Foster Youth’s Educational Challenges and Supports: Perspectives of Teachers, Foster Parents, and Former Foster Youth

April M. Moyer & Abbie E. Goldberg - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

The current study employed thematic analysis to explore Massachusetts foster youth’s academic challenges and supports through interviews with teachers, foster parents, former foster youth, and three individuals who were both teachers and foster parents.

Economic Strengthening and Keeping Children in Family Care: Uganda Learning Event Compiled Notes and Presentations

ASPIRES Family Care

This report compiles presentations and notes from the Accelerating Strategies for Practical Innovation & Research in Economic Strengthening (ASPIRES) Family Care Uganda Learning Event, Economic Strengthening and Keeping Children in Family Care, held May 29-30, 2018.

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Global study on children deprived of liberty

Manfred Nowak, Independent Expert leading the global study on children deprived of liberty

The present report summarizes the detailed findings of the global study on children deprived of liberty, the first scientific attempt, on the basis of global data, to comprehend the magnitude of the situation of children deprived of liberty, its possible justifications and root causes, as well as conditions of detention and their harmful impact on the health and development of children.

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2019 Annual report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children

Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children

This report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children highlights action taken at national and regional levels towards realizing the right of every child to protection from violence.

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Migration and absent fathers: Impacts on the mental health of left-behind family members in Thailand

Benjamas Penboon, Aree Jampaklay, Patama Vapattanawong, Zachary Zimmer - Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

This paper examines whether children and main caregivers of overseas migrant fathers have fewer or more mental health symptoms compared to those of non-migrant fathers.

Institutionalised criminalisation : black and minority ethnic children and looked after children in the youth justice system in England and Wales

Hunter, K. E. - University of Liverpool

This thesis is concerned with the overrepresentation of black and minority ethnic (BME) children and looked after children, in the youth justice system in general and the secure state in particular, in England and Wales.

Promoting mental health in out of home care in Australia

Katherine Monson, Kristen Moeller-Saxone, Cathy Humphreys, Carol Harvey, Helen Herrman - Health Promotion International

This qualitative study explored perspectives from young people with experience of OoHC in Melbourne, Australia regarding the promotion of mental health in OoHC. The study informed the subsequent development of a system-level intervention to support workers and carers in OoHC and evaluation of its implementation, the Ripple study.