Pub Date : 2023-09-28DOI: 10.1080/0145935x.2023.2261363
Patti Ranahan, Katherine Pascuzzo, Lin Bao, M. Marlene Moretti
AbstractThis exploratory study evaluated the implementation and pandemic-inspired pivot to virtual delivery of an attachment-based, trauma-informed multi-session program, Connect for Kinship and Foster Parents (CKFP), from the perspective of caregivers of adolescents, across four sites within three provinces in Canada in 2020–2022. Data analysis identified three themes: 1. Experiencing community and connection, 2. Interactive, integrated, and informed learning, and 3. Accessibility and feasibility. While participating in CKFP, foster parents experienced connection with other caregivers and the facilitators and developed knowledge with respect to attachment and trauma, which aided in improved understanding of their teen. Caregivers also indicated that online delivery facilitated their participation. CKFP holds promise in addressing the need for specialized training for foster caregivers of adolescents.Keywords: attachment interventionsfoster parent trainingyouth-in-care AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to acknowledge our partnership with the Connect Clinical Team at the Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre who provided consultation and guidance on this project.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada, Mental Health Promotion Innovation Fund awarded to Marlene Moretti, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Youth Clinical Psychological Science, under Grant #1920-HQ-000110, and by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research under Grant # 1920-HQ-000110.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-28DOI: 10.1080/0145935x.2023.2261370
Allison H. Cloth, Jessica Trach, Joanna E. Cannon
AbstractThis article describes a theoretical framework for a school-based mentoring (SBM) approach that addresses identified limitations of current adult-youth mentoring practices in schools and augments them with evidence-based components. The Needs-Based Mentoring (NBM) approach includes five elements: (1) Engage, (2) Teach, (3) Structure, (4) Advocate, and (5) Assess. These elements include component practices. Throughout NBM, mentors collaborate with mentees to identify goals based on an informal assessment of the student-mentee’s willingness and ability to engage in the activities involved in each element of mentoring. A description of each element is provided, as well as recommendations for training school-based professionals (e.g., teachers, administrators, school counselors, staff and paraprofessionals) as mentors for efficiency and sustainability. This applied approach will enhance school-based mentoring for the future of one-on-one targeted mentoring with youth at-risk of school dropout to improve school engagement and social-emotional outcomes.Keywords: Adult-youth mentoringschool-based mentoringschool-based interventionsschool engagementtier 3 interventionsyouth at-risk
{"title":"Needs-Based Mentoring in Schools: A Holistic Approach for Working with Youth at-Risk","authors":"Allison H. Cloth, Jessica Trach, Joanna E. Cannon","doi":"10.1080/0145935x.2023.2261370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0145935x.2023.2261370","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThis article describes a theoretical framework for a school-based mentoring (SBM) approach that addresses identified limitations of current adult-youth mentoring practices in schools and augments them with evidence-based components. The Needs-Based Mentoring (NBM) approach includes five elements: (1) Engage, (2) Teach, (3) Structure, (4) Advocate, and (5) Assess. These elements include component practices. Throughout NBM, mentors collaborate with mentees to identify goals based on an informal assessment of the student-mentee’s willingness and ability to engage in the activities involved in each element of mentoring. A description of each element is provided, as well as recommendations for training school-based professionals (e.g., teachers, administrators, school counselors, staff and paraprofessionals) as mentors for efficiency and sustainability. This applied approach will enhance school-based mentoring for the future of one-on-one targeted mentoring with youth at-risk of school dropout to improve school engagement and social-emotional outcomes.Keywords: Adult-youth mentoringschool-based mentoringschool-based interventionsschool engagementtier 3 interventionsyouth at-risk","PeriodicalId":45151,"journal":{"name":"Child & Youth Services","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135344922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1080/0145935x.2023.2261362
Charles Erize P. Ladia, Rogelio Alicor L. Panao
AbstractConventional political science literature suggests that the economic and political dislocations that accompany disasters, like pandemics, weaken community resources and disrupt social networks, consequently decreasing civic engagement. This paper examines how discontent, demotivation, and fatigue due to the dragging COVID-19 pandemic provided impetus for offline, interpersonal, and online political participation among younger Filipino citizens especially nearing its 2022 presidential elections. Drawing on an exploratory survey of undergraduate students who were constrained to online classes due to pandemic restrictions, we find that pandemic fatigue motivated the youth to explore online platforms as situ of political articulation. The findings also nuance the impact of well-known predictors such as political knowledge, interest, and efficacy on youth civic engagement. In particular, internal political efficacy was found to be strongly related to the three forms of political participation while external efficacy only stimulates online political participation. The study points to the importance of targeting political attitudes in order to shape political interest among the youth and nurture a politically engaged citizenry.Keywords: Filipino youthpolitical participationpandemic fatiguepolitical discontentpolitical efficacy
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Pub Date : 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1080/0145935x.2023.2261364
Keith J. Watts, M. Alex Wagaman, Andrew D. Eaton, Vivian W. Y. Leung, Shelley L. Craig
AbstractA sense of belonging to familial and peer networks is crucial for the mental health of LGBTQ + youth. Black LGBTQ + youth report feeling rejected and isolated due to their sexual and/or gender identities. Utilizing linear regression analyses, this study explored the relationship between peer and family belongingness and levels of depression, anxiety, and self-rated mental health among 181 Black LGBTQ + youth in the United States and Canada. Findings suggest that family and peer belongingness are important factors in Black LGBTQ + youth’s mental health and warrant further study into the protective nature of peer and family relationships for this population.Keywords: Black LGBTQyouthmental healthbelongingnessminority stress Disclosure statementThe authors have no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article to declare.Additional informationFundingThis study was funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant (Grant #498466).
