This book explores how humanitarian interventions for children in difficult circumstances engage in affective commodification of disadvantaged childhoods.
In this article from the Guardian, the author speaks with Michelle Oliel of Stahili Foundation and other advocates in Kenya working to combat the exploitation of children, particularly through the use of orphanages as “tourist attractions.”
Emma Batha - Thomson Reuters Foundation14 Nov 2018
"Orphanages have become a lucrative business in developing countries, leading to the trafficking of children to fill them," says this article from Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Susan Tregeagle, Lynne Moggach, Helen Trivedi, Harriet Ward - Children and Youth Services Review14 Nov 2018
This paper presents findings on the previous life experiences of an entire cohort of ‘difficult to place’ adoptees who were placed in Australia over 26 years.
Emma Batha - Thomson Reuters Foundation14 Nov 2018
This article describes the efforts of Kate Van Doore and other advocates to push the Australian and UK governments to help end their countries' support of orphanages overseas.
This Annie E. Casey Foundation brief, which utilizes the most comprehensive data set ever collected across all 50 states of the US, fills in key details about the lives of young people who have experienced foster care.
Andrea del Pozo de Bolger, Debra Dunstan, Melissa Kaltner - International Social Work12 Nov 2018
This is an exploratory study focused on open adoptions from foster care conducted through the public child protection agency in New South Wales, Australia.
Dolores Subia BigFoot & Beverly Funderburk - Handbook of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy11 Nov 2018
The chapter describes the rationale, research support, and techniques that support the application of parent–child interaction therapy (PCIT) to American Indian families.
Allison Cotter, Carisa Wilsie, Elizabeth Brestan-Knight - Handbook of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy11 Nov 2018
This chapter provides updated information about the use of parent–child interaction therapy (PCIT) with young children who have experienced maltreatment.
Jennifer Rafeedie, Sharon M. Hudson, Alexis Deavenport-Saman, Sheela Rao, Karen Rogers, Suzanne Roberts - Children and Youth Services Review10 Nov 2018
Utilizing case examples, this discussion paper examines foster care decisions that disrupt important child-caregiver relationships.
