Balkans Migration and Displacement Hub Data and Trend Analysis: Regional overview (October-December 2019)

Katarina Jovanovic - Save the Children

This report describes key trends in migrations in the Balkans region, detailing information about the number of people on the move, demography (age, sex, country of origin, etc), behavioral patterns, and routes in use - with a focus on children, particularly unaccompanied children.

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Webinar: Participación de niños, niñas y adolescentes en cuidado alternativo. Herramientas terapéuticas para la contingencia del COVID-19

RELAF

El segundo webinar organizado por RELAF en el contexto de la pandemia causada por el COVID-19 tuvo como objetivo proveer herramientas sobre el apoyo y contención; los contactos con sus familias y amigos; el manejo de la información; las estrategias terapéuticas tanto para niños y niñas en residencias, como en familias de acogida y en procesos de vinculación pre adoptiva.

COVID-19: A Human Rights Checklist

Human Rights Watch

This checklist presents 40 questions to guide a rights-respecting response to the COVID-19 crisis that addresses the needs of groups most at risk, including people living in poverty, ethnic and religious minorities, women, people with disabilities, older people, LGBT people, migrants, refugees, and children.

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COVID-19 and its Implication on Children’s Rights and Welfare: Guiding Note to Member States of the African Union

African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)

In this Guiding Note, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) expresses its grave concern on the ongoing global outbreak of COVID-19 virus and strongly recommends Members States of the African Union integrate child protection measures in their responses to the global pandemic of COVID-19.

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‘We are the same as everyone else just with a different and unique backstory’: Identity, belonging and ‘othering’ within education for young people who are ‘looked after’

Lisa Jones, Charlotte Dean, Ally Dunhill, Max A. Hope, Patricia A. Shaw - Children & Society

This paper develops understandings of how being publicly identified and consequently labelled as ‘looked after’ can have damaging consequences for young people, particularly in how they are perceived by their peers in the context of schooling.

Bringing men in from the margins: Father‐inclusive practices for the delivery of parenting interventions

Naomi Pfitzner, Cathy Humphreys, & Kelsey Hegarty - Child & Family Social Work

In this article, the authors draw on case study data from the Australian Baby Makes 3 (BM3) programme to explore factors that promote father engagement in parenting support programmes.

Service providers' perceptions of families caring for children with disabilities in resource‐poor settings in South Africa

Gadija Khan, Dane Isaacs, Mokhantšo Gladys Makoae, Lorenza Logan Fluks, Tholang Mokhele, Zitha Mokomane - Child & Family Social Work

Through the lens of a care framework, the present study aims to explore service providers' perceptions of families caring for CWD in resource‐poor settings in South Africa.

“Fostering” Effective Foster Parent Training Programs: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Adaptations for the Child Welfare Setting

Robin C. Han, Christopher K. Owen, Corey C. Lieneman, Cheryl B. McNeil - The Open Family Studies Journal

Preliminary findings from studies using abbreviated formats of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) suggest effectiveness of such adaptations in reducing externalizing behavior in foster children and maintaining behavioral improvements several months after the end of the treatment.

Are the voices of young people living in out-of-home care represented in research examining their health?: A systematic review of the literature

Madelaine Smales, Melissa Savaglio, Susan Webster, Helen Skouteris, Bengianni Pizzirani, Renee O'Donnell, Rachael Green - Children and Youth Services Review

This systematic review aimed to explore if and how the voices of young people in out-of-home care (OoHC) are represented in research examining their health.

Child Protection Hypothetical Case Studies for a Virtual Archive: Professional Perspectives Versus the Lived Experience and Expertise of Care Leavers in Victoria, Australia

Philip Mendes, Jacqueline Z Wilson, Frank Golding - The British Journal of Social Work

This article, an auto-ethnographic collaboration between a social work professional and two care leavers, aims to address the problems with records compiled by care workers, social workers and other relevant personnel by constructing a ‘virtual archive’ consisting of several hypothetical records compiled in the style typically employed by caseworkers, which are then critiqued by the care leavers.