Improving Support to Child Reintegration: Summary of findings from three reports

Global Coalition for Reintegration of Child Soldiers

This document is a summary of three papers on how to effectively support children who have exited armed forces and armed groups and contains actionable recommendations at the end to stimulate thinking and action to assist these most vulnerable children and their communities.

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Two families joined by a child: the role of direct contact in fostering relationships between birth and carer families in permanent care

Susan Collings & Amy Conley Wright - Journal of Family Studies

For this study, semi-structured interviews with twelve birth parents and twenty six permanent carers took place in New South Wales, Australia. Inductive thematic analysis was used to identify a pattern in the nature of adult relationships. The themes of 1) getting to know each other; 2) making family time; and 3) a shared future are presented.

The national child protection alert system in New Zealand: A prospective multi-centre study of inter-rater agreement

Patrick Kelly, Carol Chan, Peter Reed, Miranda Ritchie - Children and Youth Services Review

The purpose of this study was to examine whether eliminating variation in information presented to multi-disciplinary teams eliminates variation in the proportion accepted for a child protection alert.

Deinstitutionalization and Transformation of Institutions for Children with Behaviour Problems in Croatia within the Context of Education and Research - In the Middle of (No)Where?

Jeđud Borić, Ivana ; Ćosić Andrea

The purpose of this paper is to critically reflect on the conditions and context of deinstitutionalization and the process of transformation of the institutions for children with behavioural problems from several key aspects: current offer of treatment programs and interventions in institutions and communities, competences of professionals in transformation process, research related to needs and risks of children and education of future professionals.

Hacia una Medición de los Sistemas de Protección de la Niñez en America Latina y Caribe: Herramienta de indicadores

Save the Children International, Plan International, World Vision International, UNICEF, Save the Children LAC

Se ha desarrollado la presente herramienta de indicadores a fines de poder contar con un instrumento de medición y evaluación del nivel de progreso alcanzado en cada país respecto de los sistemas nacionales de protección de la niñez.

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Global Education Monitoring Report 2020 - Inclusion and Education: All Means All

UNESCO

The 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report recognizes the contexts and challenges facing countries in providing inclusive education; the groups at risk of being excluded from education and the barriers individual learners face, especially when various characteristics intersect; and the fact that exclusion can be physical, social (in interpersonal and group relations), psychological and systemic.

Family Unity or Money? The Roles of Parent–Child Cohesion and Socioeconomic Status in the Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury Among Chinese Left‐Behind Children

Quanquan Wang, Yuke Xiong, Xia Liu - Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

To explore the complex dynamics of parental migration on nonsuicidal self‐injury (NSSI), this study examined the roles of parent–child cohesion and socioeconomic status (SES) in the relationship between stressful life events and NSSI.