Internalizing Problems in Adopted Eastern European Adolescents: The Role of the Informant, Early Adversity and Post-Adoption Processes

Pablo Carrera, Maite Román, Isabel Cáceres, Jesús Palacios

This study focused on internationally adopted children from Russia to Spanish families who suffered early institutionalization. The study found that these children were at risk of a late onset of internalizing problems in adolescence. Both pre-adoption, adversity-related, and post-adoption factors predict variability in internalizing problems in this population.

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Child Marriage Case Management Guideline

Terre des hommes Lausanne Foundation (MENA Region), Kings College London

This guidance aims to tailor existing case management standards and guidance to include specific elements that are relevant to child marriage cases; using the voices of Syrian refugee girls from the Terre des hommes-Lausanne Foundation (Tdh) and King’s College London (KCL) research in Lebanon and Jordan to support Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence case management staff in their case management work on the issue of child marriage.

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Faith That Supports Families

Changing the Way We Care, Catholic Relief Services, Georgetown University Collaborative on Global Children Issues

There is global agreement (illustrated by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child [1989], the most widely adopted human rights treaty) that optimal support for a child comes from a caring and protective family.

Monitoring Change from Residential Housing Care to Family-Based Care For Children

Marian J Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marinus H van IJzendoorn

This is a comment on the the report Pathways to Better Protection which gives promising indication that deinstitutionalisation policies are closing residential housing facilities and that increasingly, with the exception of children with disabilities, children are less likely to find themselves in residential care.

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Monitoring change from residential housing care to family-based care for children

Exploring Outcomes Relating to Adoption

CoramBAAF, Adoption England

This Literature Review was commissioned by Adoption England’s Regional Adoption Agency (RAA) Leaders’ Group to support practitioners in care planning for children. This summary document is for use by those directly involved in care planning, and also aims to potentially provide some support for those writing care plans and court reports for children needing permanency away from their family.

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Invisible Victims: The Nexus Between Disabilities and Trafficking in Human Beings

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

This short paper provides an overview of the existing links between disability and trafficking in human beings, how persons living with disability are affected by trafficking, and to what extent legal standards, policy frameworks, and anti-trafficking measures integrate concerns associated with disabilities.

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Feasibility and Acceptability of Implementing a Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Impacted by Trauma Within a Residential Treatment Facility

David Lindenbach, Alida Anderson, Emily Wang, Madison Heintz, Melissa Rowbotham, Jill Ehrenreich-May, Paul D. Arnold, Gina Dimitropoulos

This research project was an open trial examining the feasibility of utilizing the Unified Protocol (UP) -- a form of cognitive behavioral therapy -- within a residential treatment facility in Calgary, Canada for children involved with child welfare authorities who often have limited caregiver involvement.

The Need for a Participatory Recordkeeping System for Children and Young People Placed in Residential Care Homes: The Case of Sweden

Proscovia Svard, Sheila Zimic

This study demonstrates the need for participatory recordkeeping to promote the right of children and young people placed in Swedish residential care homes to record-making, to facilitate access to a complete record of their placements. It is further through record-making that the experiences of the placed individuals can be used to inform practice and policymaking.

Exploring the Determinants of Child Marriage Among Males and Females in Vietnam: A Survival Analysis

Nguyen Van Bao, Yoon Cheong Cho

While the determinants of child marriage among females have been well-documented, there is a lack of research on the determinants of child marriage among males. This study aims to bridge the gap in the literature to investigate the determinants of child marriage among males and females in Vietnam.

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In Sync or Out of Tune? How Do Differences in Adolescent and Caregiver Reports of Adolescent ACEs Relate to Adolescent Depression?: A Cross-Sectional Study

Tatiana Ndjatou, Yuqing Qiu, Linda M. Gerber, Jane Chang

The purpose of this U.S.-based study was to compare adolescent and caregiver reports of adolescent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their relationship with current adolescent depression and to analyze the relationship between ACEs and depression.

Determinants of Receiving Child Protection and Welfare Services Following Initial Assessment: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Republic of Ireland

Donna O'Leary, Alistair Christie, Ivan Perry, Ali Khashan

This study examines the factors which drive the decision to provide child protection and welfare services in Ireland using social work case files and multivariable analysis.

