The relationship between adverse childhood experiences, health and life satisfaction in adults with care experience: The mediating role of attachment
AbstractAdverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with a plethora of negative outcomes. Research has also found that adults who were separated from parental care and lived in alternative care settings during childhood have high levels of ACEs and are more likely to have poor outcomes. A growing body of research has supported the importance of attachment as a mechanism underlying the relationship between ACEs and adult wellbeing. However, little work has examined the role that attachment may play in the outcomes of adults who resided in residential and foster care during childhood. The current study examined the r...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - February 24, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Amanda Hiles Howard,
Getrude Dadirai Gwenzi,
Trent Taylor,
Nicole Gilbertson Wilke Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Journeys of culturally connecting: Aboriginal young people's experiences of cultural connection in and beyond out ‐of‐home care
AbstractWith growing overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in out-of-home care (OOHC), cultural disconnection is an omnipresent threat. Despite research and inquiries that have highlighted the risk of cultural disconnection for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in OOHC, limited research has explored Indigenous children and young people's experiences of cultural connection in the Australian context. Informed by Indigenous Standpoint Theory, this Aboriginal-led qualitative study sought to understand 10 OOHC-experienced Aboriginal young people's experiences o...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - February 23, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Jacynta Krakouer Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Multigenerational care or parental care? Familial care types, social –emotional development and mediation of parent–child relationship of single‐parent children in mainland China
This study investigated the associations between familial care types and single-parent children's SED, and the possible pathways through the mediation of parent–child relationship. This study analysed 431 single-parent children (50.0% girls) dra wn from a local database with a total of 2507 children studying in Grades 4 to 8. We compared the SED of single-parent children in multigenerational care and those in parental care. We then tested the possible mediating effect of parent–child relationship between familial care types and childr en's SED. The study found that there were no deficits in the SED of single-paren...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - February 23, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Miao Wang,
Yao Fan,
Qingzhu Zhang,
Qian Sun,
Guowei Wan,
Jun Sung Hong Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Generating inclusive services for children, youth and families: A shift to using complex systems theory
AbstractService systems for children and families have been shaped by standard approaches to knowledge-building, which reflect a reductionist approach and assume linearity and/or that individuals and experiences are normally distributed. Yet, these approaches may be inadequate for clients most at-risk, especially those who would be analytic ‘outliers’. A complexity lens focuses on the whole system and seeks to identify patterns, including the dynamic interactions between components of the system. Social work scholars have begun to apply complexity theory to social work research efforts, demonstrating the conceptual pot...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - February 23, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Jo Ann Lee,
Michael Wolf ‐Branigin Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Family engagement during the COVID ‐19 pandemic: Opportunities and challenges for school social work
This study contributes to a growing body of research exploring and documenting shifts in school social work practice in the United States during the COVID era. We used qualitative methods to explore how school social workers (SSWers) practised family engagement during the pandemic and their perceptions of the benefits and challenges of increased family engagement. Analysis of interviews with 20 SSWers from three US states (Colorado, Minnesota a nd Nevada) revealed five primary themes: reasons for family engagement, ways of engaging with families, frequency of family contact, challenges in engaging families and SSWers' atti...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - February 21, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Erin Sugrue,
Annahita Ball,
Danielle R. Harrell,
Ashley ‐Marie H. Daftary Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Fostering educational prosperity: A randomized controlled trial of home tutoring in foster care
This study randomized 105 children in foster care (62% girls, aged 7 –15 years [M = 10.3,SD = 2.0]) to the home tutoring program Foster Caregivers as Tutors (FCT) or regular public school services (treatment as usual [TAU]). In the FCT group, the foster caregivers tutored the children for 2.5 h/week for 40 weeks. The program effect is measured in learning and developmental outcomes , including reading and math ability, learning skills, IQ, executive function, and psychosocial function. Follow-up was 17.5 months after baseline. The results show a significant effect over time in both groups on IQ (effect size...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - February 10, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Misja Eiberg,
Christoffer Scavenius Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Moving from ‘what we know works’ to ‘what we do in practice’: An evidence overview of implementation and diffusion of innovation in transition to adulthood for care experienced young people
AbstractGlobal research has shown that most young people who are care experienced are not prepared to transition to independent living at 18 years of age and require support into early adulthood. We used rigorous systematic methods to identify English-based peer reviewed and grey literature describing innovations relevant to care experienced young people as they transition into adulthood, with a focus upon lessons for their implementa tion and diffusion. We synthesised the evidence narratively and organise data linked to seven key areas important to the transition to adulthood: (1) Health and well-being; (2) relationshi...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - February 2, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Hayley Alderson,
