The focus of this paper is the challenge of implementing trauma‐informed practice in the child protection service provided by the Intensive Intervention work stream.
The aim of the study was to examine how carers communicate with looked‐after young people about alcohol, tobacco, and drug use.
In this study, the life stories of four foster mothers of victims of maternal sexual abuse were collected.
This article introduces a youth-reported measure (Essential Youth Experiences [EYE]) developed to assess the experiences of foster youth in their home environment and their critical relationships across a number of service systems.
This resource from the Capacity Building Center for States in the U.S. provides guidance on adapting child welfare services to better meet the needs of youth (ages 15 to 24) in care.
The aim of this study is to examine whether youth in foster care receive services according to need, by using a multi-informant design.
This book draws on archival, oral history and public policy sources to tell a history of foster care in Australia from the nineteenth century to the present day.
This Research Handbook is an innovative tool which will be of use not only for students and scholars interested in migration displacement, immigration, and human rights, but also for policymakers and others actively engaged in the migrant and refugee rights advocacy community.
In this editorial in the South African Journal of Psychology, Ann Skelton (a member of the Law Faculty at the University of Pretoria) writes about the recent family separation policy enacted at the US border with Mexico in which children of all ages arriving to the country with their parents or other family members were separated and placed into detention facilities.
The objective of this study is to examine suicide attempts and completions among mothers who had a child taken into care by child protection services (CPS).
