Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal最新文献

{"title":"My Opinion matters. Care Leavers’ Perception of a Transition to Adulthood Program in Andalusia (Spain)","authors":"Verónica Sevillano-Monje, Teresa Padilla-Carmona","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01168-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01168-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148885555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Validating an Integrated Therapeutic Case Management Framework for School Attendance: A Bioecological Practice Model","authors":"Catherine Munro, Matthew Oliver White","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01133-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01133-2","url":null,"abstract":"There is a mounting call for integrated approaches at school and system levels that recognise the bioecological context of school attendance problems. This study conceptually validates the Attendance Focused Therapeutic Case Management model (TCM), a bioecologically framed Tier 3 case management framework delivered within a large non-government schooling system in Australia. Using a pragmatic service evaluation design, we examined ecological coherence, construct alignment, and outcome behaviour of the model under real world conditions. Data was drawn from 708 referrals collected between May 2020 and December 2024. Paired data analysis was undertaken across 484 students who were supported through the TCM framework. Findings reveal that students typically presented with, multidimensional barriers that extended from emotionally based school avoidance to include patterns such as parent withdrawal, medical absence and exclusion. Across the treatment cohort, attendance change was small. Students with complex attendance patterns showed statistically significant improvement with a small effect size. Most students remained connected to education at case closure. Results suggest that by coupling therapeutic casework with coordinated system supports, TCM provides a promising framework for schools seeking to embed attendance supports within Multi- Tiered System of Supports.Key words: Absenteeism, school attendance problems, integrated supports, disability, student engagement","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148842820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supporting Young Minds: Mental Health Interventions and the Role of Social Work for Children and Young People","authors":"Emma Prunty, Laura Castledine, Nussrat Kazmi, Jordan Savage, Megan Tudor, Joanna Harrison","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01157-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01157-8","url":null,"abstract":"Mental health problems for children and adolescents are continuing to rise, with a risk of poor outcomes into adulthood for those affected. For children who are vulnerable, the risk of deteriorating mental health increases further. Preventative measures are needed to help improve mental health in children and young people, particularly for those experiencing adversity or a lack of support. A systematic review by McGovern et al. (2022) explored secondary preventative interventions for reducing mental health problems in children and young people who are at greater risk of developing mental health problems than the general population. The review provided an evidence overview of effective interventions, factors of effectiveness, and the characteristics of the young people who would benefit. This commentary explores the findings in the context of social work practice, exploring how social work can support vulnerable children and young people at risk of mental health problems. The challenges of providing support in a system under pressure are also considered, and the vulnerability of young people transitioning between child and adult mental health services.","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148768924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From Awareness to Action: A Mixed-Methods Study on Mindful Eating Among Adolescents","authors":"Sebahat Sevgi Uygur","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01163-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01163-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148769071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cumulative Housing Insecurity and Positive Adolescent Functioning: Mediating Effects of Depressive Symptoms and the Possible Role of Neighborhood Collective Efficacy","authors":"Seongbo Son, Margaret M. C. Thomas","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01160-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01160-z","url":null,"abstract":"Nearly one in six children in the United States experiences at least one form of housing insecurity in 2022, and evidence suggests that point-in-time housing insecurity is associated with negative adolescent developmental outcomes. However, much less is known about cumulative housing insecurity or its impacts on positive adolescent development. This study examines depressive symptoms as a mediator of a pathway between housing insecurity and positive adolescent development and considers the possible moderating role of neighborhood collective efficacy. Using data from the Future of Families and Child Well-Being Study ( <jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 3,319), we constructed an index of cumulative housing insecurity when focal children were ages 1, 3, 5, 9, and 15. Using structural equation modeling, we analyzed the direct and indirect effects of cumulative housing insecurity on adolescents’ positive functioning, measured using a standard scale capturing engagement, perseverance, optimism, connectedness, and happiness. We then assessed mediation by adolescent depression symptoms and examined the moderating effect of neighborhood collective efficacy. Results indicate that cumulative housing insecurity was associated with increased adolescent depressive symptoms (b = 0.477, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt;.001), which in turn predicted decreased positive functioning (b=-0.026, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt;.01). In addition, cumulative housing insecurity was indirectly and negatively associated with positive functioning through depressive symptoms in both collective efficacy groups (Low/Moderate group: b=-0.020, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt;.01; High group: b=-0.021, <jats:italic>p</jats:italic> &lt;.01), with