Child and Youth Care Resources
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Measures to Address and Prevent School-Based Violence in South
Africa: An Ecological Systems Perspective
Poppy Masinga
and Sipho Sibanda
Decision-Making in Emergency Foster Care: An Insider Perspective on Current
Practices and Possibilities for Change
Rosa Sitjes-Figueras, Carme
Montserrat, Pere Soler-Masó and Joan Llosada-Gistau
“It is also just a house, so to speak.” Youth experiencing the living
environment in alternative and traditional residential youth care in the
Netherlands
Y. G. Riemersma, A. T. Harder, M.E. Kalverboera, W. J.
Post and A. E. Zijlstra
Theories used to explain
care-leavers’ journey out of care: A scoping review
Adrian D. van
Breda and Sasambal Reuben
Exploring the role of inter-municipal cooperation in the foster care market:
between collaboration and competition
Veronica Hällqvist
Being an Alternative Caregiver: Caring for Children Who Have Experienced
Trauma
Erica Ann Conibear, B. Schmidt & C. Mulopo
The Lived
Experiences of Street Children in Mahikeng, South Africa
Tsholofelo
Shophi and Nopasika Fidelia Maforah
Between Worlds: Identity, Culture, and Ambivalence in a Boarding School for
“at-risk” Youth
Christopher D. Berk
Moral distress among healthcare
professionals in long‑term care settings: a scoping review
Floor
Vinckers and Elleke Landeweer
Experiences and needs of adolescents
in residential care during times of COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
Luiza Nobre-Lima, Bárbara Esculcas and Rita Miguel Ramos
Miscellaneous
POLICY
UK: Care Experience, Ethnicity and Youth Justice Involvement: Key Trends and Policy Implications
PRACTICE GUIDE
First Nations Care Leavers: Supporting Better Transitions
FOUNDATIONS
Foundational Texts for Child and Youth Care Practice and Theory
REPORTS
Residential Care | The Radical Movement to Divest from Youth Residential Treatment
Education | Evidence Base on Good Practice in Schools to Meet the Needs of Students Living in Out-Of-Home Care
Kinship Care | Growing up in Kinship Care
Social Media | Potential Risks of Content, Features, and Functions: A Closer Look at the Science Behind How Social Media Affects Youth
Mental Health | Still Ringing the Alarm: An Enduring Call to Action for Black Youth Suicide Prevention
Covid-19 | Covid-19 Learning Report: Challenges and Innovations
Trauma | ‘We are on a journey’: implementing trauma informed approaches in Northern Ireland
REVIEWS
Residential Care | Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth: A Consensus Statement of the International Work Group on Therapeutic Residential Care
Juvenile Justice | Punitive Instead of Rehabilitative: The Role of Restitution in the Juvenile Justice System and the Need for Reconstruction
RESEARCH and STUDIES
Administration | Care experienced children and young people: Research insights from administrative data in the UK
Systems | The Logic Behind a Cohesive Youth Care System
Briefing | Parental Risk Factors and Children Entering Care
Administration | Rates of out-of-home care among children in Canada: an analysis of national administrative child welfare data
Physical Space | Growing Up Together: The Design of Small-Scale Youth Care Facilities
The Law | Empowering Children and Youth through Law and Participation
Foster Care | The Future of Foster Care: New Science on Old Problems
Ethics | Ethical Research Involving Children
Care Experience | Tuning into Child and Youth Care: An Arts-Based Audio-Drama Inquiry with Child and Youth Care Practitioners who have lived in Residential Care
TOOLKITS
Resilience | Strengthening resilience: Promoting positive school mental health among Indigenous youth
Development | World Health Organisation: Helping Adolescents Thrive
PRACTITIONERS
MISCELLANEOUS
What loss and grief look like for Children and Youth in Care

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