The aim of this study was to explore how older orphans in youth-headed households (YHHs) experience and respond to maternal death and to examine the strategies they employ to care for their younger siblings.
The briefing begins by providing a brief overview of the current situation for care experienced young people in Scotland, highlighting significant recent developments which provide a context for discussions about the impact of lockdown on care leavers.
The purpose of this study is to examine the association between parental migration and adolescents’ styles of close relationships with parents, friends and romantic partners.
The attitudes of staff working in residential care towards trauma-informed care were measured prior to the implementation of The Sanctuary Model, an organisation-wide model and 6- months post implementation.
Focusing on accounts by women who have children taken into care, this paper reports on a socio-legal case study in England, investigating the life experiences of nine mothers, whose children have been made subject to care orders under the Children Act 1989.
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Norwegian adolescents in contact with child welfare services (CWS) are at higher risk for substance-related problems (SRP) compared with the general adolescent population, and to what extent those in foster care (FC) differ from those receiving in-home services (IHS).
For this study, the authors conducted the first nationwide survey to examine whether left-behind children aged 0–6 years old have poor interactions with primary caregivers, and whether school-age children experience higher levels of victimization and emotional distress than their non-left-behind counterparts.
The purpose of the current study was to better understand the experiences of foster care youth to inform policy and practice recommendations that address the high rate of unintended pregnancies and early parenting among youth transitioning from foster care.
This child-friendly Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment (CRIA) shows what the Scottish Government still needs to do to protect children’s rights during the coronavirus pandemic.
This Independent Children’s Rights Impact Assessment identifies significant concerns around decision making and scrutiny and highlights the impact on children and young people of the responses to COVID-19 in Scotland.
la publicación que aquí se presenta pretende ser un aporte para conocer y entender las situaciones que llegan al sistema de justicia, al brindar evidencia que contribuya a seguir ajustando las prácticas judiciales a los estándares de los derechos humanos de la infancia.
In this webinar, Zeinab and the Case Management Task Force hosts a discussion on adapting child protection case management in the context of COVID-19.
In this webinar, Eva Sammleganage hosts a discussion on adapting family strengthening programs and approaches to COVID-19.
In this webinar, Audrey Bollier and the Community-level Child Protection Task Force host a discussion on working with communities to keep children safe in times of COVID-19.
Este webinar é destinado aos actores políticos em cargos de tomada de decisão e profissionais da proteção das crianças de países lusófonos e pretende examinar os problemas de protecçao criados pela pandemia COVID-19 e explora estratégias de prevenção e de resposta com vista a fortalecer a proteção da criança.
Este webinario presenta la nota técnica de protección de los niños contra la violencia, el abuso y la negligencia en casa.
Ce webinaire lance une note technique, COVID-19 et la protection des enfants contre la violence, les abus et la négligence à domicile.
This webinar features a presentation of the Alliance's technical note on the protection of children during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well information on the additional annexes.
In this webinar, The Alliance for Child Protection and Humanitarian Action hosts a discussion on Version 2 of the Technical Note for the protection of children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The aim of the present study was to investigate cognitive functioning at age 8 years among 39 foster children (FC) compared to 36 children in a non-foster comparison group (NFC).
This study explored the prevalence of racial/ethnic disproportionality and disparity in parental drug use (PDU) foster care entries and described children characteristics across racial/ethnic populations.
In this discussion paper, the authors propose a novel and pragmatic conceptual framework for the protection of vulnerable children in England and Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Este diagnóstico tiene análisis del progreso de Costa Rica en la implementación de las Directrices sobre las modalidades alternativas de cuidado de los niños.
This book explores the experiences of children and young people who are migrants.
This article explores care leavers’ views and recommendations for practitioners and policymakers on the transition from leaving care to living independently in the community. The article outlines how children and young people affected by child sexual exploitation experience community reintegration, and their views on the key issues reintegration services need to consider.
This article presents findings from the Co-Creating Evidence (CCE) project, a three-year evaluation of eight multi-service programs located in six Canadian jurisdictions.
Informed by the family systems theory and the ecological view of well-being, this study aimed to investigate how grandparent–child dyads show reciprocal associations between relationship quality and subjective well-being (SWB) and the extent to which resilience accounts for such reciprocal associations.
This briefing paper reports key findings from a recent study of direct contact between adoptive families and birth relatives within the four nations of the UK.
The Fathers Offering Children Unfailing Support (FOCUS) program serves fathers referred by Child Protective Services and the Attorney General’s Office. The goal of the authors of this paper was to investigate changes in fathers’ report of parenting involvement and fathers’ instrumental support through child support payments through two separate studies of community samples.
This book provides new and empirically grounded research-based knowledge and insights into the current transformation of the Russian child welfare system. It focuses on the major shift in Russia’s child welfare policy: deinstitutionalisation of the system of children’s homes inherited from the Soviet era and an increase in fostering and adoption.
This article outlines the views of Indigenous practitioners collected as part of a doctoral study exploring the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practitioners who undertake child protection work in Australia.
This paper addresses the conceptualization of ‘outcomes’ for care experienced people through an in-depth longitudinal study of 75 young adults in Denmark, England and Norway.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether group-based training improves foster carer self-efficacy.
The current study aimed to clarify the relationship between stressful life events and delinquency among left-behind adolescents by examining the moderating roles of resilience and separation duration in this process.
This study investigated Switzerland's first large‐scale care leaver programme and analysed associations between care leavers' needs and contactability in a sample of 459 care leavers.
This study aimed to systematically review experimental studies of interventions that promote mental health wellbeing of left-behind children (LBC) in mainland China.
This literature review examined the extent to which the US child welfare system acts as an informal income maintenance programme.
In this video, care professionals and care leavers describe their experiences of participating in the Prepare for Leaving Care Training, co-developed and co-delivered by young people with care experience.
This video shares the views of the Croatian partner's trainers, young people and care professionals involved in the "Prepare for Leaving Care" project training for care professionals.
The present study analysed associations between threat and deprivation exposure and different facets of emotion understanding in a sample of maltreated children in foster care.
Qualitative research based on a multiple‐case study was designed and carried out in Spain with the aim of deepening the understanding of the individual school experiences of three children in residential care.
This study seeks to map the landscape of support for transitioning residential care centers, specifically considering organizations or individuals who are providing or could provide assistance through on-the-ground, individualized coaching or technical support.
This study aims to elucidate child welfare workers’ resilience and coping styles.
This paper examines experts' perceptions of the aims and outcomes of public inquiries, before moving on to consider whether there are more effective and efficient ways of investigating national scandals.
This literature review looks at the most current interventions on safe feeding practices for children with neuromotor disabilities who cannot feed themselves.
This paper details the protocol for Navigating Through Life, a study that utilises novel research methods to better understand the pathways and outcomes of young people as they leave out-of-home care (OOHC) in Western Australia (WA).
The present study analysed associations between threat and deprivation exposure and different facets of emotion understanding in a sample of maltreated children in foster care.
This article describes the local training model developed to implement Strong Communities for Children, a community-based child maltreatment prevention initiative in Israel, and presents a qualitative analysis of field journals maintained by three waves of students.
The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of unaccompanied refugee minor (URM) girls’ adaptation to life in Norway focusing on their strengths, and to examine the social and structural factors that influence settlement.
