Supporting foster and kinship carers to promote the mental health of children

Josh Fergeus, Cathy Humphreys, Carol Harvey, Helen Herrman - Child & Family Social Work

This paper draws on the perspectives of foster and kinship carers, describing the disconnection between their role as mental health advocates and their interest in early intervention in a field which is dominated by crisis and the historic marginalisation of foster and kinship carers.

Child Welfare and the Travel Industry: Global Good Practice Guidelines

ChildSafe Movement and G Adventures

The Child Welfare and the Travel Industry: Global Good Practice Guidelines have been developed to provide a common understanding of child welfare issues throughout the travel industry and to provide all travel businesses with guidance to prevent all forms of exploitation and abuse of children that could be related to travelers and the tourism industry.

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Family contact in foster care in Portugal. The views of children in foster care and other key actors

Paulo Delgado, Vânia S. Pinto, João M.S. Carvalho, Robbie Gilligan - Child & Family Social Work

This is a pilot study on the sensitive issue of how children and young people experience family contact in foster care, and the views of key adults in their lives on the same issue.

Psychosocial factors and behavioral health outcomes among children in Foster and Kinship care: A systematic review

Tyreasa Washington, et al - Children and Youth Services Review

The authors of this paper conducted a systematic review with the aim of developing a better understanding of the psychosocial factors associated with the behavioral health of children in foster and kinship care.