“We Wanted to Get Her Help”: Child-Welfare-Involved Caregivers’ Perceptions of Decision-Making When Accessing Residential Treatment

Lauren Pryce McCarthy

This U.S.-based study aimed to explore how caregivers perceive their role in decision-making when accessing residential treatment settings (RTS) for youth using interpretive phenomenological analysis.

Educational Trajectories for Residential Care Experienced Young People are Complex. A Lived Experience Perspective from a Phd Study in Scotland

Ruby Valerie Whitelaw

Research highlights that residential care experienced children and young people in Scotland have poorer educational outcomes than their peers within the wider population. Despite experiencing adversity, attachment, separation and loss, school attainment data on leaving care only reflects part of the educational journey. This paper aims to address a gap in contemporary literature that is of benefit to practitioners, academics and policymakers.

Interventions that Prevent or Respond to Intimate Partner Violence Against Women and Violence Against Children: A Systematic Review

Loraine J Bacchus, Manuela Colombini, Isabelle Pearson, Anik Gevers, Heidi Stöckl, Alessandra Guedes

These researchers conducted a systematic review to explore interventions that prevent or respond to intimate partner violence (IPV) and violence against children (VAC) by parents or caregivers, aiming to identify common intervention components and mechanisms that lead to a reduction in IPV and VAC.

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The Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence and Violence Against Children: A Systematic Review on Associated Factors in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Isabelle Pearson, Sabrina Page, Cathy Zimmerman, Franziska Meinck, Floriza Gennari, Alessandra Guedes, Heidi Stöckl

This systematic literature review searched for studies published in any language between 1st January 2000 to 16th February 2021 and identified 33 studies that provided findings for co-occurring IPV and VAC in 24 low- and middle-income countries.

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The Hazards of Raising Children in Institutions and the Benefits of Raising Children in Families

Changing the Way We Care, UNICEF, CCF Moldova, Moldova Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, Keystone Moldova, Partnerships for Every Child

Dr. Charles Nelson III, a Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience and Professor of Education at Harvard University, explains the role of experience in brain development, the effects of early profound deprivation on development, the history of institutional care, and an overview of institutional care at an international conference on 21 March 2024.

International Conference: Child Protection and Care Reform in the Context of Moldova

Changing the Way We Care, UNICEF, CCF Moldova, Moldova Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, Keystone Moldova, Partnerships for Every Child

The Moldova Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, in cooperation with CTWWC Moldova and local partner CCF Moldova, organized an international conference on March 21, 2024. More than 100 participants, representing the wide array of care reform actors and decision makers in the central and local government, NGOs, academia and international experts, reviewed findings of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project and national research conducted in 2023 on the potential for a moratorium on placing children 0-6 in institutional care.

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International Conference: Child Protection and Care Reform in the Context of Moldova – EU Association Agenda

Development of a Child-Informed Measure of Subjective Well-Being for Research on Residential Care Institutions and their Alternatives in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Sarah Elizabeth Neville, Joanna Wakia, John Hembling, Beth Bradford, Indrani Saran, Margaret Lombe, Thomas M. Crea

This study describes a participatory, child-informed process of developing a multidimensional measure of child subjective well-being tailored towards the priorities of children who have lived in residential care. The study was conducted with focus groups in Kenya and Guatemala.

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Year 5 Household Survey: Understanding Caregiver Protective Factors and Child Well-Being Amongst Families in Guatemala, Kenya and Moldova

Changing the Way We Care

The Changing the Way We Care (CTWWC) initiative conducted its Year 5 Household Survey as part of its commitment to building evidence around outcomes for children and families in the context of care reform. The second round of this survey in Kenya and Guatemala, and first round in Moldova, aimed to understand the impact of CTWWC interventions on children and families transitioning from residential care to family-based alternatives or receiving support to prevent separation.

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Deinstitutionalization and Alternative Care Systems: A Case Study of Children Without Parental Care in Egypt

Amira Hossam Abdel Aziz

There are several studies that provide evidence for the negative effects of residential care for children. This chapter applies system analysis and child-centric approaches to assess the Children Alternative Care System (CACS) deinstitutionalization in Egypt.

The CarINg Project

Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) Programme of the European Union

CarINg aims at helping girls and boys in the alternative care system (care leavers) become protagonists of their own future by making them feel part of a welcoming community.

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