The impacts of family treatment drug court on child welfare core outcomes: A meta-analysis

Saijun Zhang, Hui Huang, Qi Wu, Yong Li, Meirong Liu - Child Abuse & Neglect

This meta-analysis synthesized findings from existing evaluations to examine whether and to what extent Family Treatment Drug Courts (FTDCs) participants achieved better reunification and safety outcomes than non-participants.

Topical questions of the substitute family care in the Czech Republic with a special attention to the process of foster families preparation

Iva Junova and Gabriela Slaninova - International Conference of Society, Health and Welfare

The aim of the article is to describe the system of the substitute family care in the Czech Republic and to introduce a foster care as one of the institutes of the substitute family care.

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Decision-making in foster care: A child-centered approach to reducing toxic stress in foster children

Jennifer Rafeedie, Sharon M. Hudson, Alexis Deavenport-Saman, Sheela Rao, Karen Rogers, Suzanne Roberts - Children and Youth Services Review

Utilizing case examples, this discussion paper examines foster care decisions that disrupt important child-caregiver relationships.

From Adversity to Stability to Integration: How One Australian Program is Making a Difference in Therapeutic Foster Care

Kathomi Gatwiri, Lynne Mcpherson, Noel Mcnamara, Janise Mitchell, Joe Tucci - Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma

This paper discusses two key strategies detailing how “relationship-focused” and “trauma-informed” intervention practices, which form the basis of an Australian therapeutic program called Treatment and Care for Kids (TrACK), made a difference in the lives of highly traumatised children.

A Descriptive Analysis of Long-Term Treatment with Adolescent-Aged Foster Youth

Saralyn Carola Ruff, Chloe L. Jones, June Madsen Clausen - Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma

This manuscript relies on two studies to learn more about the experience of adolescent-aged foster youth who utilize long-term mental health services coordinated through A Home Within, a national nonprofit committed to reducing treatment barriers by asking licensed therapists to provide pro bono therapy “for as long as it takes.”

Child Abuse Research in South Africa - The perceptions of experts and guardians regarding the early onset of misbehaviour in male, at-risk children in child and youth care centres

Jessie-Mari Broich, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, and Laetitia Coetzee - South African Society on the Abuse of Children (SAPSAC)

This study explored the perceptions of experts and guardians regarding the early onset of misbehaviour in male, at-risk children in child and youth care centres in South Africa.

Child Abuse Research in South Africa - An assessment of the accomplishments of selected child and youth care centres in providing care and protection of children in Soweto, South Africa

Pius T. Tanga and Leonard M. Agere - South African Society on the Abuse of Children (SAPSAC)

The paper articulates accomplishments of child and youth care centres in providing care and support to children identified to be at risk of significant harm in Soweto, South Africa.