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Two days in Carberry: a step towards a community of practice

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2005
How does one build community? How can a community of practitioners come together in a way that builds on the strength of commonality? These were the types of questions which led us all to an old estate: one hundred of us, from diverse locations and ...
Laura Steckley, Maxwell Smart
doaj   +1 more source

Why Care Matters: The Importance of Adequate Care for Children and Society [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The care of children matters to all of us. But today there are millions of children around the world that are not cared for adequately. It is a global crisis and one that will only get worse.
Corinna Csaky
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Implementation of Youth Empowerment Services (YES) juvenile justice diversion program: A first‐person account

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Santa Barbara County, the Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Program brought together several government and community‐based organizations, as well as a university‐based evaluation team, to provide pre‐adjudication diversion to youth ages 12 to 17.
Angela Pollard   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Residential child care and the psychodynamic approach; is it time to try again?

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2006
Therapeutic approaches to residential child care in the UK have been greatly influenced by the psychodynamic theories of D.W. Winnicott (1965), Klein (1998), Bowlby (1965) and Bion (1970), among others.
Charles Sharpe
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Racism and racial disparities in firearm violence: A scoping review

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firearm violence (i.e., interpersonal, police firearm violence) disproportionately affects racially minoritized communities. Researchers recently shifted their focus from race to racism to better understand the factors that contribute to racial disparities in firearm violence.
Daniel B. Lee   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bilingualism: the two languages of young people in care

open access: yesScottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2006
Institutions create their own languages, which become embedded in everyday experience (van Dijk, 1995). In order to function successfully, those in the subordinate position in the institution must learn the language of the institution.
Kim Snow
doaj   +1 more source

Child and Family Welfare in Sweden [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Sweden has no special Children’s Act because regulations on children are included in the Social Services Act from 1980, supplemented by an act regulating compulsory care.
Andersson, Gunvor
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
wiley   +1 more source

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