Children’s Rights: A Cross-Border Study of Residential Care

Cousins, Wendy; Milner, Sharon

doi:10.1080/03033910.2006.10446331

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“…The study by Brown et al (2011) points towards poor opportunities for young people to participate in board or management meetings of the residential care facility (Brown et al, 2011). Several studies show that there are both poor and good opportunities for young people to participate in collective care planning meetings (Cousins & Milner, 2006;Hitzler & Messmer, 2010;Stevens, 2008).…”

Section: Opportunities Of Young People To Participate In Decision-mmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Six studies report on the assumed challenges and facilitators related to the young person, such as his or her age (Southwell & Fraser, 2010) and abilities and wishes (Brown et al, 2011;Cousins & Milner, 2006;Fudge Schormans & Rooke, 2008;Henriksen et al, 2008;Roesch-March, 2014;Salamone-Violi et al, 2015). Southwell and Fraser (2010) found that older children (16-17 years old) are significantly more satisfied than younger children (<15 years old) with regard to…”

Section: Young Personmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, when young people show improved behaviour during residential care (Henriksen et al, 2008), are able to voice their opinions (self-assertiveness), or insist to voice their opinions during the decision-making process (Cousins & Milner, 2006), this is regarded as a facilitating factor in their participation process. In addition, when young people show improved behaviour during residential care (Henriksen et al, 2008), are able to voice their opinions (self-assertiveness), or insist to voice their opinions during the decision-making process (Cousins & Milner, 2006), this is regarded as a facilitating factor in their participation process.…”

Section: Young Personmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Participation of youth in decision‐making procedures during residential care: A narrative review

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Kalverboer

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Child & Family Social Work

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Participation in decision-making procedures of young people in care is considered a key element that affects their current or future living circumstances and might improve the quality of decisionmaking on and delivery of provided services.This narrative literature review, covering the period 2000-2016, focuses on the opportunities of young people to participate, the challenges and facilitators to participation, and the outcomes of care related to participation.Sixteen studies met our search criteria. Several studies show that young people seem to have limited possibilities to "meaningful" participation in decision-making. Various challenges and facilitators in the participation process emerge with regard to the level of the young person, the professional, and the (sociocultural) context. None of the studies provides evidence for a connection between the "amount" of youth participation in decision-making and/or treatment during the care process and the outcomes of residential care. Implications for research and practice are reflected upon.

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Section: Opportunities Of Young People To Participate In Decision-mmentioning

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Section: Young Personmentioning

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Participation of youth in decision‐making procedures during residential care: A narrative review

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“…These domains are broadly in line with the three key principles (the three P's) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, namely provision (of maintenance, housing, health and education), protection (from abuse, exploitation and harm) and participation (the right to be heard, express views freely, et cetera) (Cousins and Milner 2006).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 76%

Perceived Living Conditions of Young People in Secure Residential Care: Psychometric Properties of the Best Interest of the Child − Self-Report Questionnaire (BIC-S)

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The Best Interest of the Child − Self-report questionnaire (BIC-S) is designed as a tool to ensure young people in secure residential care have a voice about their living environment. The primary aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the BIC-S. Second, we wanted to map the experiences of young people with their current residential living environment. Therefore, both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to assess the experiences of young people with the BIC-S instrument in this cross-sectional study. Based on a sample of 74 young people staying in secure residential care in the Netherlands (2015), we explored the construct validity and reliability of the BIC-S through a Mokken Scale Analysis. The sample consisted of 38 boys and 36 girls (mean age 15.5). After evaluating the psychometric properties of the instrument, we focused on the experiences of young people with their current residential living environment. The results show that eleven out of the fourteen BIC-S conditions form a moderate scale to measure how young people perceive the quality of their living environment (H = .40; Rho = .86). With regard to the residential environment, the participants often raise issues which relate to personal safety, to activities within the institute, or to the relationship they have with care professionals. The results indicate that the BIC-S has the potential to serve as an instrument for young people to voice opinions on their living environment while in residential care.Keywords Construct validity . Self-report questionnaire . Best interest of the child . Secure residential youth care . Mokken scale analysis Child Ind Res

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“…This is often the case with young children (Aubrey & Dahl, 2006;Clark, 2005;Jacquez, Vaughn, & Wagner, 2013), despite children's frequent willingness to participate in research (Woolfson, Heffernan, Paul, & Brown, 2010). Involving children in research must be undertaken in ways that ensure ethical practice, facilitate communication, and balance power relations (Cousins & Milner, 2006;Ruiz-Casares & Thompson, 2014). Child-focused visual research methods hold the potential to adapt to a child's development level and to promote children's active involvement while also reducing adult-child power disparities and increasing the validity of findings (Clark-Ibáñez, 2004;Hunleth, 2011;Whiting, 2009).…”

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confidence: 98%

Growing healthy children and communities: Children’s insights in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Ruiz‐Casares

2016

Global Public Health

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A diverse group of 103 children aged 7-11 years old living in family and residential care in rural and urban settings in two northern provinces in Lao People's Democratic Republic participated in group discussions using images and community mapping. Children's identified sources of risk and protection illustrate primary public health and protection concerns and resources. Young children worried about lack of hygiene, unintentional injuries, corporal punishment, and domestic violence. They also expressed concern about gambling and children sleeping in the streets, even if they had never seen any of the latter in their communities. In contrast, food and shelter; artistic, religious, and cultural practices; supportive interpersonal relationships; and schooling largely evoked feelings of safety and belonging. Images that prompted conflicting interpretations surfaced individual and contextual considerations that nuanced analysis. Researchers and decision-makers will benefit from using this developmentally appropriate, context-sensitive child-centred visual method to elicit young children's views of risk and protection. It may also serve as a tool for public health education. Involving young children in the initial selection of images would further enhance the efficiency of the method.

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Children’s Rights: A Cross-Border Study of Residential Care

Cited by 13 publications

References 9 publications

Participation of youth in decision‐making procedures during residential care: A narrative review

Participation of youth in decision‐making procedures during residential care: A narrative review

Perceived Living Conditions of Young People in Secure Residential Care: Psychometric Properties of the Best Interest of the Child − Self-Report Questionnaire (BIC-S)

Growing healthy children and communities: Children’s insights in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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