Adversity and intervention needs among girls in residential care with experiences of commercial sexual exploitation

Kristine Hickle & Dominique Roe-Sepowitz - Children and Youth Services Review

This paper will report on a study comparing case files for girls victimized (n = 73) and not victimized (n = 62) by commercial sexual exploitation who were living in a residential care setting in a large southwestern city in the United States.

Implementation and Evaluation of the FUERTE (Family Reunification and Resiliency Training) Program for Recently-Immigrated Latino Adolescents

Holly Vo, John Luttrell, Peter Cooch, Heyman Oo, Eleana Coll, Amy Beck, Eleanor Chung - Pediatrics

This paper evaluates a five-module curriculum for recently immigrated youth called FUERTE (Family Reunification and Resiliency Training).

Child abuse and neglect in orphanages in EAST JAVA Province (Study on forms of child abuse, anticipatory efforts developed children and the role of the orphanage)

Sutinah, Siti Aminah - Children and Youth Services Review

This study examines the forms of abuse and neglect experienced by children living in orphanages in East Java Province, efforts by children in orphanages to deal with the acts of abuse experienced, and the role of the orphanage or the Child Social Welfare Institution (LKSA) in providing protection and fulfillment of the rights of abandoned children.

“A positive guiding hand”: A qualitative examination of youth-initiated mentoring and the promotion of interdependence among foster care youth

Renée Spencer, Alison L. Drew, Grace Gowdy, John Paul Horn - Children and Youth Services Review

This qualitative interview study examined experiences of youth-initiated mentoring relationships (YIM) among youth transitioning out of the foster care system.

Carer Factors Associated with Foster-Placement Success and Breakdown

Leonie Miller, Melanie Randle, Sara Dolnicar - The British Journal of Social Work

This paper presents findings from a longitudinal study with seventy-five carers was conducted over twenty months, comparing placements that broke down to those that did not an identifying personal and family factors that increase the likelihood of foster placement success.