Youth-Centered Transition Planning for Students With Disabilities Who Experience Foster Care

Robin Harwick - Special Education Design and Development Tools for School Rehabilitation Professionals

This chapter describes a youth-centered approach to transition planning for this vulnerable population and highlights essential elements to consider during the process such as disability, mental health, trauma, resilience, self-determination, culture, and how trauma impacts mental health.

“I wish someone would explain why I am in care”: The impact of children and young people's lack of understanding of why they are in out‐of‐home care on their well‐being and felt security

Jo Staines & Julie Selwyn - Child & Family Social Work

Drawing on a large‐scale online survey of looked after children's subjective well‐being, this paper demonstrates that a significant number of children and young people (age 4–18 years) did not fully understand the reasons for their entry to care.

Northern Ireland Care Leavers 2018/19

Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency and Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

This annual publication presents information on those who left care during the previous financial year, as well as the circumstances of those who have left care at the time of their nineteenth birthday.

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Military Detention of Children in Armed Conflict: The Role of Handover Protocols in Protecting Children's Rights

Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and Human Rights Watch

In this joint policy note, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and Human Rights Watch highlight the increasingly worrying trend of military detention of children affected by armed conflict, a trend documented in at least 15 countries affected by armed conflict.

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