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How Are Children Involved? Participation of Children in the Process of Matching With Foster Families

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children have the right to be informed and to express their views on all matters affecting them. When children are placed in foster care, social services are responsible for ensuring that the child receives ‘good care’. This requires a matching process. Matching means that children and foster families must ‘fit together’.
Ann‐Sofie Bergman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Youth‐Reported Strengths and Challenges in Illinois Child Welfare Residential Care: An Analysis of Qualitative Data From > 500 Youth

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores qualitative data capturing the strengths and challenges of residential care from the perspective of 512 youth in Illinois child welfare residential care in November 2018. Ninety percent of eligible youth participated in a Youth Experience of Care survey, with youth providing more negative than positive feedback about ...
Patricia Garibaldi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Child Welfare Workers' Assessments of Suspected Violence in the Context of Family Law Disputes

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Information about violence in the family can be challenging for child welfare (CW) workers to assess when parents are simultaneously involved in a family law dispute. The aim of this study is to analyse how assessments of suspected violence in the family are described in CW investigations in Sweden when the child's parents are involved in a ...
Gabriella Alner Knutsson   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expectations and Concerns of Adoptive Families of Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is considered a condition that persists throughout life in people who have been exposed to alcohol during the gestation period. During the different stages of their lives, individuals with FASD face different challenges and adversities that—without the right resources and strategies—can contribute to ...
Dídac Gómez‐Santabrígida   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Handcuffed Parenthood’: Parents of Young At‐Risk Children Who Were Removed From Their Homes in East Jerusalem

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parents of children who were removed from home are generally under‐researched, and there is a shortage of knowledge concerning their perceptions and experiences, particularly in complex contexts. Using a context‐informed perspective and intersectionality theory, this study aims to better understand the experiences of parents regarding their ...
Mayis Eissa, Anat Zeira
wiley   +1 more source

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