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Pub Date : 2023-09-14DOI: 10.1080/0145935x.2023.2257130
Emily Gardiner, Vivian Wong, Anton R. Miller
AbstractThe application of ‘Patient Navigation’ to childhood neurodisability is relatively new, and it is therefore critical that conceptualizations of patient navigation reflect the unique needs and circumstances of this population. The current qualitative study engaged individuals (n = 174) who perform navigation-related work within childhood neurodisability in British Columbia, Canada. Participants’ survey responses elucidated a comprehensive conceptualization, including what ‘navigation’ aims to provide and facilitate, and overarching guiding principles. There was also great diversity in participants’ role titles. Our research identifies the broad set of navigation-related actions and principles that can be implemented in response to child and family circumstance.Keywords: Neurodisapbilitypatient navigatfionfamily supportqualitative methodschildren Disclosure statementThe authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.Notes1 128 participants provided alternative terms to “navigation”; however, as some listed more than one alternative, the total adds up to greater than 128.Additional informationFundingThis research was supported by the Kids Brain Health Network and Azrieli Foundation. The first and last authors receive support from the Sunny Hill Foundation for Children.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-15DOI: 10.1080/0145935x.2023.2167707
Jocelyn McQuay, Gabrielle Wilcox, David Nordstokke
Youth with chronic developmental delays and comorbid psychological disorders (complex needs) who live in out-of-home care are at increased risk of difficulties in all life areas. Few studies have investigated factors that facilitate positive outcomes. This study investigated the strength of youth’s connections with caring adults as a significant mediator of social support and personal well-being. A convenience sample of 25 youth with a mean age of 18.14 years old who lived in a group home or semi-independent living settings rated their social support (instrumental and emotional), strength of connections, and personal well-being on self-report measures. Research questions were examined with correlation, regression, and mediation analyses. Older youth reported less instrumental social support; this type of support did not correlate with well-being. Emotional support correlated with well-being. Strong relationships with caring adults partially explained how youth who perceive more emotional support feel happier about their life overall. The findings of this study show how to support youth with complex needs in care during the challenge of transitioning to adulthood and provides evidence that allows us to identify the positive impact of perceived strong connections with caring adults. Perceived strength of relationships with caring adults has a great influence on their well-being.HIGHLIGHTSYouth in care with complex needs experience poor outcomes in the transition to adulthood.Perceived instrumental support was negatively correlated with age; older youth in care perceive less instrumental support.Emotional support predicts personal well-being, but instrumental support does not.Strong connections with adults help youth feel happy about their future outcomes.
