“It is My Dream to Leave This Place” Children with Disabilities in Serbian Institutions
This report from Human Rights Watch focuses on the institutionalization of children with disabilities in Serbia.
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Kinnected: Keeping Children in Families
Kinnected is a program run in 10 countries by the organization ACCI Relief aimed at preserving and strengthening families and assisting children currently in residential care to achieve their right to be raised in a family. This report describes Kinnected’s programs and initiatives underway in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Lesotho and includes some individual case studies.
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Razones para decir NO al Voluntariado en orfanatos
Este documento provee una explicación detallada de las razones que Better Volunteering Better Care está desalentando el voluntariado internacional en orfanatos (centros de atención residencial).
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Researching the linkages between social protection and children’s care in South Africa: The Child Support Grant and Foster Child Grant and their effects on child well-being and care
This report presents research on the impact of two cash transfer programs for vulnerable children in South Africa on children’s care.
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Orphanhood and mistreatment drive children to leave home – A study from early AIDS-affected Kagera region, Tanzania
The aim of this mixed-method study was to explore the trajectories of leaving home, and views and experiences among children and youth in the Kagera region in Tanzania, who have lived on the streets or been domestic workers.
Foster and Adoptive parent training: A process and outcome investigation of the preservice PRIDE program
This study investigated the widely-used but under-researched program for training resource parents (i.e., foster, adoptive, or kinship parents) known as preservice PRIDE (Parent Resources for Information, Development and Education). The sample consisted of 174 participants in Ontario, Canada.
Foster children's views of their birth parents: A review of the literature
This study sought to answer whether children – who have alternative caregiving options - will still express attachment to their maltreating parent.
From Foster Care to Juvenile Justice: Exploring characteristics of youth in three cities
This study documents the rates at which children involved with foster care [in the United States] enter the juvenile justice system (crossover or dually involved), and the factors associated with this risk.
A Proposal to Eliminate a Black Market for Children
This article from the Case Western Reserve Law Review journal in the United States presents a proposal to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, the rehoming of adopted children in the United States.
A conceptual model of psychosocial adjustment of foster care adoptees based on a scoping review of contributing factors
The purpose of this article is to provide psychologists and adoption researchers with a conceptual model for the psychosocial adjustment of foster care adoptees with a background of maltreatment.