La Transición a la Vida Adulta de Adolescentes y Jóvenes sin Cuidadas Parentales en Latinoamérica. Una Experiencia de Unión Regional

Mariana Incarnato y Andrés Segade - DONCEL

El presente artículo busca describir brevemente las trayectorias de los adolescentes y jóvenes en su transición del sistema de cuidados alternativos a la vida adulta en América Latina.

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La transición a la vida adulta de jóvenes sin cuidados parentales: aproximaciones para una realidad inexplorada

Mariana Incarnato - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Flacso - Sede Académica Argentina

El trabajo se centra en el análisis de las trayectorias de un grupo de 199 adolescentes y jóvenes que viven o han vivido institucionalizados por una medida excepcional de cuidado, en siete provincias argentinas.

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Nurturing attachments parenting program: The relationship between adopters’ parental reflective functioning and perception of their children's difficulties

J. Staines, K. Golding, J. Selwyn - Developmental Child Welfare

This paper draws on an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Nurturing Attachments groupwork programme provided by AdoptionPlus for adoptive families in England. The Nurturing Attachments programme, informed by Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (Hughes, Golding & Hudson, 2015), was developed to help foster and adoptive parents strengthen their relationships with the child and support children who had experienced developmental traumas.

The impact of child rights cultural contestation in orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) support in Zimbabwe

John Ringson - Child Abuse Research in South Africa

This phenomenological qualitative study seeks to examine the impact of child rights cultural contestation in supporting OVC in Zimbabwe. The study focuses on the lived experiences, perceptions, feelings and views of OVC and care-givers in the Gutu District of Zimbabwe.

The shame and shaming of parents in the child protection process: findings from a case study of an English child protection service

Matthew Gibson - Families, Relationships and Societies

Given that research identifies parental experiences of shame and humiliation in the child protection process, this article reports on a qualitative study that investigated how and why parents experienced such emotions within the English system.

Out of school learning scientific workshops: Stimulating institutionalized Adolescents' educational aspirations

Regina Gairal-Casadó, Carme Garcia-Yeste, Maria Teresa Novo-Molinero, Zoel Salvadó-Belarta - Children and Youth Services Review

This study analyzed how the implementation of the strategy of extending learning time in a group of adolescents living in residential care contributed to promoting their scientific vocations and increasing their academic expectations and their knowledge of these disciplines.

How did kinship care emerge as a significant form of placement for children in care? A comparative study of the experience in Ireland and Scotland

Louise Hill, Robbie Gilligan, Graham Connelly - Children and Youth Services Review

This paper sets out to explore why formal kinship care has emerged in such a marked way in recent decades by investigating the emergence and development of formal kinship care in two neighboring jurisdictions in Europe where it now accounts for a substantial proportion of all care placements in Scotland and Ireland.

Nothing about me without me: Children and young people's experiences with family group conferences

Lisa Merkel‐Holguin, Laura Schwab‐Reese, Ida Drury, Heather Allan, Dana Hollinshead - Child & Family Social Work

As part of a 3‐year US federal project of family group conferences (FGCs) in one jurisdiction, this study collected fidelity data from professional and family member participants of FGCs, including children and young people. Descriptive data from a small sample of child and young people participating in FGC suggest differences in their perspectives regarding family empowerment, transparency, and inclusion in decision making, when compared with the perspectives of other family members and professionals for whom data are available.

Working with Parents and Children Separated at the Border: Examining the Impact of the Zero Tolerance Policy and beyond

Cristina Muñiz de la Peña, Lisa Pineda, Brenda Punsky - Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma

The present article first provides an overview of the historical and socio-political context of family separation policies in the US, second a review of the literature on the impact of family separation on children and parents in diverse contexts, and third a description of direct clinical experiences with these children and parents receiving services at the Terra Firma program in the Bronx community in New York.

Harsh physical punishment as a mediator between income, re-reports and out-of-home placement in a child protective services-involved population

Megan Feely, Kristen D. Seay, Alysse M. Loomis - Children and Youth Services Review

Using theoretically-informed mediating path models and data from the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II), this study tests the role of harsh physical punishment as a mediator between family income and child protective services (CPS) involvement in the US.

Physical activity engagement among young people living in the care system: A narrative review of the literature

Lauren Bruce, Bengianni Pizzirani, Rachael Cox, Tomas Quarmby, Renee O'Donnell, David Strickland, Helen Skouteris - Children and Youth Services Review

The authors of this study conducted a narrative review to summarise the literature examining the barriers and facilitators of physical activity (PA) engagement among young people living in care.

Conversations of Care: A Narrative Review of Collaborative Care Systems for Foster and Kinship Care

Dilip Balu & Loyola McLean - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy

This paper reviews the literature on human relational factors and their impact on complex care systems for a highly vulnerable population of children and young people in out‐of‐home care (OOHC).

Outcomes of the Iowa Parent Partner program evaluation: Stability of reunification and re-entry into foster care

Jeff Chambers, Sandy Lint, Maggie G. Thompson, Matthew W. Carlson, Michelle I. Graef - Children and Youth Services Review

The current study used a quasi-experimental design and propensity score matching to examine the outcomes for children of families served by the Iowa Department of Human Services Parent Partner program, a peer support program to mentor parents who are currently involved in the US child welfare system.

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

Priscila Rodríguez, Javier Aceves, Laurie Ahern, Lisbet Brizuela, Diane Jacobstein, John Heffernan, Ivonne Millán, Eric Rosenthal - Disability Rights International

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

Priscila Rodríguez, Javier Aceves, Laurie Ahern, Lisbet Brizuela, Diane Jacobstein, John Heffernan, Ivonne Millán, Eric Rosenthal - Disability Rights International

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?

Emelie Shanks, Ulf Jonsson, Stefan Wiklund, Alexander Rozental - Child & Family Social Work

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

Rachel Tainsh & Jonathan Watkins - HealthProm

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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