The developmental–ecological approach of Japanese child welfare professionals to supporting children's social and emotional well-being: The practice of mimamori

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sachiko Bamba ◽  
Wendy Haight
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Japanese Child ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Child Welfare Professionals

Meaning and Essence of Child Well-Being According to Child Welfare Professionals

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 425-441
Author(s):  
Bridget Colacchio Wesley ◽  
Julia Pryce ◽  
Gina M. Samuels
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child Welfare Professionals

scholarly journals Trauma-Informed Care in Child Welfare: An Imperative for Residential Childcare Workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise Michelle Brend ◽  
Ginny Sprang
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Stress Reactions ◽  
Child Welfare Professionals ◽  
Trauma Informed Care ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Childcare Workers ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Residential Childcare

Context: Rates of traumatization among residential child welfare professionals are alarmingly high. The well-being of these professionals is associated both with their intention to stay in their jobs and outcomes of children in their care. Several risk factors threaten the well-being of child welfare professionals, including primary and secondary exposure to experiences with the potential to provoke posttraumatic stress reactions. Objectives: This manuscript details experiences empirically shown to have potential negative impacts on professional well-being, discusses why these impacts are of particular concern for residential childcare workers, and describes the types of organizational cultures and climates that appear to mitigate these negative impacts. Implications: Trauma-informed care at the organizational level is proposed both as a means to reduce harm to child-welfare professionals and promote the rehabilitation of children within the child welfare system.

scholarly journals The impact of COVID-19 on child welfare-involved families: Implications for parent–child reunification and child welfare professionals

2021 ◽  
pp. 251610322110452
Author(s):  
Abbie E. Goldberg ◽  
David Brodzinsky ◽  
Jacqueline Singer ◽  
Patience Crozier
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Child Welfare Workers ◽  
Child Welfare Professionals ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Virtual Visits ◽  
Welfare Workers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Parent Child

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted children and parents involved in the child welfare system and the professionals working with these families. Using survey data collected August–September of 2020, this mixed-methods study examined the perspectives of 196 child welfare-involved professionals (77 attorneys, 99 caseworkers, and 20 therapists) in the United States about the impact of COVID-19 on parents of origin, children, foster parents, and child welfare professionals. Particular attention was paid to the implications of COVID-19 and associated challenges for parent–child contact and reunification. With respect to professional stresses, more than half of participants worried about their own personal safety and health amidst COVID-19, and more than three-quarters expressed concerns about the safety and well-being of child welfare-involved families. Participants, especially attorneys, expressed concerns about parent–child contact and disruptions to reunification. In-person parent–child visits had all but ceased during the early part of the pandemic, and participants identified barriers to effective virtual visits, including lack of foster parent oversight, technology issues, and children’s developmental stage and/or lack of engagement. Attorneys were especially critical of the cessation of in-person visits and viewed this as a serious threat to child-parent bonds and reunification. Participants, especially child welfare workers, voiced concerns about children’s mental health and educational outcomes amidst the pandemic. Findings have implications for attorneys, child welfare workers, and other practitioners who directly and indirectly interface with child welfare-involved families.

scholarly journals Addressing vicarious trauma at child welfare professionals

Temida ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-428
Author(s):  
Emina Borjanic-Bolic
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Vicarious Trauma ◽  
Secondary Trauma ◽  
Vicarious Traumatization ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Helping Professionals ◽  
Child Welfare Professionals

This article will discuss vicarious traumatization among child welfare professionals. Vicarious traumatization presents secondary trauma that results from cumulating of clients? traumatic experiences and has permanent consequences. Secondary trauma among helping professionals is neglected in child welfare system, regardless their day to day work in front lines with deliberately traumatic experiences children and their families were exposed to. Vicarious traumatization is defined by comparison with other related concepts. Likewise, the article describes the signs that indicate the presence of vicarious trauma. Further, the article explains one method in coping Vicarious Trauma manifestation in interrupting phase, before bigger problems occur. Coping in this phase is possible through professional, personal and organizational level. The purpose of this article is to identify the possibilities to overcome vicarious trauma in both helping professionals in child welfare system and other professionals whose work is engaged with traumatized children or youth. If our goal is good quality service, adequate protection of child and youth and their satisfaction with that service, care about child welfare professionals is necessary to prevent vicarious trauma. Beyond professional self-care, it is important that system, organization and managers ensure supportive conditions which will contribute to professional well-being and rising resilience among them.

