Educating unaccompanied immigrant children in Chicago, Illinois: A case study

Maria Vidal de Haymes, Adam Avrushin, Deidra Coleman - Children and Youth Services Review

The current study considers the educational experiences of unaccompanied immigrant children (UIC) in the Chicago metropolitan area from the perspective of diverse education, human service, and legal professionals that work with this population in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) facilities, post-release, and community contexts.

Treacherous crossings, precarious arrivals: Responses to the influx of unaccompanied minors in the Hudson Valley

Anne R. Roschelle, Elizabeth Greaney, Timothy Allan, Luz Porras - Children and Youth Services Review

This research examines how federal immigration policy impacted child migrants at the local Hudson Valley level and the collective response by service providers, educators, activists, and immigration lawyers to effectively deal with the crisis.

Creating reasons to stay? Unaccompanied youth migration, community-based programs, and the power of “push” factors in El Salvador

Benjamin J. Roth & Caroline S. Hartnett - Children and Youth Services Review

This article draws on survey data gathered from young people in El Salvador who participate in Youth Outreach Centers to address gaps in evidence on pre-migration context and the effectiveness of in-country youth development programs thought to deter them from migrating.

Placement in Care in Early Childhood and School Readiness: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler, Leslie L. Roos, Janelle Boram Lee, Marcelo L. Urquia, Noralou P. Roos, Sharon Bruce, Marni Brownell - Child Maltreatment

The current study examined school readiness for children placed in care of child protection services before age 5. This association was assessed using a population-based cohort of children born in Manitoba, Canada, between 2000 and 2009.

Collaborating Against Child Abuse

Susanna Johansson, Kari Stefansen, Elisiv Bakketeig & Anna Kaldal

This edited collection explores the background and implementation of the Nordic Barnahus (or 'Children's House') model – recognised as one of the most important reforms related to children who are the victims of crime in the Nordic region.

Ending violence against children in Lao PDR: A multi-sectoral response to the national Violence against Children Survey Priority actions 2018

National Commission for Mothers and Children, Lao Statistics Bureau and UNICEF Lao PDR

This document outlines the priority actions to which the Government of Lao PDR is committed to pursuing in order to tackle violence against children in the country. 

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The Reflective Fostering Programme: background and development of a new approach

Sheila Redfern, Sally Wood, Dana Lassri, Antonella Cirasola, Grace West, Chloe Austerberry, Patrick Luyten, Peter Fonagy, Nick Midgley - Adoption & Fostering

This article sets out the rationale for the Reflective Fostering Programme (RFP), outlines its key elements and concludes by indicating future service implementation and a planned feasibility study examining this approach.

A review of interventions to support the educational attainments of children and adolescents in foster care

Inka I Männistö & Raija A Pirttimaa - Adoption & Fostering

This rapid review seeks to harvest and draw out common findings from intervention studies aimed at supporting the educational and socio-emotional attainments of school-age children and adolescents in foster care.

Changes in out of home care and permanence planning among young children in Scotland, 2003 to 2017

Ruth Woods, Gillian Henderson - Adoption & Fostering

The current study addressed gaps in evidence of growing early intervention in the form of out of home care through a comparison of two samples of children in Scotland: 110 children born in 2003 and 117 born in 2013, all of whom were placed under compulsory measures of supervision prior to three years of age.

Effectiveness of a Trauma-Informed Care Initiative in a State Child Welfare System: A Randomized Study

M. Kay Jankowski, Karen E. Schifferdecker, Rebecca L. Butcher, Lynn Foster-Johnson, Erin R. Barnett - Child Maltreatment

The purpose of this study was to assess changes in self-reported practices and perceptions of child welfare staff involved in a multifaceted, statewide TIC intervention.

Addressing the limitations of age determination for unaccompanied minors: A way forward

Mary Anne Kenny & Maryanne Loughry - Children and Youth Services Review

Many unaccompanied children and young people arriving in countries seeking asylum lack official documents showing their identity and age. This article provides an overview of age assessment procedures used in industrialized countries.

Raising the Children of the Opioid Epidemic: Solutions and Support for Grandfamilies

Generations United

This report from Generations United provides data on the opioid crisis in the US, and its impact on grandfamilies, and offers policy and program recommendations related to recently passed legislation - the Family First Prevention Services Act and the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act.

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Comparing Long-Term Placement Outcomes of Residential and Family Foster Care: A Meta-Analysis

Dongdong Li, Grace S. Chng, Chi Meng Chu - Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

This study presents findings from three separate meta-analyses investigating differences between children placed in residential care and in family foster care with regard to three outcomes: internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, and perception of care.

Risk and Resilience in the Internalizing Outcomes of Children in Out-of-Home Care

Natasha Hudek - University of Ottowa

The current studies used longitudinal data collected across 7 years from a sample of 1,765 children, 5 to 14 years old, in out-of-home care in Maryland, USA. This first study examined the trajectories of anxiety and depression across age and time in care separately and the second examined the reciprocal relationships across time between anxiety, depression, and significant risk and protective factors from Study 1.