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The purpose of this study is to explore how growing up in private residential care in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces of Thailand has affected children’s well-being over time. The research provided an important opportunity for young people to describe and analyze their experience, as well as make their own conclusions and recommendations. Understanding the life paths of these young people after leaving care offers important insights for developing strategies, policies and services to improve outcomes for other children facing similar experiences. The study was commissioned as part of the…
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ไม่ ใช่เด็กทุกคนได้เติบโตอย่ างอบอุ่นและปลอดภัยกับพ่อแม่ ของตน และไม่ ใช่เด็กทุกคนได้เติบโตใน “บ้าน” หรือสภาวะ แวดล้อมของครอบครัว ซึ่งถือเป็นสภาวะแวดล้อมที่เหมาะ สมต่อการเจริญเติบโตของเด็ก เด็กในประเทศไทยหลาย คนถูกส่งไปอยู่ ใน “สถานรองรับ” เช่น สถานสงเคราะห์ บ้านพักเด็ก หอพัก โรงเรียนประจำ ศาสนสถาน โรงเรียน สอนศาสนา และสถานที่ประเภทอื่นๆที่รับเด็กไว้ในการเลี้ยง ดูเป็นระยะเวลาหนึ่งเพราะพ่อแม่ ไม่ สามารถหรือไม่ประสงค์ จะเลี้ยงดูลูก โดยมี วิธีการเลี้ยงดูที่ต่างจากการเลี้ยงดูในรูป แบบครอบครัว โดยเฉพาะการมี ผู้ดูแลจำ นวนน้อยเมื่ อเทียบ กับจำ นวนเด็กและมี การเปลี่ยนผู้ดูแลบ่อย มี…
A research on children in institutional care in Thailand and policy brief
This new study reveals that over 120,000 children in Thailand are living in institutional settings, mostly due to poverty and limited access to education. 90% have at least one living parent. Although institutional care may be appropriate in emergencies, it is often overly misused and can affect children’s emotional, cognitive and mental development. More than 50% of private “orphanages” are unregistered and unregulated.
The study lays out the extent of the problem, identifies risks, and provides…
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This study aimed to examine the sense of family belonging of individuals with childhood institutional care experience through personal details, institutional care, and post-institutional-care variables. Conducted with 313 adults with institutional care experience during childhood, the study revealed family belonging is related to gender, marital, educational, and employment status, age, and reason for being taken into institutional care, if exposed to abuse and its type, people with whom they live after the institution, medical/psychiatric support status, and whether…
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Children living in the orphanages of low- and middle-income countries often face maltreatment and inadequate caregiving, and caregivers are unprepared and lack training for their role.
This study involved a qualitative design with a thematic analysis approach, consisting of focus group discussions with 14 caregivers working in Pakistani orphanages who had participated in Group Triple P. Four main themes emerged: caregiving skills enhancement, behavioural outcomes, personal wellbeing and change in relationships.
Findings suggested that the Group Triple P was…
Challenges Experienced by Caregivers Caring for Abandoned Infants and Toddlers in Institutional Care
Childhood trauma continues to be a silent epidemic in South Africa. Institutional childcare centres do not have sufficient funding or resources to render daily therapeutic services for abandoned children. The first line of professional care for these children encompasses their daily interactions and relationships formed with the centre caregivers. This article advances a greater understanding of the views, perceptions and experiences of caregivers caring for abandoned infants and toddlers living in institutional care, on the basis of information obtained from 15 participants interviewed…
The case studies outlined in this publication draw upon earlier work, which suggested that young people leaving care may broadly fall into one of three groups: those successfully ‘moving on’ from care; those who are ‘survivors’; and those who are ‘strugglers’. These groups are clearly detailed in the text, including the ‘protective’ and ‘risk’ factors associated with each group – or put in terms of relevance to policy and practice, the factors which may promote (‘protective’) or pose barriers (‘risks’) to the resilience of young people from care to adulthood.
The three groups were…
This briefing paper draws on data and findings from the Insights into the World of Privatized Faith-Based Residential Care Facilities in Myanmar research report.
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Estimates from 2019 suggested up to 600,000 children were living in Residential Care Facilities (RCFs) across Myanmar, with the vast majority thought to be living in privately run unregistered RCFs, many of which were faith-based. Concerns…
Tens of thousands of children in India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and other Asian countries are living as child Buddhist monks. Many are in temples and monasteries far from home and do not see their parents for months, even years. Some are as young as 6 years of age.
The aim of this article is to engage scholars, practitioners, child rights advocates, and others in a conversation around the rights and vulnerabilities of child Buddhist monks and children susceptible to being entrusted to monasteries to live as child monks. This group of children receives relatively little attention in…
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We investigated the prevalence rates of childhood trauma, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms and suicidal behaviors among Vietnamese adolescents and compared the differences between institutionalized adolescents (IAs) and noninstitutionalized adolescents (NIAs). In addition, we examined the multidimensional associations between childhood trauma and psychopathology among IAs…