Perspectives of Key Informants on Child Abuse: Qualitative Evidence from Northern Ghana
Drawing on Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, this study aimed to explore key informants’ views about child abuse.
A Four-Nation Comparison of Kinship Care in the UK: The Relationship between Formal Kinship Care and Deprivation
This study provides UK evidence for the relationship between kinship care and deprivation and examines how the welfare state frames kinship care in policy and practice.
Prevalence of Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress, Depression and Anxiety Among Abused and Neglected Adolescents in Charitable Children’s Institutions in Nairobi
The purpose of this study was to establish the prevalence of symptoms of anxiety disorder, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among adolescents with a history of abuse and neglect living in charitable children’s institutions (CCIs) in Nairobi County, Kenya.
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What is a family? Constructions of family and parenting after a custody transfer from birth parents to foster parents
This qualitative interview study with custodians and young people who have experienced custody transfer highlights that who counts as family and as a parent is ambiguous.
The moderating effects of ethnicity on key predictors of trauma in child welfare involved adolescents
In this study, key predictors of trauma were examined using a multi-group analysis of a nationally representative sample of 716 child welfare involved youth ages 11–17.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children in Foster Care: An Implementation Manual
This manual, supported by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI) Grant, offers guidance on the implementation of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) with children in foster care and their families.
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Recognition of education and schooling in case files for children and young people placed in out-of-home care
The aim of the article is to describe and discuss how issues related to schooling and educational achievement are recognized and addressed in social services case files for children and young people placed in out-of-home care (OHC) in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Adversity and intervention needs among girls in residential care with experiences of commercial sexual exploitation
This paper will report on a study comparing case files for girls victimized (n = 73) and not victimized (n = 62) by commercial sexual exploitation who were living in a residential care setting in a large southwestern city in the United States.
Implementation and Evaluation of the FUERTE (Family Reunification and Resiliency Training) Program for Recently-Immigrated Latino Adolescents
This paper evaluates a five-module curriculum for recently immigrated youth called FUERTE (Family Reunification and Resiliency Training).
Child abuse and neglect in orphanages in EAST JAVA Province (Study on forms of child abuse, anticipatory efforts developed children and the role of the orphanage)
This study examines the forms of abuse and neglect experienced by children living in orphanages in East Java Province, efforts by children in orphanages to deal with the acts of abuse experienced, and the role of the orphanage or the Child Social Welfare Institution (LKSA) in providing protection and fulfillment of the rights of abandoned children.