Direct Care Staff Vacancies and Adverse Youth Events in Illinois Child Welfare Residential Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Residential Treatment for Children & Youth,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 1 - 21
Опубликована: Март 11, 2024
Direct
care
staff
provide
24/7
and
supervision
in
residential
treatment
for
youth;
vacancy
rates
these
positions
increased
significantly
during
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
This
study
used
multi-level,
two-stage
least
squares
regression
to
examine
relationship
between
vacancies
adverse
events
experienced
by
1352
youth
Illinois
child
welfare
October
2019-February
2022.
Hierarchical
cluster
analysis
was
explore
whether
particular
event
clusters
were
differentially
related
rates.
We
hypothesized
that
direct
would
be
an
number
of
overall
a
specific
increase
safety-related
events.
Although
not
events,
they
associated
with
magnitude
school
suspensions,
substance
use,
law
enforcement
encounters.
Several
other
novel,
unanticipated
findings
emerged,
various
youth-
facility-level
factors
(e.g.
race,
age,
length
admission,
facility
level
clinical
acuity)
showing
significant
relationships
fills
notable
gap
literature
its
novel
empirical
approach
exploring
administrative
data
capturing
staffing
care.
Язык: Английский
Residential Youth Workers’ Perceptions of Grief and Loss in Residential Care
Jacqueline Tams,
Marcus Gottlieb,
Jamie Piercy
и другие.
Residential Treatment for Children & Youth,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 1 - 20
Опубликована: Апрель 20, 2024
Youth
in
residential
care
typically
experience
significant
losses
during
their
childhood,
which
often
result
grief.
The
presence
of
supportive
adults
who
acknowledge
these
has
been
found
to
be
a
protective
factor
for
youth
care.
Residential
workers
consistently
interact
with
the
children
they
support;
thus,
have
unique
opportunity
address
children's
and
associated
This
project
uses
mixed
methods
design
explore
how
conceptualize
account
grief
loss.
Specifically,
we
service
providers'
perceptions
loss
affects
behavior.
Three
narrative
vignettes
describing
hypothetical
child's
behavior
were
used
elicit
opinions.
(n
=
101)
recruited
from
British
Columbia
complete
brief
questionnaire
that
assessed
behaviors
encounter
experiences
supporting
grieving
youth.
A
one-way
ANOVA
revealed
no
statistically
group
differences;
however,
thematic
analysis
while
are
accounted
for,
participants
feel
under-resourced
provide
grief-informed
population
experiencing
complex
losses.
findings
suggest
clinical
policy
changes
necessary
better
support
for.
Язык: Английский
Intervention with institutional caregivers for the purpose of supportive education for disadvantaged children: 3C
Frontiers in Psychology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
15
Опубликована: Ноя. 7, 2024
Introduction
Children
in
institutional
care
may
have
limited
access
to
educational
opportunities
compared
children
parental
care.
Improving
and
enriching
the
practices
of
these
is
important
for
their
well-being.
In
this
study,
Child
Development,
Communication
Care
(3C)
Training
Program
was
prepared
by
researchers.
The
3C
education
approach
emphasizes
early
childhood
development
education.
Particular
focus
on
use
communication
techniques
young
children.
Our
goal
with
increase
caregivers’
knowledge
child
support
them
communicate
effectively
Through
curriculum
framework,
are
encouraged
interact
empathically
others.
Therefore,
framework
understanding
emotions
building
trusting
relationships
as
key
components
holistic
disadvantaged
Methods
A
quasi-experimental
design
pre-test-post-control
group
used
study.
16
sessions
were
applied
personnel
experimental
via
distance
Data
collected
from
participants
before
after
start
training
program
using
Education
Competence
Scale-Parent
Form,
Personal
Information
Evaluation
Questionnaire.
Results
As
a
result,
significant
differences
obtained
between
control
groups
favor
receiving
(z
=
3.57,
p<0.05).
Accordingly,
it
can
be
said
that
contributes
child.
Discussion
It
hoped
such
work
could
enhance
developmental
outcomes
improve
quality
Язык: Английский