A holistic approach to child development: factors influencing overall development in children in care in Ontario, Canada

Miller, Meagan Greenberg, Barbara Michael, Erik Flynn, Robert J. - University of Ottawa

This presentation explores the developmental assessment of young children living in out-of-home care using the Ages and Stages Questionnaires® Third Edition. 

Evaluation of Family Homes as a Housing and Care Solution for Unaccompanied Minor Refugees

Berit Berg and Gry Mette D. Haugen - NTNU Social Research on behalf of SOS Children’s Villages

This report presents an evaluation of the family home model as part of the 'Our New Children' project in Norway, a collaborative project between SOS Children’s Villages, Asker Municipality and the Housing bank that seeks to "assess the establishment of family homes as the housing and care solution for single minor refugees."

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Relation between Mindfulness and Depression among Adolescent Orphans

Shambhu, Dayal Sharma; Rajesh, Sasidharan K.; Subramanya, P. - Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research

The aim of this study was to examine associations between mindfulness and psychological factors (i.e., depression, cognitive function, positive emotion, and negative emotion) among adolescent orphans in children's care homes in India.

The social–emotional development among children left behind by migrant mothers in rural China: a cross-sectional study

Xueqi Qu, Xiaona Huang, Yuning Yang, Chenlu Yang, Qiying Song, Xiaoli Liu, Yue Huang, Chunyi Chen, Meicen Liu, Hong Zhou - The Lancet

This study aimed to assess the specific influence of migrant mothers on early child development, especially on social–emotional problems.

Stories of Care Leaving: The Experiences of a Group of Resilient Young Adults on Their Journey to Interdependent Living in Ghana

Kwabena Frimpong-Manso - Emerging Adulthood

This study from the journal of Emerging Adulthood shares positive stories of care leavers and explores the factors that promote the successful transition to emerging adulthood for care leavers in Ghana.  

Views and opinions of biological families, foster families and social workers about children's contact with birth parents

Salas, María D.; Bernedo-Muñoz, Isabel Maria; Fernández-Baena, Francisco Javier; García-Martín, Miguel Ángel; Fuentes-Rebollo, María Jesús - Repositorio Institucional Universidad de Málaga

The present study analyzes the opinions of birth families, foster families and social workers responsible for supervising contact visits regarding the benefits and problems associated with contact visits.

How short-term placements affect placement trajectories: A propensity-weighted analysis of re-entry into care

Sophie T. Hébert, Tonino Esposito, Sonia Hélie - Children and Youth Services Review

In the present study, the authors examined the effects of two types of initial short-term placements: emergency placements (lasting 1 to 5 days) and provisional placements (lasting 6 to 60 days) on the risks of re-entry into care in the four years following reunification.

Quality Of Life Among Children Deprived From Family Care In Residential Institutions In El-Beheira Governorate- Egypt

Eman Ahmed Rashad El-Sakka; Prof. Dr. Mahassen Ahmed Abd El-Wahed; Dr. Doaa Abd-Elsalam Amin; Dr. Fathia Khamis Kassem; Dr. Houaida Helal -

This study was conducted to identify the quality of life among children deprived of family care in residential institutions in El-Beheira governorate.

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Receptive Vocabulary Development of Children Placed in Foster Care and Children Who Remained With Birth Parents After Involvement With Child Protective Services

Lindsay Zajac, K. Lee Raby, Mary Dozier - Child Maltreatment

In the current study, the authors examined whether children with Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement who were in foster care had more advanced receptive vocabulary than children with CPS involvement who resided with their birth parents.

Report from the Hand In Hand Parent Meeting

Dr Catherine Wade - Parenting Research Centre

Positive Powerful Parents (PPP), an Australian self advocacy group run by and for parents with an intellectual disability, are currently running the Hand In Hand project which seeks to educate government and the community about the needs of families where a parent has an intellectual disability. This report describes the activities of the Hand In Hand Parent Meeting in Melbourne on the 19th of September 2018.

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Children of migration: Hopes and tensions over border-crossing in Moldova

Catherine Douillet - Journal of European Studies

According to some estimates, a third of the adult Moldovan population is working abroad, often ‘leaving behind’ children in the care of relatives, neighbours or in orphanages. This paper from the Journal of European Studies investigates how such high migration rates affect Moldovan family life and personal definitions of identity and success.

ASPIRES Family Care Process Assessment: Cash Transfers for Family-Child Reintegration and Prevention of Separation

Whitney Moret and Mike Ferguson - USAID, FHI 360, and ASPIRES

This evaluation examined the designs and implementation processes of the cash transfer components of ChildFund’s Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children in Family Care (ESFAM) and AVSI Foundation’s Family Resilience (FARE) projects in Uganda and identified practical lessons for implementers.

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ASPIRES Family Care Process Assessment: Savings Groups for Family-Child Reintegration and Prevention of Separation

Whitney Moret and Mike Ferguson - USAID, FHI 360, and ASPIRES

This evaluation examined the designs and implementation processes of the saving group components of ChildFund’s Economic Strengthening to Keep and Reintegrate Children in Family Care (ESFAM) and AVSI Foundation’s Family Resilience (FARE) projects in Uganda and identified practical lessons for implementers.

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Effective Interventions with Street-Connected Children: Lessons Learned in Kisumu, Kenya & Recommendations for the Future

Kisumu Street Children Rehabilitation Consortium

The purpose of this report is to share with local and national governmental leaders about Kisumu’s successes in significantly reducing the street population within the city and to inform others of the successful (and unsuccessful) interventions deployed in order to achieve these results.

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