CYC WORLD CONFERENCE 2026
Connecting Through Relationship
24-26 June 2026
St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador,
Canada
CALL FOR PAPERS
In June 2013 the first ever Child and Youth Care World Conference, Connecting at the Crossroads, was held in St. John’s. This event was hosted by the Child and Youth Care Association of Newfoundland and Labrador in collaboration with the International Child and Youth Care Network (CYC-Net). The theme of that conference was focused on connecting across geography, across disciplines, across generations and across practice domains.
In 2026, the Child and Youth Care World Conference is returning to where it all began! The theme for the upcoming conference is Connecting through Relationship. We are still connecting through all the areas identified in 2013, and we are also connecting to our history, to each other, and to the young people and families we serve.
We are delighted to announce that the Call for Proposals has been released here.
The deadline for submitting a proposal is October 15, 2025.
CYC-Online, June 2025 (No. 316)
Contents
Editorial Comment: Taking Charge of Our Own Personal
and Professional Development
Leon Fulcher
Giving Ourselves to the Process
Thom Garfat
Re-Energising CYC-Net
Kiaras Gharabaghi
An Epidemic of Need: The Surge in Childhood Psychiatric
Diagnoses - Rethinking childhood diagnosis in an age of expanding
definitions
Sam Goldstein
Community Involvement: Exploring How Young People Fit
into Community
Ziigwanbinesii Charles
The Trouble with Psychotherapy
Hans Skott-Myhre
Ghana’s Juvenile Justice Act in Practice for Children
in Conflict with the Law in the last decade
Dr. Lilian
Ayete-Nyampong
Postcard from Leon Fulcher
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