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Patience with foster children as a major problem for grandparents in the role of kinship carers aged 60 + and the psychosocial determinants of this deficit

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Kinship care represents the most prevalent form of foster care in Poland. Most commonly, the role of kinship carers is taken on by grandparents, who may struggle with various problems, needs and deficits in this role.
Marta Giezek, Anna Wojtkowska, Paulina Zabielska, Beata Karakiewicz   +3 more
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Foster children's perspectives on participation in child welfare processes: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.

PLoS ONE, 2022
The objective of this meta-synthesis was to systematically synthesise qualitative research that explores foster children's perspectives on participation in child welfare processes.
Jill R McTavish, Christine McKee, Harriet L MacMillan   +2 more
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PREPAREDNESS FOR EMANCIPATION OF YOUTH LEAVING ALTERNATIVE CARE IN SERBIA

International Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2018
The process of preparing young people for leaving alternative care is not sufficiently researched in Serbia. In order to define what support is necessary for their successful emancipation, this study of 150 young people in care aims to analyse both their
Anita Burgund Isakov, Jasna Hrnčić
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Kinship Care for the Safety, Permanency, and Well‐being of Children Removed from the Home for Maltreatment

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2009
Child abuse and neglect are common problems across the world that result in negative consequences for children, families and communities. Children who have been abused or neglected are often removed from the home and placed in residential care or with ...
Marc Winokur, Amy Holtan, Deborah Valentine   +2 more
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Innovación socioeducativa para el apoyo de adolescentes en situación de acogimiento familiar [PDF]

, 2010
Este artículo presenta los resultados de la investigación sobre los adolescentes acogidos en familias extensas. Este proyecto se sitúa en la investigación cooperativa. La muestra está compuesta por 57 jóvenes acogidos y 79 técnicos expertos en protección
Balsells, M. Àngels, Fuentes-Peláez, Nuria, Mateo Gomà, Maribel, Mateos Inchaurrondo, Ainoa, Violant Hoz, Verónica   +4 more
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The EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the European Child Guarantee—Evidence-Based Recommendations for Alternative Care

Children, 2021
Protection and promotion of child rights are referred to as a central purpose of the European Union (EU). Therefore in 2021, the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the European Child Guarantee were published to enable children to have the best ...
Bárbara Mourão Sacur, Elisete Diogo
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Kinship Care for the Safety, Permanency, and Well‐being of Children Removed from the Home for Maltreatment: A Systematic Review

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2014
This Campbell systematic review examines whether kinship care is more effective than foster care in ensuring the safety, permanency and wellbeing of children removed from their home for maltreatment.
Marc Winokur, Amy Holtan, Keri E. Batchelder   +2 more
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Socio-Developmental Network Analysis: Establishing a Research Method to Examine Socio-Contextual Dynamics of Children in the Mockingbird Family^TM

Social Sciences, 2023
In recent years, social network analysis has had its own distinctive theoretical and methodological underpinnings. This article proposes a novel method for the application of a fused mixed-methods approach and social network analyses that incorporates ...
Emi Patmisari, Helen McLaren, Michelle Jones   +2 more
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Foster care profiles: A guide to identifying at-risk placements [PDF]

, 2014
Research on foster care shows a growing interest in knowing what factors exert influence on success or failure of the placements. Several studies have analysed the variables that influence the outcome of family foster care.
Bernedo-Muñoz, Isabel Maria, Fuentes-Rebollo, María Jesús, García-Martín, Miguel Ángel, Salas-Martínez, María D.   +3 more
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The Professionalisation of Foster Care in Norway

Social Inclusion
In Norway, as elsewhere, child welfare services have long prioritised placing children in foster homes over residential care when children cannot live with their parents, to ensure upbringing in family settings.
Renee Thørnblad, Jeanette Skoglund
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