Journal of Children's Services: Volume 16 Issue 4

Spatial analysis of child labour in India

Lokender Prashad, Mili Dutta, Bishnu Mohan Dash

This study on spatial analysis of child labour in India is a macro level analysis on child labour using the census data, 2011 of Government of India. The population census which…

Unsubstantiated conclusions about the Family Star Plus as an outcome measure: a rebuttal to Sweet, Winter, Neeson and Connolly (2020)

Anna Good, Joy MacKeith

The purpose of this article is to explain why Sweet et al.'s assertions are not well founded and raise unsubstantiated doubt over the use of the Family star Plus and the Outcomes…

Experiences of lay social workers trained in a trauma-informed intervention in the deinstitutionalization of Rwanda

Jana Hunsley, Erin Razuri, Darlene Ninziza Kamanzi, Halle Sullivan, Casey Call, Elizabeth Styffe, Celestin Hategekimana

Rwanda established a deinstitutionalization program to end institutional care and transition to family-based care for children. Part of their program involved training local…

Between withdrawal and resistance: parents’ strategies in navigating preschool education in Russia for children with developmental disabilities and autism

Irina Kuznetsova, Layla Garapshina, Laysan Mukharyamova

This paper aims to fill the gap in social sciences research on parents’ strategies in navigating preschool education in Russia. It focusses on the barriers that children with…

Life in a lanyard: developing an ethics of embedded research methods in children’s social care

Jenny Lloyd

This paper aims to consider the opportunities for embedded methodologies for research into children’s social care and the ethics of this method.

“I got into a very dark place”: addressing the needs of young people leaving care during the Covid-19 pandemic

Berni Kelly, Colm Walsh, John Pinkerton, Alicia Toal

This paper aims to report on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the views and experiences of young people leaving care during the first phase of the Covid-19…

Development of theory of mind: importance of nurturance

Anagha Pullangotte, Ganesh Mangadu Paramasivam

Theory of mind (ToM) is essential in understanding and predicting human behaviour. Parenting plays a significant role in the overall cognitive development of children. This study…