Evidence-based practice in relation to post-adoption support in educational settings
This article presents a critical review of research into post-adoption support in educational settings using a rigorous systematic methodology.
How filmmaking can support advocacy: The Voluntourist and orphanage tourism
This chapter from the book Modern Day Slavery and Orphanage Tourism draws on the author's film The Voluntourist that has aided in raising the groundswell of objection to orphanage tourism.
People, money and resources: the drivers of institutionalization
This chapter from the book Modern Day Slavery and Orphanage Tourism responds to the question of how sending countries (of people, money and resources) contribute to the institutionalization of children in receiving countries.
Promising practices - strengthening families and systems to prevent and reduce the institutional care of children
This chapter from the book Modern Day Slavery and Orphanage Tourism highlights promising practice which aims to prevent and reduce the institutionalization of children at two levels: (1) systems and social work strengthening, and (2) family strengthening and gatekeeping.
What drives voluntourism? Internal impulses and external encouragement
This chapter from the book Modern Day Slavery and Orphanage Tourism aims to identify the motivations behind voluntourism, categorizing them into types so as to provide a foundation upon which we might better assess why it is that so many voluntourists seek to work with children, often in institutional environments.
A guide to looked after children statistics in England: December 2019
This document provides a guide to looked after children statistics published by the UK Department for Education.
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Children in Care: Exploitation, Offending and the Denial of Victimhood in a Prosecution-led Culture of Practice
The following article reports upon recent research that explored the perceptions of professionals of the issues that affect the sexual and criminal exploitation of children in care, along with a discussion of the effectiveness of current responses to these issues and the challenges that professionals face.
An Integrated Model of Family Strengths and Resilience: Theorizing at the Intersection of Indigenous and Western Paradigms
This article theorizes a new conceptual framework of family strengths and resilience emerging at the intersection of indigenous and Western approaches to family systems.
Reaching unconnected caregivers: Using a text-message education program to better understand how to support informal caregivers role in child development
The authors of this study conducted a qualitative 2-year study to investigate informal caregivers’ motivations, assets, and needs.
Poverty and the State of Orphans in Owerri, Imo State
This study investigates and assesses the experiences of orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) who live with poverty, insecurity and social stigmatization in Owerri due largely to reasons of loss of parent(s) or being born by parents who are not there to take responsibilities for them. The purpose of the study is to inform and reform social policy by providing a better understanding of the suffering of orphans in our society.
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