scholarly journals Educating children and youth in care in Alberta: a scoping review

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Munya Hwami
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Residential Group Care ◽  
Family Services ◽  
Residential Group ◽  
The Social ◽  
Youth In Care ◽  
Children In Care

Alberta Education and Alberta Children Services have reported consistent low achievement in school by children and youth in care, especially those in residential group care. This article provides the current picture of research and practice (policy) regarding the learning experience of children and youth in care. Utilizing a scoping review of local and international research studies, the paper argues that the education of children in care in Alberta is not considered an important issue. The dominance of the social work paradigm in children and family services is exposed as inadequate, and hence the call for social pedagogy to be adopted. Determinants of educational achievement for children and youth in care are examined and using these attainment factors, the article identifies and recommends areas that Alberta Education and Alberta Children Services need to consider with urgency if children and youth in care are to benefit from schooling like all other children.

scholarly journals A critical analysis of the Assessment and Action Record (AAR) documentation: Examining the educational experiences of Black youth-in-care in Ontario

INYI Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Kikulwe ◽  
Christa Sato ◽  
Juliet Agyei
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Black Youth ◽  
Black Children ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Academic Needs ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Youth In Care ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Children In Care

This article focuses on the Ontario Assessment and Action Record (AAR), used in child welfare to understand how this documentation supports (and fails to support) Black youth-in-care and their academic needs. We applied a critical review and analysis of three distinct but interconnected sources of data: 1) the AAR-C2-2016; 2) literature on the education of Black youth-in-care in Ontario; 3) policy and agency documents concerning how this group is faring. In our analysis of the AAR and its education dimension, findings suggest the AAR has been a race-neutral tool, which has implications in terms of how we conceptualize structural barriers faced by Black children and youth-in-care. We identified gaps and potential practice dilemmas for child welfare workers when using AAR documentation procedures. Using Critical Race Theory and the United Nations human rights framework, we argue that the AAR can be a tool to identify, monitor, and challenge oppression for Black children and youth-in-care who experience a continual negotiation of racialization alongside being a foster child. The AAR recordings can be harmful if they are simply a collection of information on the key areas of a child’s life. Prioritizing the academic needs of Black children in care is critical to social work and aligns with the commitments of One Vision, One Voice, Ontario’s Anti-Racism Strategic Plan as well as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly in relation to the right to education.

A comparison of outcomes for children and youth in foster and residential group care across agencies

2018 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon G. Portwood ◽  
Suzanne A. Boyd ◽  
Ellissa Brooks Nelson ◽  
Tamera B. Murdock ◽  
Jessica Hamilton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Care ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Residential Group Care ◽  
Residential Group ◽  
Outcomes For Children

scholarly journals Impacts of Participation in Community-Based Physical Activity Programs on Cognitive Functions of Children and Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Mojgan Gitimoghaddam ◽  
Leigh M. Vanderloo ◽  
Rebecca Hung ◽  
Andrea Ryce ◽  
William McKellin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Cognitive Outcomes ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Physical Activity Interventions ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Research Questions

This review paper aimed to undertake an extensive exploration of the extent, range, and nature of research activities regarding the effect and emerging evidence in the field of physical activity interventions on cognitive development among children and youth (0–17.99 years) with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD), and to help identify key gaps in research and determine precise research questions for future investigations. To carry out this scoping review, five electronic databases were searched. A total of 12,097 articles were retrieved via search efforts with an additional 93 articles identified from the identified review papers. Sixty articles were eligible for inclusion. The results of this scoping review revealed many positive key cognitive outcomes related to physical activity including, but not limited to: focus, attention, self-control, cognitive process, and alertness. No studies reported a negative association between physical activity and cognitive outcomes. Based on the findings from this scoping review, physical activity appears to have a favorable impact on the cognitive outcomes of children and youth with NDD.

Recent trends in the out-of-home of children in Australia

1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Bath
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Sharp Increase ◽  
Group Care ◽  
Residential Group Care ◽  
Residential Group ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Australian Institute ◽  
Recent Collection ◽  
Recent Trends

The recent collection of out-of-home care data by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has enabled an analysis of placement trends for the three year period 1993-1996. Significant findings include a sharp increase in overall numbers of children placed into care and a continuing decline in the use of residential/group care. The data are considered in the context of longer term placement trends and some implications for service delivery are discussed.

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