From Adversity to Stability to Integration: how One Australian Program is Making a Difference in Therapeutic Foster Care

Experiences of Children and Young People with a Disability in Out-of-Home Care in Australia: A Scoping Review

“…Te literature suggests that children and young people with disabilities have unique ways of living and experiencing environments signifcantly diferent from those of other children without disabilities, exposing them to signifcant risks and trauma in out-of-home care (OOHC). According to the literature, what they most need is a sense of choice, control, safety, and stability to ameliorate the impact of trauma and loss [44]. What emerges, however, is the sense that for many children and young people who live with disabilities, the system's inability to ofer targeted and timely services exacerbates their difculties, including their difculty in forming secure and lasting relationships with carers.…”

İhmal Ve İsti̇smari Önlemeye Yöneli̇k Çocuk Koruma Poli̇ti̇kalarinda Uzmanlaşmiş Koruyucu Ai̇le Modeli̇ni̇n Yeri̇

“…Uygulama sonuçlarının değerlendirilmesine yönelik çalışmalar travmatik deneyimler nedeniyle yüksek derecede sorunlu ve karmaşık davranış sorunları yaşayan çocukların ilerlemesi açısından kayda değer bulunmuştur. Terapötik ailenin yanına yerleştirildiğinde bakım veren ebeveynine tekme ve tokat atan, nesneleri fırlatan, mobilyaları ve pencereleri kıran, okulda eşyalara ve çevreye zarar veren, diğer öğrencilerin eşyalarını çalan, uygunsuz cinsel davranışlarda bulunan, uykudan korkuyla uyanan, altını ıslatan, genel olarak uyumsuzluk sorunları yaşayan çocukların sürekliliği olan iyileştirici aile ortamında davranışsal ve ruhsal sorunlarının önemli ölçüde azaldığı, diğer aile üyeleriyle yakın ilişki kurabildikleri, okulda başarı gösterebildikleri, hobiler edinerek toplumla etkileşim kurdukları görülmüştür (McPherson, Gatwiri, & Cameron, 2018;Gatwiri, Mcpherson, Mcnamara, Mitchell, & Tucci, 2019).…”

Minority Stress for Care Experienced Young Queer People: A Case Study

“…Evidence suggests that young people in out-of-home care often come from troubled family backgrounds, where a safe and secure base is absent (Beek & Schofield, 2004 ). They manifest complex needs, which are underpinned by histories of the trauma of abuse, abandonment, neglect and deprivation (Gatwiri et al, 2018 ; McPherson et al, 2018 ). Because experiences of child abuse and neglect are intersectional and informed by variables such as age, race, gender, disability and sexual orientation, queer youth in care are likely to have additional trauma history or challenges due to their minority sexual orientation and gender identities (Schofield et al, 2019 ).…”