Structured well-being assessments in public child welfare: Observations across two states

2021 ◽  
pp. 251610322110046
Author(s):  
Crystal Collins-Camargo ◽  
Jessica Strolin-Goltzman ◽  
A. Nathan Verbist ◽  
Alison Krompf ◽  
Becky F. Antle
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Functional Improvement ◽  
Public Child Welfare ◽  
Case Planning ◽  
Over Time

Children entering custody within the child welfare system have been found to have high levels of trauma and significant behavioral health needs. In this paper, authors demonstrate how a structured functional well-being assessment can be used with the custody population to promote an understanding of behavioral health needs, inform case planning, and measure functional improvement over time. Specifically, this paper will: (a) briefly describe how two states implemented a common standardized assessment of functioning to inform case planning and measure well-being progress of children in the custody of a public child welfare system (b) examine what this common assessment tool reveals about the strengths and needs of children entering custody across two sites and (c) describe the magnitude of change in functional improvement measured across 6 months. This paper will contribute to the existing knowledge by sharing possible themes in functioning related to children entering custody while examining changes in functioning over time. Implications for practice, policy, and future research will be discussed.

scholarly journals The Potential Role of Bacteriophages in the Treatment of Recalcitrant Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 675
Author(s):  
Saartje Uyttebroek ◽  
Jolien Onsea ◽  
Willem-Jan Metsemakers ◽  
Lieven Dupont ◽  
David Devolder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Rhinosinusitis ◽  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Phage Therapy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Treatment Alternative ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Promising Treatment

Chronic rhinosinusitis is a common condition affecting 5–12% of the general population worldwide. In a limited number of cases, the disease is recalcitrant to medical and surgical interventions, causing a major impact on physical, social and emotional well-being and increasing pressure on healthcare systems. Biofilm formation and dysbiosis caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa play a role in the pathogenesis of recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis. In these cases, a promising treatment alternative is the application of bacteriophages, which are viruses that infect and lyse bacteria. In this review, we appraise the evidence for the use of bacteriophages in the treatment of recalcitrant chronic rhinosinusitis. Additionally, (dis)advantages of bacteriophages and considerations for implementation of phage therapy in otorhinolaryngology practice will be discussed.

scholarly journals Mental health policy issues and development in Lithuania

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
I R Rubikas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Mental Health Policies ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Background Lithuanian has experienced rapid and relatively successful transition to capitalism and transatlantic-Western values and practices in recent decades. Suicide and legal alcohol consumption rates remain the highest in the EU and OECD, and Lithuania's Positive emotions index score has been consistently amongst the 10 lowest in the world in recent years. Emigration rate is the highest in the EU and OECD, social inequality is amongst the highest in the same groups. Despite a relatively strong economy these changes are not automatically transferred to better social and emotional well-being. Methods This unconventional situation calls for strong and unconventional policy responses in the area of mental health, amongst others. Health impact assessment using theory-based approach and desk research. Results Recent attempts include strategic reorientation towards social and emotional well-being, stronger focus on prevention and promotion and primary care, intensifying efforts to reduce suicide rates, and implementation of strong regulatory measures to reduce alcohol use. Suicide rates have been declining since 2013 but remain high. Effort is made to implement best practices in media reporting, recognition and providing appropriate help for those in suicide crisis, expanding prevention efforts. Conclusions Finally, WHOs “best buys” in alcohol control were implemented since 2017, including steep increases in excise taxes, ban on alcohol advertisement, increase of allowed age, reducing alcohol trading hours and others. This resulted in the steepest decline of legal alcohol consumption in decades. The chosen policy route may be called iterative policy-making, whereby improvements are made along the way, which allows for quicker policy decisions and results. Key messages Mental health policies need to be based on the socio-political context of the specific country. Smaller countries such as Lithuania might benefit form flexible approaches to mental health policies.

scholarly journals Homework and Children in Grades 3–6: Purpose, Policy and Non-Academic Impact

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Holland ◽  
McKenzie Courtney ◽  
James Vergara ◽  
Danielle McIntyre ◽  
Samantha Nix ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Sleep Habits ◽  
Academic Impact ◽  
Family Time ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Elementary Aged Children ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Abstract Background Increasing academic demands, including larger amounts of assigned homework, is correlated with various challenges for children. While homework stress in middle and high school has been studied, research evidence is scant concerning the effects of homework on elementary-aged children. Objective The objective of this study was to understand rater perception of the purpose of homework, the existence of homework policy, and the relationship, if any, between homework and the emotional health, sleep habits, and parent–child relationships for children in grades 3–6. Method Survey research was conducted in the schools examining student (n = 397), parent (n = 442), and teacher (n = 28) perception of homework, including purpose, existing policy, and the childrens’ social and emotional well-being. Results Preliminary findings from teacher, parent, and student surveys suggest the presence of modest impact of homework in the area of emotional health (namely, student report of boredom and frustration), parent–child relationships (with over 25% of the parent and child samples reporting homework always or often interferes with family time and creates a power struggle), and sleep (36.8% of the children surveyed reported they sometimes get less sleep) in grades 3–6. Additionally, findings suggest misperceptions surrounding the existence of homework policies among parents and teachers, the reasons teachers cite assigning homework, and a disconnect between child-reported and teacher reported emotional impact of homework. Conclusions Preliminary findings suggest homework modestly impacts child well-being in various domains in grades 3–6, including sleep, emotional health, and parent/child relationships. School districts, educators, and parents must continue to advocate for evidence-based homework policies that support children’s overall well-being.

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