Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological System Theory and the Experience of Institutionalization of Romanian Children

Adrian V. Rus, Wesley C. Lee, Dafnne B. Bautista Salas, Sheri R. Parris, Rebecca D. Webster, Austin R. Lobo, Stativa Ecaterina, Cosmin Popa - Research, Education and Development: Symposium Proceedings

This article explores the experience of institutionalization of Romanian children and Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological System Theory.

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Guidance for Alternative Care Provision During COVID-19 (Arabic)

Better Care Network, Save the Children, The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, UNICEF, and the Inter-agency Task Force

This document provides practical guidance to actors in humanitarian and development contexts on the adaptations and considerations needed to support children who are either currently in alternative care or are going into an alternative care placement during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Responding to COVID-19’s impact on supervised family time: The supportive virtual family time model

Laura Orlando, Ashley N. Rousson, Susan Barkan, Kristen Greenley, Alyssa Everitt, and Emiko A. Tajima - Developmental Child Welfare

This study reports on the rapid development and implementation of an eLearning and structured practice guide for visitation supervisors to help them facilitate virtual visits that promote parent-caregiver collaboration in support of the child.

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Adoptions Australia 2019–20

AIHW

Adoptions Australia 2019–20, the 30th report in the series, covers the latest data on adoptions of Australia children and children from overseas, and highlights important trends in the number of adoptions dating back to 1995–96.

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Child protection, safeguarding and the role of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: Looking back and looking ahead

Afrooz Kaviani JohnsonI, Julia Sloth-Nielsen - African Human Rights Law Journal

With 30 years since the adoption of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, this article discusses how the Charter has contributed to understanding and addressing children's rights to protection.

Extending out-of-home care in the state of Victoria, Australia: The policy context and outcomes

Philip Mendes - Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care

This article explores the policy context and outcomes of the November 2020 announcement by the State (Labour Party) Government of Victoria in Australia that it would extend out-of-home care (OOHC) on a universal basis until 21 years of age starting 1 January 2021.

The trajectory of PTSD among youth in foster care: A survival analysis examining maltreatment experiences prior to entry into care

Austen McGuire, Lindsay Huffhines, Yo Jackson - Child Abuse & Neglect

The current study used survival analysis to simultaneously examine the influence of maltreatment characteristics on the risk of receiving a PTSD diagnosis at any time in care following entry into care.