October 2014

Children

Toward a Theory of Child Well-Being

Understanding the nature of child-well being and how to measure it is the focus of a new academic paper.

Children

Childhood Mentors Have Positive Impact on Career Success

Newswise

New research finds young people who have had mentors are more likely to find work early in their careers that gives them more responsibility and autonomy—leading to more financially and rewarding careers

Children

Interpersonal Violence against Children: A Global View

Claire Chiamulera

A new UNICEF report shares global trends on interpersonal violence affecting children.

Children

Applying the ICE Parental Interests Directive to Child Welfare Cases

ABA Center on Children and the Law & Immigrant Legal Resource Center

In 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a Parental Interests Directive to provide federal guidelines regarding immigration enforcement against parents and legal guardians.

Children

Questioning School-Aged Children

A quick review of characteristics of school-age children and adolescents as a framework for questioning them in court.

Children

Bypassing Reunification Based on Prior Loss of Parental Rights Was Constitutional

Scott Trowbridge

In case where mother lost parental rights to four children previously due to substance abuse and domestic violence, presumption allowing state to bypass reunification efforts and proceed to termination was constitutional.

Children

ICPC Applied to Placement with Father Who Continued to Need Services

Scott Trowbridge

After children were removed from father for substance abuse, he moved out of state before completing his case plan. Under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), the court had to receive a positive home study for the father before reunifying the children with him.