Journal of Children's Services: Volume 14 Issue 4

The views of social workers and special guardians on planning contact for special guardianship children

Nicholas Thompson

Special guardianship order (SGO) assessments require social workers to make plans and recommendations for ongoing post-SGO contact between the child and the parents. However…

Current practice for social workers on planning contact for special guardianship children

Nicholas Thompson

An integral feature of Special Guardianship Orders (SGO) is that the children should have some contact with their parents after the order is granted. Local authority social…

Let’s talk about adaptation! How individuals discuss adaptation during evidence-based practice implementation

Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, Karissa Fenwick, Michael S. Hurlburt, Amy Green, Rachel A. Askew, Gregory A. Aarons

Researchers suggest that adaptation should be a planned process, with practitioners actively consulting with program developers or academic partners, but few studies have examined…

Self-protective strategies of parents with ADHD and their children as mediated by sensitivity – a multiple-case study

Milla Syrjänen, Airi Hautamäki, Natalia Pleshkova, Sinikka Maliniemi

The purpose of this paper is to explore the parental sensitivity and self-protective strategies of parents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and those of their…

Psychosocial support for orphans and vulnerable children in a community-based organization in Kericho, Kenya

Emily Chepngetich Sitienei, Jace Pillay

The purpose of this paper is to explore the views of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) on the kind of psychosocial support they receive in a community-based organization (CBO…

Pilot implementation of child psychosocial framework in Kenya, Turkey and Brazil

Panos Vostanis, Seyda Eruyar, Esther Smit, Michelle O’Reilly

The purpose of this paper is to develop a child psychosocial framework among stakeholders in areas of disadvantage in three low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), i.e. Kenya…