Deborah Smart,
Gary Kerridge,
Graeme Currie,
Rebecca Johnson,
Eileen Kaner,
Amy Lynch,
Emily Munro,
Jacky Swan,
Ruth McGovern Tags: REVIEW Source Type: research
The impact of a respite volunteer ‘buddy’ programme on behavioural and psychological well‐being in young carers
In conclusion, the programme seems promising considering its effect on young carers' social–emotional functioning. However, future research should include comparative studies with a longer duration. (Source: Child and Family Social Work)
Source: Child and Family Social Work - January 30, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Sisse Heiden Laursen,
Karina Brix Nissen,
Flemming Witt Udsen,
Helle Haslund ‐Thomsen Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Why and how do parents decide to adopt? A study on motivations and the decision ‐making process in becoming an adoptive family
AbstractThere are several motives underlying the process of deciding to become an adoptive family. However, research exploring this issue is scarce and essentially focused on infertility as the main motivation. The present mixed-method study aims to fill in this gap by exploring, retrospectively, the motives to adopt of 126 Portuguese adoptive parents. The Parents' Interview on the Adoption Process was used to identify the motives to adopt and describe the adoption decision-making process. Seven main motives (biological issues, filling in a void/loneliness, adoption as a life project, expanding the family, philanthropy, co...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - January 27, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Joana Soares,
Sara Ralha,
S ílvia Monteiro Fonseca,
Joana Prego,
Maria A. Barbosa‐Ducharne Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Adapting private family time in child protective services decision ‐making processes
AbstractThe Family Group Conference (FGC) is grounded in a rights-based framework, whereby children and their families have the right and responsibility to be primary decision-makers when child protection issues arise, and the statutory agency has the responsibility to convene the entitled members of the family network to lead the decision-making. A distinct core component of FGC —private family time (PFT)—allows families to discuss the information and formulate their responses and plans privately during conferencing. This paper describes how a large child welfare agency in the United States adapted PFT in two ways: (1...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - January 24, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Marina Lalayants,
Lisa Merkel ‐Holguin Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Conversations about violence, risk and responsibility with divorced and support ‐seeking fathers in Sweden
In conclusion, the paper concurs with the call for a focus on responsibility and on safe parenting in professional conversations with allegedly or confirmed abusive fathers. (Source: Child and Family Social Work)
Source: Child and Family Social Work - January 24, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Linn éa Bruno,
Maria Eriksson Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Caseworkers as a source of hope leading to perceptions of academic success for transitional age foster youth
AbstractResearch among adolescent samples has consistently demonstrated that a hopeful mindset is associated with resilience and global well-being. Further, research suggests that hope is influenced from an early age from connections with supportive caregivers. However, because older youth in the child welfare system may lack supportive caregivers, alternative sources of hope may be needed. To test a theory that supportive child welfare caseworkers can serve as external sources of hope, we conducted a cross-sectional study of youth in the child welfare system from a single state (N = 149). Using surveys with establishe...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - January 16, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Angela B. Pharris,
Ricky T. Mu ñoz,
Chan M. Hellman Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
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Source: Child and Family Social Work - January 13, 2023 Category: Child Development Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
Parenting through the lenses of risk and othering: Constructions of parental cannabis use in child protection court proceedings
AbstractThe construction of parents' cannabis use in the context of child protection has far-reaching implications for how their parenting is perceived and assessed and for the decisions made regarding their children's lives. Yet little is known about the meanings various stakeholders in child protection processes attribute to parents' cannabis use. This paper aims to explore constructions of parents' cannabis use in child protection court proceedings and position them within a political and social context. A qualitative data mining method was used to examine 32 Family Court judgements in care proceedings that involved par...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - January 5, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Yuval Saar ‐Heiman,
Anna Gupta,
Griet Roets Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Fostering supportive interactions in the neighbourhood: Using visualized narratives
AbstractThe use of art (e.g. visualized narratives) in social work may stimulate dialogue between community members about family support in their neighbourhood. The Visualized Narratives on Parenting Interactions in the Neighbourhood (VN-PIN) were developed in order to foster this dialogue. The aim of this study was to evaluate the implementation of the VN-PIN in social work practice and to gain insight in mechanisms that stimulate dialogues supported by visualizations. A qualitative process evaluation was conducted to explore the use of the VN-PIN in various urban settings. We observed meetings (N = 14) where the VN-PIN...
Source: Child and Family Social Work - January 5, 2023 Category: Child Development Authors: Sanne M. Rumping,
Ruben G. Fukkink,
Leonieke Boendermaker Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
