scholarly journals “Trauma Makes You Grow Up Quicker”: The Financial & Emotional Burdens of Deportation & Incarceration

Daedalus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 150 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-179
Author(s):  
Yajaira Ceciliano-Navarro ◽  
Tanya Maria Golash-Boza
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
Household Members ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Financial Impacts

Abstract Research on the impacts of incarceration and deportation describes the negative consequences for children and young people. But how these events impact adults and members of extended families has not been broadly considered. And no study has directly compared incarceration with deportation. The study described in this essay, based on interviews with 111 adult individuals with a family member deported (57) or incarcerated (54), reveals how these experiences have long-lasting emotional and financial impacts and considers the similarities and differences between incarceration and deportation. The deportation or incarceration of parents is devastating; yet the absence of other relatives such as sons, sisters, brothers, aunts, cousins, grandchildren, and other household members also translates into severe sentimental and economic hardships not only for the immediate but also for the extended family.

Mirror families: Creating extended families for life

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Claire Brunner ◽  
Cas O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Supportive Relationships ◽  
Vulnerable Children ◽  
Parental Substance Abuse ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Underlying Causes

Foster care is in crisis in most western countries, including Australia. Increasing numbers of children are being placed in out-of-home care at a younger age due to arange of issues, including parental substance abuse.Mirror Families is an early intervention model which seeks to address the underlying causes of the foster care crisis. It supports positive, lifelong outcomes for vulnerable children and young people who are at risk of being placed outside their birth families or who are already in kinship, foster and permanent care.This paper focuses on how a ‘village’, or extended family, can be created for each child so that lifelong (and beyond) supportive relationships can be established and nurtured. The key question which informs the model is: ‘Who will be therefor the grandchildren?’

scholarly journals Witnessing intimate partner violence: Review of the literature on coping in young persons

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Van Heugten ◽  
Elizabeth Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Young People ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Spouse Abuse ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Impact

Since the mid 1980s, there has been increasing concern about the impact that witnessing intimate partner violence (also commonly known as domestic violence or spouse abuse) has on children and young persons. In an article published in Social Work Review in 1994, Pamela Millen reviewed the international literature on children who witness such abuse and reported on strategies for intervening to ameliorate the negative consequences. This article updates her literature review, attending in particular to strengths-based and ecological perspectives that have emerged over the ensuing 15 years.Social work research and literature on dealing with trauma has come to increasingly emphasise resilience (the capacity to bounce back from adversity), protective factors (buffers against the effects of trauma) and coping (managing difficulties). This focus on resilience is also encouraging a closer look at the perspectives of survivors, including survivors of childhood abuse. In-depth qualitative research has been undertaken with children and young people in order to gain a better understanding of their perspectives and coping strategies for dealing with the challenges of living with intimate partner violence, including their use of resources in the environment. Meanwhile, quantitative research has looked at relationships between a wider array of variables, raising questions about previous simple ‘cause and effect’ conclusions about the impact of intimate partner violence on children and young people. Research and literature that specifically address issues for young persons as differentiated from children remains scant. 

scholarly journals Children and young people’s experiences of living with developmental coordination disorder/dyspraxia: A systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative research

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0245738
Author(s):  
Áine O’Dea ◽  
Mandy Stanley ◽  
Susan Coote ◽  
Katie Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Developmental Coordination Disorder ◽  
Daily Activities ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Coordination Disorder

Background To date services for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have not been informed by the perspective of children with DCD. This study aimed to synthesise the findings of discrete qualitative studies reporting the lived experiences views and preferences of children and young with DCD using a meta-ethnographic approach to develop new conceptual understandings. Methods A systematic search of ten databases; Academic Search Complete, AMED, CINAHL, ERIC, MEDLINE, PsychArticles, PsychInfo, EMBASE, SPORTDiscus, and Web of Science, was conducted between March and April 2019, and updated in early June 2020. Meta-ethnography, following the method described by Noblit and Hare was used to synthesise included studies. The Joanna Briggs Institute Checklist was used to appraise all included papers. PROSPERO registration number CRD42019129178. Results Fifteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Meta-ethnographic synthesis produced three themes; a) ‘It’s harder than it should be’: Navigating daily activities b) Fitting in, and c) ‘So what? I drop things’: Strategies and supports to mitigate challenges. Children with DCD describe a mismatch between their abilities and performance norms for daily activities that led to a cascade of negative consequences including negative self-appraisal, bullying and exclusion. In the face of these difficulties children described creative and successful strategies they enacted and supports they accessed including; assistance from others (parents, friends and teachers), focusing on their strengths and talents, accepting and embracing their difference, adopting a “just do it” attitude, setting personal goals, self-exclusion from some social activities, using humour or sarcasm, viewing performance expectations as a social construct, and enjoying friendships as a forum for fun, acceptance and protection against exclusion. Conclusion Service provision for children and young people with DCD should address the social and attitudinal environments, focus on friendship and social inclusion and address stigma-based bullying particularly within the school environment. Furthermore, practitioners should identify and foster children’s own strategies for navigating daily life activities with DCD. The identified themes resonate with contemporary disability theory and the International Classification of Functioning. The social and attitudinal environmental context of children and young people with DCD profoundly influences their experiences. Future intervention development and service provision for children and young people with DCD should consider opportunities to address social and attitudinal environmental factors.

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