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The purpose of the assessment was to present an overview of best practice Family Strengthening interventions, models, and approaches (hereinafter grouped together as 'interventions'). The focus was on interventions aimed at:
- Preventing Separation: supporting families to prevent abandonment and relinquishment of children at risk of separation, and/or;
- Family Reintegration: promoting sustainable reintegration of children into their family from an alternative care setting (family based or non-family…
The Compendium documents alternative care practices that are non-institutional and support families to stay together, prevent separation of the children from their families and community settings. It mainly comprises of practices on family strengthening, restoration, kinship care, foster care and aftercare.
This report maps the family strengthening and alternative care practices across 14 organisations and provides an overview into a number of elements including nature of care, target, coverage, intervention, the longevity of care, linkage to the child protection system, access to…
This guide aims to share some of the latest research findings with those who are working every day to support children who have experienced complex trauma in the form of maltreatment. The previous guide on Childhood Trauma and the Brain gave an overview of how childhood trauma can affect brain development, and how this in turn can lead to mental health problems. Here, the authors unpack in more detail how these brain changes can affect a child’s social world, and why this is important in helping us understand the mental health of children and young people who have experienced maltreatment…
Research pertaining to effective foster care reunification strategies is well established. However, a gap exists in the literature surrounding social services for rural families post-reunification due to a lack of service provision for families following reunification. Reunified families often need additional support to prevent future reentry into foster care. Caseworkers work closely with families, offering a unique perspective as to what social services are most effective at preventing reentry into foster care.
Due to recruitment constraints in during the COVID-19 pandemic, a pilot study…
Next Steps for Our Kids (Next Steps) sets out an ambitious reform agenda building on the positive outcomes seen through the implementation of the previous A Step Up for Our Kids Strategy (A Step Up) and addresses the continuing challenges seen in the child and youth protection system in Australia. Next Steps is an evolution of A Step Up and will see various original elements matured, extended and expanded. It sits alongside other local and national strategies and reviews that are aimed at building a stronger, fairer and more…
Institutional childcare is associated with developmental delays and setbacks. Since alternative options are not always available, it is important to investigate youth in institutional settings to evaluate how to provide optimal care. Cluster analyses determined adjustment patterns for children in institutional care (CIC) (n = 100) and children in family care (CIF) (n = 100) (M age = 13.34 years, SD = 3.10; 40% female) in Ghana, across internalizing symptoms, quality of life (QoL), and academic achievement.
Three patterns were identified for CIF while four were identified for…
Family foster care (FFC) is the preferred out-of-home care measure for the protection of children and youth through Europe, in accordance with research findings of its superiority in meeting developmental needs of children and youth. Portugal, however, does not accompany the European trend in the implementation of FFC. Even after changes made to the law, prioritizing FFC, it represents only 2,7% of out-of-home placements. The main goal of this exploratory and descriptive study is to understand the perceptions of Portuguese child protection professionals concerning FFC. 101 participants, from…
With the development of the Chinese economy and affected by the urban and rural household, urban and rural household registration system as well as various national policies, an increasing number of migrant workers have poured into cities in recent years. Thus, there is a noticeable surge in the group of left-behind children, which is captivated by the officials and society.
This study analyzes the influence of school, family and society on the psychological development of left-behind children from the perspective of the factors that affect their psychological problems. At the same time,…
A large proportion of children in the U.S. foster care system experience placement instability, which works against the three national goals for children in the child welfare system: permanency, safety, and well-being. Placement instability has been linked with increased child externalizing behaviors and increased parenting stress.
Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) is one intervention which combats issues associated with placement instability. The authors outline the needs of children and families in the foster care system, the benefits of relationship-focused play therapy…
The relationships between care environment, resilience, and social factors in orphaned and separated adolescents and youths (OSAY) in western Kenya are complex and under-studied. Survey responses from OSAY living in Charitable Children’s Institutes (CCI) and family-based care settings (FBS) in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya were used to examine the associations between 1) care environment and resilience; 2) care environment and factors thought to promote resilience (e.g. social, family, and peer support); and 3) resilience and these same resilience-promoting factors, using multivariable linear and…