Temporary placements: A crisis-management strategy for physically abused children?

Sophie T. Hébert, Sonia Hélie, Tonino Esposito - Child Abuse & Neglect

The objective of the present study is to describe the context in which temporary placements are used by children’s services in Quebec (Canada) while analyzing the associative link between temporary placements and physical abuse as the reason for the placement.

Child welfare inequalities in the four nations of the UK

Paul Bywaters, Jonathan Scourfield, Chantel Jones, Tim Sparks, Martin Elliott, Jade Hooper, Claire McCartan, Marina Shapira, Lisa Bunting, Brigid Daniel - Journal of Social Work

This study reports on a large quantitative, descriptive study focusing on children in contact with children’s services on a single date in 2015 in the four UK countries (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) to provide a potential ‘natural experiment’ for comparing intervention patterns.

Infanticide and Abuse: Killing and confinement of children with disabilities in Kenya

Disability Rights International

This report is the product of a two-year investigation by Disability Rights International (DRI) into institutions and orphanages across Kenya. The report describes the "egregious human rights violations" perpetrated against children with disabilities in Kenya, particularly those who are confined to institutions and "orphanages." 

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Short-term family foster care in Flanders: An exploratory study into the factors associated with family reunification decisions

Frank Van Holen, Laurence Belenger, Elke Carlier, Babette Potoms, Johan Vanderfaeillie - Children and Youth Services Review

The present study is the first to examine reunification rates and characteristics associated with reunification decisions in Flemish short-term foster care.

Coming to terms with oneself: a mixed methods approach to perceived self-esteem of adult survivors of childhood maltreatment in foster care settings

Dina Weindl and Brigitte Lueger-Schuster - BMC Psychology

This study sought to investigate the emotional facet of self–esteem (SE) in 46 adult survivors of institutional childhood maltreatment (IM) in foster care settings provided by the City of Vienna.

Tusla’s Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support: Children’s Participation Work Package Final Report

Ms Edel Tierney, Dr Danielle Kennan, Dr Cormac Forkan, Dr Bernadine Brady, and Ms Rebecca Jackson - UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway

This evaluation study focuses on the implementation of and the outcomes from the Programme for Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) programme, a programme of action being undertaken by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency of Ireland.

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Using Administrative Data to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Home Visiting Programs for Improving the Well-Being of First Nations Children and Parents

Mariette Chartier, Marni Brownell, Nathan Nickel, Rhonda Campbell, Wanda Phillips-Beck, Jennifer Enns, Joykrishna Sarkar, Elaine Burland, Dan Chateau - IJPDS International Journal of Population Data Science

The objective of this study was to determine Families First Home Visiting Program (FFHV)’s effectiveness at improving outcomes for First Nations children and parents.

The Overlap Between the Child Welfare and Youth Justice Systems in Manitoba, Canada

Marni Brownell, Nathan Nickel, Lorna Turnbull, Wendy Au, Leonard MacWilliam, Oke Ekuma, Jeff Valdivia, Scott McCulloch, Janelle Boram Lee - IJPDS International Journal of Population Data Science

This study linked Child and Family Services (CFS), Justice, and Population Health Registry data to quantify the overlap between having a history of CFS during childhood (0-17 years) and being charged with a crime as a youth (12-17 years).

Interaction between possible selves and the resilience of care-leavers in South Africa

Sue Bond & Adrianvan Breda - Children and Youth Services Review

Drawing on data from a small qualitative study carried out in four child and youth care centres in a town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, this article argues that possible selves methods provide a useful tool with which to unpack the content of future focus, and in doing so identify contributors to resilience in care-leavers.

Child welfare system interventions on behalf of children and families: Highlighting the role of court appointed special advocates

Martha Gershun & Claire Terrebonne - Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care

This article explains how the US child welfare system intervenes in cases of child abuse and neglect, including how cases are reported, how Child Protective Services (CPS) assesses the risk, how CPS determines when in-home services are appropriate or if a child should be removed from the home, how ongoing cases are managed, and the options for permanency for children in the system.

A Multisystemic Approach to the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect

Cynthia Cupit Swenson & Cindy M. Schaeffer - International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice

This article presents Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN), an ecologically based treatment for families experiencing physical abuse and/or neglect in which research-supported mental health services are delivered in the home by one clinical team to families who have serious clinical needs.

The Effectiveness of Interventions for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Ko Ling Chan, Mengtong Chen, Kin Ming Camilla Lo, Qiqi Chen, Susan J. Kelley, Patrick Ip - Research on Social Work Practice

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of intervention programs that aim to enhance the well-being of grandparent caregivers and the developmental outcomes of grandchildren and identify useful program components.

Does reunification matter? Differences in the social connection to tribe and tribal enrollment of American Indian fostered and adopted adults

Ashley L. Landers, Amy A. Morgan, Sharon M. Danes, Sandy White Hawk - Children and Youth Services Review

This study fills a gap within the literature by exploring differences in social connection to tribe and tribal enrollment among reunified and non-reunified American Indian adults. 

“Getting Everyone on the Same Page”: Child Welfare Workers’ Collaboration Challenges on Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence

Lisa Langenderfer-Magruder, Lucas Alven, Dina J. Wilke, Carmella Spinelli - Journal of Family Violence

The present study explores child welfare workers’ perspectives on collaboration challenges specific to child welfare cases that also involve intimate partner violence (IPV).

Measuring the impact of transition on children aging out of child protective services

Dan Chateau Marni Brownell Joykrishna v Heather Prior Dale Stevenson - IJPDS International Journal of Population Data Science

Using linked population based data from the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository, children in the custody of CFS who turned 18 during a 10 year study period were compared to children not in custody.

Protecting Migrant Children

Mary Crock and Lenni B. Benson

Framed around compelling case studies explaining why children are on the move in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Oceania, this book explores the jurisprudence and processes used by nations to adjudicate children’s protection claims.

Rapporte de l'Étude de Base: Projet de Protection des Enfants Migrants le Long du Corridor AbidjanLagos (CORAL)

Dr Neil Howard, Dr Mélanie Jacquemin, Dr Dorte Thorsen - Terre des hommes- Lausanne, du MAEJT et de ENDA

Le présent document constitue le rapport de référence pour le Projet pour la Protection des Enfants Migrants le long du Corridor Abidjan-Lagos (CORAL), conçu principalement en tant qu'analyse de situation susceptible d'orienter la programmation future du projet.

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Baseline Research Report: Project for the Protection of Migrant Children Along the AbidjanLagos Corridor (CORAL)

Dr Neil Howard, Dr Mélanie Jacquemin, Dr Dorte Thorsen - Terre des hommes- Lausanne, the AMWCY and ENDA

The present document constitutes the baseline report for the Project for the Protection of Migrant children along the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor (CORAL), undertaken primarily as a situation analysis able to guide future programming.

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Child Migrants Along the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor (CORAL) – a Child Protection Programme in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria

Dorte Thorsen, University of Sussex - Terre des hommes- Lausanne, ENDA and the African Movement of Working Children and Youth

This research brief is based on a baseline study carried out in the first phase of the Child Migrants Along the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor (CORAL) project to help identify situated approaches to implementation, drawing evidence from all five countries but aiming for locally specific actions and solutions.

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