scholarly journals The Potential of Networks for Families in the Child Protection System: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Pérez-Hernando ◽  
Nuria Fuentes-Peláez
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
System A

There has recently been increased interest in the potential for formal and informal networks to aid interventions with biologic families in helping them achieve reunification in the context of the child protection system. When group support is provided to families, the creation of a network of social support seems to be a consequence. The article analyzes the conceptualization of social support in order to create social support networks and the benefits on the intervention with families in the framework of the child protection system through a systematic review. From a wide search 4348 documents, finally 14 articles were included in the reviews. Results show that social support is considered a process by which social resources are provided from formal (professional services and programs associated with those services in any off the protection, health of educational systems) and informal (extended family, friends, neighbors and acquaintances) networks, allowing the families to confront daily moments as well as in crisis situations. This social support is related to emotional, psychological, physical, instrumental, material and information support that allow families to face their difficulties. Formal and informal networks of child protection systems contribute to social support, resilience, consolidation of learning and the assistance of families to social intervention programs.

scholarly journals Personalizing Child Protection: The Value of Responsivity Factors

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 205
Author(s):  
Anne M. E. Bijlsma ◽  
Claudia E. van der Put ◽  
Geertjan Overbeek ◽  
Geert Jan J. M. Stams ◽  
Mark Assink
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Risk Need Responsivity ◽  
Forensic Care ◽  
Responsivity Principle

Personalization is an important strategy for enhancing the effectiveness of treatment that is aimed at reducing the risk of child maltreatment. In recent years, a growing body of research has appeared on how child protection can benefit from the principles of the Risk-Need-Responsivity model, but no attention has yet been paid to the implementation of the responsivity principle in child protection. Put simply, this principle states that treatment must be tailored to individual characteristics of clients to optimize its effectiveness. This study was the first to address how the responsivity principle can be of value in child protection. First, a systematic review of responsivity factors in forensic care was performed. Second, the relevance of applying each factor in child protection was examined through interviews with clinical professionals working in the field, who also provided suggestions on how treatment can be tailored to each of these factors. This resulted in an overview of seven responsivity factors all related to caregiver characteristics: problem denial, motivation to cooperate with treatment, psychological problems, cognitive abilities, cultural background, practical barriers such as financial problems and social support, and barriers to specific treatment types such as group therapy. Implications and recommendations for strengthening clinical practice are discussed.

Hospitalizations among children involved in the child protection system: A long-term birth cohort study from infancy to adulthood using administrative data

2020 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 104518
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Sumithran Gnanamanickam ◽  
Ha Nguyen ◽  
Jason M. Armfield ◽  
James C. Doidge ◽  
Derek S. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Term Birth ◽  
System A

International adoption and child protection in Guatemala

2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 649-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelley McCreery Bunkers ◽  
Victor Groza ◽  
Daniel P. Lauer
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
International Adoption ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Intercountry Adoption ◽  
System A ◽  
Protection De L’Enfance ◽  
El Sistema

English Guatemala’s culture and history as well as its role as a major sending country for intercountry adoption are used as a context for discussing how intercountry adoption has influenced and affected the child protection system. A model for child protection development is offered. French La culture et l’histoire du Guatemala, aussi bien que son rôle en tant qu’important pays pourvoyeur d’enfants destinés à l’adoption internationale, sont utilisés comme contexte pour discuter la question de savoir en quoi ces données ont influencé et ont affecté le système de protection de l’enfance. Un modèle pour le développement de la protection de l’enfance est proposé. Spanish La cultura de Guatemala y su historia, así como su papel como el país de mayores envíos para la adopción entre países, es utilizada como contexto para discutir cómo es que ha influido y afectado el sistema de protección infantil. Se propone un modelo para el desarrollo de la protección infantil.

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