This document contains an overview of a 10-year study conducted in Australia on trends in child protection outcomes across jurisdictions.

The 21st ISPCAN Congress, entitled “Protecting our Children, Protecting our Future,” will be held in Calgary, Canada 28-31 August, 2016.

The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) will host the ISPCAN Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect in Calgary, Canada. The Congress will be held 28-31 August 2016 at the TELUS Convention Center, Calgary. It will be co-hosted with the University of Calgary. ISPCAN, Dr Jackie Sieppert, Faculty of Social Work Dean and Mark Hattori, Alberta Human Services Assistant Deputy Minister of Child and Family Services will co-chair the event.

This article describes a study in which researchers explored the emotional and psychological health of China's left-behind children (LBC) by identifiying the differences in levels of happiness, self-esteem and anxiety between LBC and non-LBC. 

This paper explores the ways that developmental science can inform and strengthen the child welfare system to better support the children, families, and communities it serves. 

The 33rd FICE Congress & 2nd CYC World Conference “Together Towards a Better World for Children, Adolescents and Families” will take place on 22-25 August 2016 in Vienna, Austria.

This article from Debbie Wolf of World Vision in Huffington Post discusses the perilous life unaccompanied minors lead after disasters.  

In this report, which has been prepared to inform planning in the USAID-funded ASPIRES project, the authors present a review of some of the existing tools used to assess vulnerability to either separation or negative child well-being outcomes with attention to economic security for the purposes of targeting households for program participation and matching them to appropriate interventions.

This self-assessment and planning tool is intended for nonprofits and schools working with families to provide services that more effectively reach and engage parents in fostering their children's development. 

Este informe, presenta los resultados de ese estudio, examina las condiciones en que se encuentran los niños y los adolescentes con discapacidad en relación con el ejercicio de sus derechos, y propone algunas líneas de acción estratégica para mejorar las políticas y las prácticas en dirección a la garantía y la restitución del derecho de todos los niños, las niñas y los adolescentes a crecer en un ámbito familiar y comunitario, y sin discriminación.