Case Story of Transition: Story International

Changing the Way We Care, Story International

This case story is meant to illustrate transition, the actors involved, the challenges and the success factors; recognizing that each transition is an individual process with different starting points, different dynamics and different evolutions. Story International’s transition example demonstrates the ups and downs of divesting from the orphanage model.

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“Why Would They Call Me an Orphan When I Have Parents”: Care Leavers’ Experiences of Labelling and Stereotyping Whilst Living in Residential Care Facilities in Zimbabwe

Getrude Dadirai Gwenzi, John Ringson

There exists a gap in care leaving literature about the extent to which the labelling and stereotyping of care leavers during their time in residential care facilities affects their transitions into adulthood. This paper presents an analysis of interviews conducted with care leavers from six childcare facilities in Zimbabwe (n = 30).

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New Ideas in Psychology

The Health Status and Related Interventions for Children Left Behind Due to Parental Migration in the Philippines: A Scoping Review

Georgia B. Dominguez, Brian J. Hall

Overseas Filipino Workers are hailed as modern-day heroes who enable their families to climb the socioeconomic ladder. Despite their financial contribution, labour migration often separates children from their parents during their most formative years of growth, threatening healthy development. Using the Joanna Briggs Institute’s frame-work, this scoping review was conducted to identify the health outcomes of left behind children in the Philippines and health-related interventions.

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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Children in Institutions: Learning for Child Protection

Suneha Kandpal

Children First: Journal on Children's Lives is a bi-annual and peer-reviewed journal, launched by Delhi Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) with the aim of deepening and broadening the discourse on child rights by providing a platform to all persons who are engaged with
the rights of children in varied capacities to share their learnings, views and experiences in this context. This issue focuses on the continued impact on children in the Indian context in the second year of the pandemic and the disruptions caused in the children's lives. This is one of the articles in the latest issue.

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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Children in Institutions: Learning for Child Protection

Challenges Experienced by Caregivers Caring for Abandoned Infants and Toddlers in Institutional Care

Lynette Oosthuizen-Erasmus, Anri Gretha Adlem

This article advances a greater understanding of the views, perceptions and experiences of caregivers caring for abandoned infants and toddlers living in institutional care in South Africa, on the basis of information obtained from 15 participants interviewed through semi-structured interviews in this qualitative study. Understanding their views, perceptions and experiences provides vital information to develop social work practices.

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The Voices of Children, Mothers, and Fathers: Can Parenting Programs Improve Reunification Processes in the Spanish Child Protection System?

M. Àngels Balsells Bailón, Aida Urrea-Monclús, Eduard Vaquero Tió, Laura Fernández-Rodrigo

This research highlights the importance of involving parents and their children in improving parenting skills and the reunification process by implementing parental education programs through a unique work plan. This study examined the experiences of families in the Spanish Child Protection System.

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