Validation of a Measure of Foster Home Integration for Foster Youth

Brianne H. Kothari, Bowen McBeath, Lew Bank, Paul Sorenson, Jeff Waid, Sara Jade Webb - Research on Social Work Practice

This article introduces a youth-reported measure (Essential Youth Experiences [EYE]) developed to assess the experiences of foster youth in their home environment and their critical relationships across a number of service systems.

Research Handbook on Child Migration

Jacqueline Bhabha, François-Xavier Bagnoud, Jyothi Kanics, Daniel Senovilla Hernández -

This Research Handbook is an innovative tool which will be of use not only for students and scholars interested in migration displacement, immigration, and human rights, but also for policymakers and others actively engaged in the migrant and refugee rights advocacy community.

Separation of children from parents in situations of migrancy: avoidable trauma

Ann Skelton - South African Journal of Psychology

In this editorial in the South African Journal of Psychology, Ann Skelton (a member of the Law Faculty at the University of Pretoria) writes about the recent family separation policy enacted at the US border with Mexico in which children of all ages arriving to the country with their parents or other family members were separated and placed into detention facilities.

Suicide Attempts and Completions among Mothers Whose Children Were Taken into Care by Child Protection Services: A Cohort Study Using Linkable Administrative Data

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Leslie L. Roos, Marni Brownell, Nathan Nickel, Dan Chateau, Deepa Singal - The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

The objective of this study is to examine suicide attempts and completions among mothers who had a child taken into care by child protection services (CPS).

Fostering Better Outcomes: The Government response to the Education Select Committee report into fostering and Foster Care in England

Department for Education

This paper sets out the government’s response to two reports into foster care: The Education Select Committee Inquiry into Fostering and the Foster Care in England report, an independent review commissioned by the Department for Education. The response describes the government’s vision for foster care and improvements for the system, based on the recommendations of the two reports.

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Gender Dysphoria in looked-after and adopted young people in a gender identity development service

Tom Matthews, Victoria Holt, Senem Sahin, Amelia Taylor, David Griksaitis - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

This research investigated the prevalence of looked-after and adopted young people within a case file review of 185 young people referred to a UK gender identity development service over a 2-year period (1 April 2009 to 1 April 2011).