The Challenges Facing Children Reunified With Their Families From an Orphanage in Ghana
This qualitative case study explores the challenges facing children reunified with their families from an orphanage in Ghana.
En la frontera con los Estados Unidos y segregados de la sociedad: Niñas, niños, adolescentes y adultos sujetos a detención arbitraria, abuso y muerte prematura dentro de los orfanatos e instituciones mexicanas
Disability Rights International (DRI) llevó a cabo dos investigaciones en Baja California, México –la primera en noviembre de 2018 y la segunda en febrero de 2019, visitando a cuatro instituciones privadas en las que se encuentran niñas, niños, adolescentes y personas –incluidas personas migrantes– con discapacidad. Este informe presenta los resultos de esta investigación.
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At the Mexico-US border and segregated from society: Children and adults with disabilities subject to arbitrary detention, abuse and early death inside Mexican orphanages and institutions
Disability Rights International (DRI) carried out two investigation trips to Baja California, Mexico, in November 2018 and February 2019, visiting four residential, private institutions for children and adults – including migrants - with disabilities. This report presents the findings from these investigations.
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Harmful care. To what extent is terminology from medicine and clinical psychology applicable to out‐of‐home care?
In this article the authors attempt to disentangle different aspects of potentially harmful care for looked after children, as well as to discuss potential pathways to more systematically approach and report adverse events for this group.
A model for Early Years support work with families and children with additional needs in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
This report is the result 4 of a two-year EU funded project “An Early Years Support Centre (EYSC) service in Dushanbe: Reducing poverty, empowering vulnerable families, strengthening partnerships and advocating for rights”. It outlines the model of support that was developed through the EYSC project in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.
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How-to Video: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return
This how-to video breaks down serve and return into 5 simple steps (from Filming Interactions to Nurture Development) and features adults and young children doing each step together.
5 Pasos para el Desarrollo Mental Saque y Volea
Esta guía breve del Harvard Center on the Developing Child presenta 5 pasos para cuidadores practicar “saque y volea” con su niño/a.
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5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return
This brief guide from the Harvard Center on the Developing Child outlines 5 steps for primary caregivers to practice serve and return with their child.
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Residential childcare in Ghana: Analysing current trends and drivers
The paper describes the findings of a geographical mapping and analysis of residential care facilities in four regions of Ghana.
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Effects of institutionalization and parental living status on children’s self-esteem, externalizing and internalizing problems in Rwanda
This study aimed at investigating specifically whether institutionalization impacts negatively children’s psychological adjustment defined in terms of externalizing behavior, internalizing behavior and self-esteem and whether having living parents has additional influence. Ninety-five institutionalized and 82 not institutionalized children in Rwanda, aged 9 to 16, participated in the study.
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