Submission to the Inquiry into Support for Children of Imprisoned Parents in New South Wales

Karleen Gribble - Western Sydney University

In this Submission to the Inquiry into Support for Children of Imprisoned Parents, Karleen Gribble, Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University, comments on "the situation of infants and young children whose mothers are incarcerated and the support or undermining of their health and wellbeing in the justice system."

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Early life deprivation: is the damage already done?

Frank C Verhulst - The Lancet

In this comment piece that accompanies Child-to-adult neurodevelopmental and mental health trajectories after early life deprivation: the young adult follow-up of the longitudinal English and Romanian Adoptees study, Frank C Verhulst discusses how that study "fills an important knowledge gap on the long-term mental health consequences of early severe childhood deprivation."

Causes & Circumstances of Enrolment & Moving-Out of the Children in Child Care Centers & Orphanages

Amjad Nazeer & Siraaj Khurram - Institute of Development and Corresponding Capabilities (IDRAC) & Secours Islamique France

The aim of this study has been to assess the reasons for the increased enrolment of children into orphanages and child care centres. An action research was conducted in Islamabad and Rawalpindi between November and December 2017 to assess the situation and identify the causes and circumstance that bring in and compel orphans and vulnerable children to move out after a certain age or grade.

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