{"title":"The Well-Being of Youth with Complex Needs in Care Preparing to Transition to Adulthood","authors":"Jocelyn McQuay, Gabrielle Wilcox, David Nordstokke","doi":"10.1080/0145935x.2023.2167707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0145935x.2023.2167707","url":null,"abstract":"Youth with chronic developmental delays and comorbid psychological disorders (complex needs) who live in out-of-home care are at increased risk of difficulties in all life areas. Few studies have investigated factors that facilitate positive outcomes. This study investigated the strength of youth’s connections with caring adults as a significant mediator of social support and personal well-being. A convenience sample of 25 youth with a mean age of 18.14 years old who lived in a group home or semi-independent living settings rated their social support (instrumental and emotional), strength of connections, and personal well-being on self-report measures. Research questions were examined with correlation, regression, and mediation analyses. Older youth reported less instrumental social support; this type of support did not correlate with well-being. Emotional support correlated with well-being. Strong relationships with caring adults partially explained how youth who perceive more emotional support feel happier about their life overall. The findings of this study show how to support youth with complex needs in care during the challenge of transitioning to adulthood and provides evidence that allows us to identify the positive impact of perceived strong connections with caring adults. Perceived strength of relationships with caring adults has a great influence on their well-being.HIGHLIGHTSYouth in care with complex needs experience poor outcomes in the transition to adulthood.Perceived instrumental support was negatively correlated with age; older youth in care perceive less instrumental support.Emotional support predicts personal well-being, but instrumental support does not.Strong connections with adults help youth feel happy about their future outcomes.","PeriodicalId":45151,"journal":{"name":"Child & Youth Services","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135648843","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-21DOI: 10.1080/0145935X.2022.2156856
J. Nyce, Gail Bader, Noel Hengelbrok, S. Modell
Abstract For human services professionals, safety is a practical and professional commitment. However, so far the human service community has made little use of the safety science literature. Using qualitative methods this paper tracks how the introduction of a safety science model to the human service organizations in two states resulted in shifts in talk about accidents and work. This in turn led to insight and positive change in these human service organizations and for their clients.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-24DOI: 10.1080/0145935X.2022.2148646
J. Cheung
Abstract The professionality of youth work has long been questioned and challenged. This study examined the social work relationship of youth worker with young people in the context of Hong Kong. Youth service setting was adopted as a showcase of relationship-based social work practice. The understanding of relationship can be easily distorted by the pragmatic focus of practice, yet, it should not only be regarded as a means for youth workers to get in touch with service users. A qualitative inquiry with heuristic direction was chosen. Personal perceptions and particular stories of 10 senior practitioners were gathered as a form of knowledge through in-depth interviews and a rigorous process of coding, data analysis, and interpretation. Findings suggested that trustworthiness in social work relationship was highly valued. Youth workers did not consider themselves as experts in dealing with young people’s problem. Rather, they possessed multiple roles and were able to manage the interplay of relationships and boundaries in a close and highly charged intersubjective encounter. This study summarized a list of necessary qualities of a youth worker, namely curiosity, genuineness, sensitivity, perspicacity, non-authoritarian, acceptance, and charisma. Youth workers should possess these specific characteristics in order to engage in a voluntary and trustful social work relationship with young people despite working under the current therapeutic trend in social work. Both the youth work in Hong Kong and the function of youth workers had to be thoughtfully repositioned so as to respond to the changing needs of young people and the society nowadays.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-29DOI: 10.1080/0145935X.2022.2134112
Eva Klimecká
Abstract Ensuring quality care for gifted students requires a functional school-based conception of giftedness. The role of a school counselor for gifted students (SCGS) is to develop and reinforce this concept at each school. The theoretical background describes the school-based conceptions of giftedness with regard to activities of SCGS. The research examines whether an SCGS leads to the improvement of care for gifted students and secondly, whether it reinforces the school-based conception of giftedness. The research was conducted by means of a questionnaire and involved 352 general secondary schools, which is 98% of all these schools in the Czech Republic. The data were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis. The research has found that schools build their conceptions on proven and simple-to-organize activities, based on traditional concepts of giftedness. It was discovered that schools create a unified conception of giftedness, irrespective of the existence of an SCGS. The weakest part of conceptions was teacher training. The limitation of the study to be the collection of data by questionnaire, follow-up research should be qualitatively oriented. The study aims to describe the effects of legislative changes on the state of gifted education at general secondary schools in the Czech Republic, with a focus on identifying the functionality of SCGS.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-20DOI: 10.1080/0145935X.2022.2134111
Therese M. Cumming, I. Strnadová, N. Boaden, A. Dew, Ulrika Athanassiou, L. Dowse
Abstract Young people with disability and complex support needs are often marginalized and have poor post-school outcomes. These youth often experience disability combined with mental health and behavioral issues, family dysfunction, and involvement with out-of-home care and/or juvenile justice. They often have difficulty accessing support services, such as primary health, mental health, and disability services. These difficulties are likely to increase as they transition to adulthood, potentially resulting in significant social and economic costs. Supported transition planning to adulthood that considers the interaction and relationships a young person has with all of their environments and support services has been shown to increase the likelihood of positive adult outcomes. The current policy mapping study aimed to examine how multisystemic transitions for young people with complex support needs are addressed in current Australian policy. National and state policies were located and qualitatively analyzed. The analysis identified a need for clarity around the terms transition and complex support needs, as well as greater awareness and action in the area of transition planning for young people with complex support needs.
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