Over the past week, Britain has taken in over 1300 children that were stranded in the "Jungle."

This chapter from Residential Child and Youth Care in a Developing World: Global Perspectives, First Edition discusses how residential care has evolved and how it currently exists in the English-Speaking Caribbean.

This study is a retrospective discussion of the experiences faced by young Jordanian adults who grew up in residential care before entering adult life.  These young adults use their life experiences to demonstrate the challenges that people exiting residential care face. Per this chapter, post-care experience is influenced by in-care experience.

This chapter from the book Global Perspectives discusses the challenges young people in Jamaica face as they age out of care.  The researchers review three Jamaican studies, which highlight challenges for young people, service providers and policy makers.  The reviews found that while there are state mechanisms in place, more needs to be done to ensure these mechanisms are followed.

This chapter discusses the popular approaches used in the care of abandoned children and young people born without parents.

This paper initiates discussion by calling on Child and Youth Care (CYCCs) to offer transitional support to youth leaving care.  It also intends to document and share information on new ways for youth to successfully transition out of care.

This summary examines the conditions children with disabilities face in Zambia.  The summary asks if the quality of life for these children can be improved?  

Entre 2013 y 2014, aumentó de manera considerable el número de niños, niñas y adolescentes no acompañados que migran desde los países de América Central hacia México y los Estados Unidos (EU).

El impacto de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño (CDN) ha sido muy importante: es el tratado de derechos humanos que goza de mayor aceptación y reconocimiento internacional, con 194 ratificaciones por parte de los Estados y cercano a la ratificación universal.

In this editorial, Laura Brigs discusses the issues that children face while attempting to apply for refugee status in the United States

This study investigates the characteristics of men who act as primary caregivers of maltreated children. 

This study explores social, environmental, individual and family characteristics associated with emotional and behavioral difficulties among homeless children living in the Paris region. 

This study attempts to understand the feelings and bonds of the often complex life situations of being an internationally adopted child.

This study examined whether interventions in Russian Baby Homes promoting warm, sensitive, and responsive caregiver-child interactions and relationships would be associated with advantages in those children’s behavior years after they transitioned to family care. 

This study compared the generalized anxiety, conduct and peer relationship problems and their associated risk factors among children orphaned by HIV/ AIDS and those due to other reasons in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

The present study offers examination of the association between severity and chronicity of maltreatment history and SU in youth in foster care. 

This scoping study assesses the nature and extent of the evidence base in relation to increasing the number of care leavers in ‘settled, safe accommodation’. The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) carried out the study on behalf of the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People’s Services (C4EO), between November 2008 and February 2009.

This study discusses a variance in results in eliminating use of large-scale residential institutions for children across the CEE/CIS region.  

This article primarily discusses a study that was conducted to determine resilience and contributing factors in high-risk adolescents living in residential care facilities affiliated to Tehran Welfare Organization.

High levels of psychotropic medication use and polypharmacy are common for emotionally and behaviorally troubled youth entering residential care.

Stigma shapes all aspects of HIV prevention and treatment, yet there are limited data on how HIV-infected youth and their families are affected by stigma in sub-Saharan Africa. 

This study focuses on the psychosocial well-being of youth affected by HIV and AIDS.  

The researcher in this study investigates the “relationship between child labor and the opportunity cost of schooling, taking into account other factors that influence parents’ decisions about child labor and schooling.”

This article investigates the relationships and differences between statelessness and migration.   Its particular focus is on migration in Malaysia and how migration can lead to statelessness.