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The Restorative Frame: A Grounded Theory Study of Protective Factors for Foster Care Disruptions

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study used grounded theory to explore the protective factors for foster care placement disruptions. Twenty‐two interviews were conducted with foster parents, caseworkers and therapists involved with 14 older children or sibling sets who had undergone placement disruptions and were at high risk of experiencing future disruptions.
J. Wesley Furlong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding South Korean Immigrant Adolescents' Experiences of Staying Home Alone

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adequate caregiver supervision is crucial for the well‐being of children and adolescents, helping to promote healthy development and to prevent injuries and emotional–behavioural problems. The transition from childhood to adolescence requires careful consideration of cultural norms.
Sol Park, Mónica Ruiz‐Casares
wiley   +1 more source

Significant Considerations When Matching Foster Families and Children With Migrant Backgrounds: Reflections of Social Workers in Norway and Sweden

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child welfare services in Norway and Sweden proclaim the importance of considering continuity in the child's upbringing and ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic background when placed in foster care. Drawing on seven vignette‐based focus group discussions with social workers in Norway (12 participants) and Sweden (14 participants), this ...
Elin Hultman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Long Shadow of Institutionalisation: Professional Perspectives on Supporting Care Leavers in Old Age

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Forgotten Australians—those who spent time in institutional or out‐of‐home care as children until the 1980s—form a marginalised and often overlooked group within Australia's ageing population. Although formally recognized under the Aged Care Act, their distinct needs remain largely invisible in mainstream aged care.
Lena Turnbull   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relational Bleeding, Bending, and Diffraction: Brazilian Transnational Children's Transgressive Digital Play on Roblox

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article draws from a one‐year connective ethnographic study that examined Brazilian transnational children's composing practices on a digital gaming platform named Roblox. Building upon research on digital childhoods, transnational childhoods, and play, the authors thought with concepts of relational bleeding, bending, and diffraction to ...
Mariana Lima Becker, Alex Corbitt
wiley   +1 more source

What Museum Guests Think About When They Think About Belonging

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A sense of belonging is one of the most fundamental human needs and is threaded through all aspects of a museum guest's experience. Using a previously validated model and survey of belonging in museums, we surveyed 1780 guests leaving eight different museums and similar cultural institutions across the United States.
C. Aaron Price   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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