Child Development

Knowledge of child development is the foundation for work with children, and therefore is a requirement for all those seeking to protect children. It influences every aspect of a child from physical growth and mental abilities, to how they express emotions, think and behave. 

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Hansung Kim, Yushin Lee, Sangmi Choi - Children and Youth Services Review,

The objectives of this study were to 1) examine the relative risk of suicide among children in residential care compared with those not in residential care in South Korea, 2) evaluate how the relative risk of suicide is associated with age, and 3) explore the trend in relative risk of suicide over time.

Eavan Brady & Robbie Gilligan - Child & Family Social Work,

This paper explores how the principle of linked lives can illuminate our understanding of how relationships positively influence the educational journeys of adults with care experience over time.

Catherine E. Draper, Steven J. Howard, Tamsen J. Rochat - Child: Care, Health and Development,

The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a home‐based intervention—Amagugu Asakhula—to promote nurturing interactions and healthy behaviours with the caregivers of preschool children.

Jenifer Wakelyn,

Therapeutic Interventions with Babies and Young Children in Care is about the value of observation and close attention for babies and young children who may be vulnerable to psychological and attachment difficulties.

Julianna Finelli & Charles H. Zeanah - An International Perspective on Disasters and Children's Mental Health,

This paper focuses on the complicated experiences faced by Katrina-exposed children and their families and reviews follow-up research on Katrina’s effects on children and their caregivers in both New Orleans, Louisiana, and the coastal Mississippi area.

Erika Tullberg, Wendy Vaughon, Nawal Muradwij, Bonnie D. Kerker - Children and Youth Services Review,

Drawing from focus groups with Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) foster parents, this paper explores different aspects of their experiences, identifies multiple ways in which they need support, and provides recommendations for foster care agencies looking to retain skilled foster parents and increase the quality and stability of children's experience in TFC programs.

Mary F. Zhang & Julie Selwyn - Child Indicators Research,

The current study provides an in-depth examination of the psychometric properties of the “Your Life, Your Care” survey which measured the subjective well-being (SWB) of children and young people in out of home care (OHC) in England and Wales.

Mia Stange, Brett Stark - The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics,

This paper reviews and contributes to evolving analyses of the public health, legal, and ethical consequences of immigration policy.

Carrie E. DePasquale & Megan R. Gunnar - Developmental Psychobiology,

This study sought to understand how post‐institutionalized children interact with unfamiliar peers and the factors that predict the quality of these interactions in order to shed light on the processes contributing to the persistent, often increasing social deficits seen in post‐institutionalized children.

Nicole B. Perry & Megan R. Gunnar - Handbook of Emotional Development,

In this chapter of the Handbook of Emotional Development, the authors discuss animal models that support developmental theories underscoring the importance of the caregiver–infant relationship for emotional development, explore how varying degrees of neglect may be differentially associated with subsequent emotional outcome, and review empirical work in this area from a developmental perspective by addressing how early neglect may impact the development of biological and behavioral mechanisms that underlie emotional functioning across multiple developmental periods.