This ethnographic study examines caregiving practices in Indian Child Care Institutions, focusing on caregiver–child interactions, emotional responsiveness, and institutional influences. It draws on observations and interviews to provide a contextually grounded understanding of caregiving dynamics.

Juveniles in residential care systems have high rates of suicidal ideation (SI). This study aims to expand knowledge of the prevalence and stability of SI, as well its associated factors among young adult care leavers in Switzerland.

This article examines how child protection workers in Chile interpret and respond to violence from children in residential care, finding that such violence is often normalized and attributed primarily to children’s trauma rather than to systemic or organizational factors. It highlights how this framing obscures the role of structural issues—such as inadequate training and staffing—and calls for more comprehensive prevention strategies that address both individual and institutional conditions.

This article examines how children’s rights to participation, family connections, and cultural identity are supported in statutory out-of-home care through four case studies involving culturally diverse children and their families. It highlights the importance of intentional, collaborative approaches that center children’s voices and agency while supporting meaningful relationships with carers, birth families, and cultural communities.

This study explores the challenges child welfare professionals face in addressing child neglect in Ontario, Canada, identifying barriers related to bias, the nature of child welfare practice, limited family resources, and government standards. It highlights the need for stronger prevention services, culturally responsive training, and policies that better align child welfare systems with the needs of children, families, and practitioners.

This scoping review examines family-centered psychosocial interventions that support children affected by disasters, highlighting how caregiver well-being, family functioning, and developmentally appropriate approaches contribute to children’s recovery and resilience. It finds that while interventions show promise, evidence gaps remain for certain age groups and long-term outcomes, emphasizing the need to integrate family-centered approaches into disaster mental health systems.

This article presents a research protocol for the first comprehensive, multi-method study examining the quality, experiences, and outcomes of residential out-of-home care for children and young people in Austria. It aims to identify factors influencing children’s well-being and development while generating evidence to improve child welfare practice, quality assurance, and policy.

This mixed-methods systematic review reports findings from 73 studies on interventions to support children and young people to return home safely after a period in care in the UK. Overall, reunification interventions had a small but meaningful positive effect on outcomes associated with successful reunification.

This chapter examines the effectiveness of Zimbabwe’s National Case Management System in protecting the rights and meeting the needs of children in street situations in Harare. It identifies key challenges—including limited resources, weak coordination, stigma, and gaps in social protection integration—and calls for reforms to strengthen child participation, staffing, funding, and trauma-informed, rights-based support.

This scoping review examines the prevalence and impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) among children and adolescents living in institutional care, finding that childhood adversities are widespread and strongly linked to mental health challenges, social difficulties, and reduced quality of life. It highlights significant gaps in the research, including inconsistent definitions, limited standardized measurement tools, and the need for more longitudinal and culturally responsive studies to inform effective interventions.