To Navigate the Normative and the Not-Normative Family Therapists Negotiating Their Professional Identities with Parents Whose Children are Placed in Public Care

Ellen Syrstad & Ottar Ness - Contemporary Family Therapy

This article examines the professional identities of family therapists employed by Family Counselling Services (FCS) in Norway and their experiences providing therapeutic services to parents whose children are placed in public care.

Attachment as a Tool in the Treatment of Children Within Foster Care

Julie Gardenhire, Cydney Schleiden, Cameron C. Brown - Contemporary Family Therapy

This article has a twofold purpose. First, through synthesizing existing literature this article offers context and education about adverse experiences and concerns of children in foster care. Second, through an attachment lens clinical suggestions and interventions are discussed to assist MFTs in improving many of the emotional, mental, and physical health concerns found in this population.

Do adolescents in care systematically under-report their mental health difficulties in population studies? A narrative review

Michael Tarren-Sweeney - Developmental Child Welfare

The present article reports findings of a narrative review of self- and carer-report mental health data that addressed the research question: Do adolescents who reside in statutory out-of-home care (OOHC) systematically underreport their mental health difficulties in population studies?

Facilitating the Transition of Adolescents and Emerging Adults From Care Into Employment in Kampala, Uganda: A Case Study of Uganda Youth Development Link

Paul Mukisa Bukuluki, Sarah Kamya, Rogers Kasirye, Anna Nabulya - Emerging Adulthood

This article explores the agency enablers and the factors which hinder adolescents and emerging adults transitioning from care to adulthood, with an emphasis on the transition into work taking a case study of the Uganda Youth Development Link.

Care and Justice: Children and Young People in Care and Contact with the Criminal Justice System

Nicola Carr & Paula Mayock - Irish Penal Reform Trust

This report presents the findings arising from a small-scale exploratory study commissioned by Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) that aimed to explore the extent to which children with care experience are over-represented in the Irish youth justice system.

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Educators and Community Partners Support for Youth in and Aging Out of Foster Care

Cindy F. Conley - National Youth-At-Risk Conference Savannah

This presentation is the result of a critical discourse analysis study which explored the stories­–through interviews, observations, and journals­–of three young adult women who aged out of the foster care system in a region of Central Tennessee.