No Child Left Behind: No Less than 120,000 Children in Institutional Care in Thailand
This new study reveals that over 120,000 children in Thailand are living in institutional settings, mostly due to poverty and limited access to education. 90% have at least one living parent. Although institutional care may be appropriate in emergencies, it is often overly misused and can affect children’s emotional, cognitive and mental development. More than 50% of private “orphanages” are unregistered and unregulated.
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On the Challenge of Historicizing Violence: Conflicts in State Redress for Historical Abuse of Children in Out-of-home Care
This essay examines how child abuse and violence that occurred in the past have been conceptualised in one current redress process in an established democracy – the Swedish redress initiatives for historical abuse of children in out-of-home care.
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Preserving the World for Future Generations: Children and Young People’s Perspectives on How to Tackle Climate Change
This literature review captures the perceptions and priorities of children and young people globally on climate change and its impact on their physical and mental health. The report summarises the voices and perspectives of almost 100,000 CYP from across the world.
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Adoption as a Lifelong Process
This book addresses the psychosocial complexities of adoption from multiple perspectives, including the biological family, adopted child, and adoptive parents. It highlights the must-have sensitivity and tactfulness for recurring discussions of the adoption situation.
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The Impacts of Income, Region, and Reason for Placement on Reported Kinship Caregiver Challenges and Needs
This U.S.-based study analyzes data from a statewide kinship caregiver survey which collected demographic data, challenges, and needs.
‘We Need to Tackle Their Well Being First’: Understanding and Supporting Care-Experienced Girls in the Youth Justice System
This article presents novel findings from interviews with 17 girls and young women and eight Youth Offending Team (YOT) staff, highlighting how being in care in the U.S. can affect offending behaviour and how YOTs may provide support to care-experienced girls who have been inadequately supported elsewhere.
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Foster Caregiver Experiences: Implications for Retention and Satisfaction
This study examines how multiple factors from foster caregivers’ surrounding environments impact satisfaction and retention among 462 foster caregivers in the United States.
Integrating Child Welfare and Medicaid Data to Identify and Predict Superutilization of Services for Youth in Foster Care
This chapter summarizes results of a study of high service use, or “superutilization,” among children in foster care in the U.S. The study linked administrative data from child welfare, Medicaid, and other services for two sites.
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Social Work's Colonial Past With Indigenous Children and Communities in Australia and Canada: A Cross-National Comparison
This article offers a cross-national comparison of social work in two countries, Australia and Canada, about the care of Indigenous children within the context of colonization and the evolving profession.
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