Meaningful participation for children in the Dutch child protection system: A critical analysis of relevant provisions in policy documents

Helen Bouma, Mónica López López, Erik J .Knorth, Hans Grietens - Child Abuse & Neglect

In this study, the participation of children in the Dutch child protection system (CPS) under the new Youth Act 2015 is critically analyzed.

Ending institutionalisation and strengthening family and community based care for children in Europe and beyond

UNICEF

This document was developed by UNICEF to influence policymakers in the European Union to strengthen their commitment to assisting governments’ transition from institutional care to community-based care in the next Multi-Annual Financial Framework (2021-2027).

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Giving Immigrant Children a Voice: Understanding Traumatic Separation

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

This webinar, from the U.S. National Child Traumatic Stress Network, as part of its Childhood Traumatic Grief e-learning series, focuses on helping providers, current caregivers, and others understand and recognize the effects of Traumatic Separation in immigrant children of different ages, understand immigrant children’s prior trauma experiences, and provide practical suggestions for how to support immigrant children who have been separated from parents and siblings.

Review of Alternative Care in Thailand: Policy to Implementation with Special Focus on Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (CABA)

UNICEF

The purpose of this research was to capture more accurate and detailed information regarding children in various forms of alternative care in Thailand, as well as the legal, policy, management and oversight environment surrounding them in order to plan and programme more strategically in the area of alternative care, and simultaneously contribute to the global evidence base for international findings and recommendations on alternative care.

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Preventing Orphanage Tourism: A Practical Guide for the Tourism Industry

Myanmar Responsible Tourism Institute, Hanns Seidel Foundation, and Myanmar's Ministry of Hotels and Tourism

This guidance document, developed by the Myanmar Responsible Tourism Institute, Hanns Seidel Foundation, and Myanmar's Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, offers guidance to those in the tourism sector on how to protect children in institutions.

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Supporting Children and Parents Affected by the Trauma of Separation

Child Trends and the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families

This joint publication from Child Trends and the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families calls attention to the critical need to support immigrant families in the US who have been negatively affected by the trauma of separation, and who will likely continue to experience considerable adversity in the future, even if reunited with their loved ones.

2018 KIDS COUNT Data Book

Annie E. Casey

This year’s Data Book presents current data and multiyear trends measuring child wellbeing in the US along four domains: (1) Economic Well-Being, (2) Education, (3) Health and (4) Family and Community.

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Detached and Afraid: U.S. Immigration Policy and the Practice of Forcibly Separating Parents and Young Children at the Border

Benjamin J. Roth, Thomas M. Crea, Jayshree Jani, Dawnya Underwood, Robert G. Hasson III, Kerri Evans, Michael T. Zuch, Emily E. Hornung

This paper explores what happens to children separated from their families at the U.S. border with Mexico by examining the nature of the services and programs provided while they are in temporary foster care.

Measurement and correlates of foster care placement moves

Sarah A. Font, Kierra M.P. Sattler, Elizabeth T. Gershoff - Children and Youth Services Review

In this study, the authors used a two-year Texas foster care entry cohort to examine the extent to which children experience “progress moves”, such as moving to a sibling placement or to live with a relative, versus non-progress moves, such as moving due to risk of abuse.

Exploring longitudinal care histories for looked after children: a sequence analysis of administrative social care data

Louise McGrath-Lone Katie Harron Lorraine Dearden Ruth Gilbert - International Journal of Population Data Science

The objective of this study is to identify distinct patterns of care history by applying sequence analysis methods to longitudinal, administrative data.