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This report published by UNICEF’s Office of Research – Innocenti, ranks countries across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU) based on their national childcare and parental leave policies. These policies include the accessibility, affordability and quality of childcare for children between birth and school age. The report notes that COVID-19-related closures of childcare facilities have pushed families of young children into further difficult circumstances. Many parents have been struggling to balance childcare and the…
The New Neighborhood is a limited series podcast that explores some of the dramatic changes taking place across the U.S. as people work to reinforce a sense of community, support young children and families, and work to build equity within communities. Each episode features emerging innovations that will create a society where all children and their families can thrive.
Many governments around the world are debating or have initiated the second round of restrictions to combat the coronavirus. In May 2020, early childhood expert Joan Lombardi, director of Early Opportunities, spoke on the podcast and told the Protected! host, Hani Mansourian, what she thought governments should be doing to support child protection professionals during the Covid-19 crisis. Five months on, do child protection professionals have what they need to support and protect children as the coronavirus makes a comeback?
When the coronavirus lockdown has shrunk your world to the four walls around you, Joan Lombardi, the director of Early Opportunities, shares about caring for young children under lockdown. This is part one of a two-part interview with Joan Lombardi on the Protected! Podcast.
In this episode of the Protected! Podcast, Hani Mansourian and Joan Lombardi talk about how responsive care and early…
What is toxic stress? What effects can it have on a child’s body and development, and how can those effects be prevented? What does it mean to build resilience? This episode of The Brain Architects explores what “toxic stress” means, and what we can do about it.
Host Sally Pfitzer is once again joined by Center Director Dr. Jack Shonkoff as they dive into the different types of stress, including what makes certain stress “toxic,” while…
This podcast episode describes what self-harm is and how social workers can support young people and carers who are self-harming. The podcast discusses why looked-after children are more at risk of mental health problems and how social workers can support young people
The evaluation of everyday multi-professional intervention to safeguard and promote the well-being of vulnerable children is limited and restricts both operational planning and professional intervention. The core aim of this programme is to contribute to the development of a platform that will support better understanding of the routes from intervention to outcomes for vulnerable children in Scotland through utilising administrative datasets and longitudinal research.
The growing emphasis on recognizing, addressing, and preventing human trafficking is an emerging issue challenging many government and human service agencies. Child welfare is especially affected because children and youth placed in out-of-home care due to abuse and neglect, along with runaway and homeless youth, are at high risk of trafficking.
Effectively addressing human trafficking requires agencies to collaborate on providing judicial, therapeutic, and prevention services. …
Summary
In Episode 51, you will hear from Delia Pop, Director of Programs and Global Advocacy for Hope and Homes for Children, talking with Phil about:
- How we can better understand the ins-and-outs of deinstitutionalization
- Issues with institutional orphanages
- How we can pursue excellence in orphan care around the world
- Why she believes that large institutions are not necessary, but residential can be appropriate in limited, specific situations
- Five steps that will help us work cross-culturally with others to…
In this Innocenti Podcast, Tia Palermo discusses The Transfer Project, a government run large-scale social cash transfer program in Sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this program is to improve the condition of children and adolescents in the region. The beneficiaries of these cash transfers are non-conditional. These transfers have had a positive effect on children and adolescents. Impact evaluations demonstrate a direct positive causal impacts on households and children’s well-being. Using rigorous data, The Transfer Project found that cash transfers do not increase…