth Lightfoot - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study uses a large administrative dataset, the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), to explore how public child welfare agencies in the United States use parental disability in their data collection efforts through examining the use of parental disability as a removal reason. 

Ruth M. Chambers, Rashida M. Crutchfield, Tasha Y. Willis, Haydée A. Cuza, Angelica Otero, Stephanie G. Goddu Harper, Heather Carmichael - Children and Youth Services Review,

This study examined two research questions: (1) how do foster care alumni remember their experiences of placement moves in foster care, and (2) how do foster care alumni perceive the consequences of their foster care placement moves on their lives today?

Lauren Heidbrink - Children and Youth Services Review,

From ethnographic research with unaccompanied children in the United States and Guatemala, this paper explores emergent and, at times, conflicting narratives of care that young migrants encounter while in U.S. federal custody. 

ChildFund International,

The Senior Advisor position provides technical leadership to strengthen ChildFund International’s global program portfolio and enhance program quality on behalf of children across the development and humanitarian continuum across these three life stages to promote international standards of Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE).

ChildFund International,

ChildFund International is seeking a Senior Advisor of Child Protection. 

Anna R. Haskins, Mariana Amorim, Meaghan Mingo - Sociology Compass,

In this review, the authors briefly outline who is most at risk for experiencing parental incarceration, before providing an overview of recent multidisciplinary research on the impacts of parental incarceration for American children, ages 0–17. 

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University,

This 5-minute video from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University explores the development and use of core capabilities — known as executive function and self-regulation skills — from early childhood into adolescence and adulthood.

Lucila Pellettieri - Global Press Journal ,

This article from the Global Press Journal explains a new law in Argentina, expected to be implemented in 2018, which would offer support to young people aging out of the care system.

CERIC,

A new resource has been developed to help Canadian educators meet the needs of immigrant and refugee youth in Canadian schools - including those who are unaccompanied or have been separated from their families - according to this article posted by Canadian non-profit, CERIC.

Dr Jan Stewart and Dr Lorna Martin - CERIC,

Bridging Two Worlds provides teachers, school administrators and counsellors in Canada with the knowledge and practical resources to deliver more informed and culturally responsive career development and guidance to newcomer and refugee youth from Kindergarten to Grade 12.