This study examined the extent to which maltreatment history and the characteristics of out-of-home care correlated with the language and social skills of maltreated children.
The authors of this article performed a multiple case study to gather information about barriers and facilitators in building a working alliance between social workers and families.
The authors used a mixed-methods, cross-sectional design, focused on qualitative results to explore how foster parents in the US utilize daily routines in foster care.
This chapter provides a description of the Partners in Child Protection (PICP) project, the assessment protocols utilized, and the implementation strategies applied to support and maintain the partnership.
This presentation will discuss methods of assisting reconnection and reunification in families of unaccompanied minors immigrating to the US.
This chapter aims to present a research grounded in the bioecology of human development that analyzed shelter institutions through the perceptions of children aged from 7 to 12 years in Brazil.
In this video, Dinah Mwesigye, a social worker at Retrak in Kampala, Uganda, describes Retrak’s work with street-connected children to prepare them for foster care.
In this video, Juliet Birungi, a social worker at Abide Family Center in Jinja, Uganda, describes the Center’s work to preserve families and prevent family separation.
In this video, Maureen Orogot, a Social Worker at Child’s i Foundation in Uganda, shares the progress Child’s i Foundation has made on transitioning from a residential care model of alternative care to professional foster care.
In this video, social worker Diana Nyakarungi describes how Ekisa Ministries in Jinja, Uganda supports parents to care for their children with special needs within the community.
