Resilience Among Children in Foster Care: Variability in Adaptive Functioning and Associated Factors

Resilience Among Children in Foster Care: Variability in Adaptive Functioning and Associated Factors
Pablo Carrera, Maite Román, Jesús M. Jiménez-Morago

This study aimed to explore variability in adaptive functioning in social competence, mental health, and school adjustment in a sample of children in foster care in Spain, and to assess which factors differentiated resilient children (i.e., showing adaptive functioning across domains) from those who were not resilient.

Children and Youth Services Review
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Child Protective Services and Out-of-Home Care for Children During COVID-19: A Scoping Review and Thematic Analysis

Child Protective Services and Out-of-Home Care for Children During COVID-19: A Scoping Review and Thematic Analysis
Carmit Katz, Afnan Attrash-Najjar, Noa Cohen, Talia Glucklich, Ma'ayan Jacobson, Natalia Varela, Sidnei Rinaldo Priolo-Filho, Annie Bérubé, Olivia D. Chang, Delphine Collin-Vézina, Ansie Fouché, Sadiyya Haffejee, Ilan Katz, Kathryn Maguire-Jack, et al

Limited research has investigated the impact of COVID-19 on Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) and child protective services (CPS) worldwide or explored how CPS overcame the challenges of helping children in OOHC. This review aims to address this gap in the research to unveil the ‘positive legacy’ left by CPS in their work with children in OOHC during COVID-19.

Child Abuse and Neglect - The International Journal
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Insight: Disability Inclusion in Kenya's Care Reform

Insight: Disability Inclusion in Kenya's Care Reform
Changing the Way We Care

Disability inclusion means breaking down barriers to promote a society that values diversity and accessibility for everyone. In 2023, Changing the Way We Care Kenya included a disability inclusion reflection learning exercise aimed at collecting views and feedback, and documenting how the initiative had impacted on lives of caregivers and children with disabilities, and how disability issues were be included in the care reform agenda.

Insight: Disability Inclusion in Kenya's Care Reform

Case Management for Children Reintegrating into Family and Community-Based Care

Case Management for Children Reintegrating into Family and Community-Based Care
Changing the Way We Care

Case management is used with both families at risk of separation and those where children have already separated and are in the process of being reintegrated, including biological family or placed into an alternative family (e.g., foster or kinship). The end goal of case management is that children are safe and nurtured within a family that is able to care for them, and access needed services that address risks and increase resilience.