no statistically significant difference between groups. These results identify individual and contextual factors shaping the development of adolescent positive functioning, accounting for the cumulative nature of housing insecurity and identifying actionable direct and indirect pathways through which housing insecurity disrupts adolescents’ crucial development of positive functioning.","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"693 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148729281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Families’ Public and Private Safety Nets and Child Mental Health Outcomes Among Families Involved with Child Protective Services","authors":"Lenore M. McWey, Qiong Wu, Ming Cui, Melissa Radey","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01153-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01153-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148728795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Parent-Child Agreements And Disagreements in Perceptions of Adolescent General Functioning in Psychiatric Residential Care","authors":"Alannah Shelby Rivers, Payne Winston-Lindeboom, Guy Diamond, Michael Roeske","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01159-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01159-6","url":null,"abstract":"While much research exists on alignment between parent–child reporting on adolescent mental health symptoms, little exists on parent–child agreement in perceptions of general functioning, or the day-to-day ability to engage in adaptive activities, which may be a better measure for treatment progression and outcomes. Understanding these agreements or disagreements also has implications for assessment and treatment planning, especially in intensive settings like psychiatric residential care. We sought to explore parent–child agreement across six functional domains – family engagement, familial trust, school engagement, prosocial friendships, emotional regulation and future goals – using the Newport Functional Assessment in a sample of youth ( <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 321) admitted to psychiatric residential care. Both mothers and fathers consistently perceived lower adolescent functioning in every domain. There were some differences in disagreement based on adolescent age and gender. Interestingly, for some domains, higher parent–child disagreement was present for adolescents with lower insecure attachment to the target parent. Patients who felt they did not need to be in treatment disagreed more with mothers, but not fathers. Limitations and clinical implications are discussed. These findings underscore the importance of including both adolescent and parent perspectives of general functioning and how attachment dynamics and readiness for treatment may influence how adolescents assess their own functioning relative to their caregivers’ views.","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148729282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Risk Constructions and Responses to Child Sexual Exploitation: A Scoping Review of European Child Protection and Welfare Services","authors":"Martina Vikander, Sara Thunberg, Anna Petersén","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01156-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01156-9","url":null,"abstract":"Across Europe, states have committed to preventing and combating child sexual exploitation (CSE), with Child Protection and Welfare Services (CPWS) playing a central role. Drawing on intersectional risk theory, this scoping review critically examines how the risk of CSE is constructed and responded to within European CPWS. Constructions of risk was identified through analysis of how studies described vulnerability, agency, exploitation, and professional responses to CSE within CPWS. A thematic synthesis of 23 studies reveals that risk constructions foregrounded young people’s choices and agency, alongside stereotypical and normative assumptions, while structural contexts were backgrounded and exploiters largely rendered invisible. These constructions were reflected in CPWS responses focused on education and awareness-raising for young people and caregivers, alongside increased control, surveillance, and care to reduce risk. However, systemic and organizational barriers were also identified, together with a persistent lack of action towards exploiters. In practice, this produces hierarchies of vulnerability among young people, while CPWS mobilize extensive institutional responses to regulate young people’s behavior, whereas exploiters remain comparatively unregulated, unidentified, or unpunished. There is a need for CPWS to move beyond individualized risk approaches by incorporating structural vulnerability, contextual safeguarding, and greater attention to exploiters and power relations.","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148728812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Staff Profiles and Caregiving Attitudes in Residential Agencies Implementing the CARE Model: A Cross-National Comparison","authors":"Ana Pulgar, Elliott G Smith, Raquel Ordiales, Martha J Holden, Carla González-García, Amaia Bravo","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01161-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01161-y","url":null,"abstract":"Despite being considered a “last resort,” residential care constitutes an essential component of the child welfare system, providing support to children with life trajectories marked by significant adversity. In this context, the implementation of trauma‑informed and evidence‑based models is crucial to ensuring quality care. The Children and Residential Experiences (CARE) model is situated within this approach, guiding staff interventions. This study aims to conduct a comparative analysis of staff profile and their caregiving attitudes in residential care homes in Australia, Canada, Spain and the United States, using the CARE model as a reference framework. The sample consisted of 4,548 professionals from 47 agencies that have expressed the intention to implement CARE across the four countries. Data were collected at different time points between 2017 and 2025, prior to the model’s implementation. The Staff Survey was used to assess baseline beliefs and knowledge about caregiving practices aligned with the CARE principles. Sociodemographic and occupational variables were also included. A common pattern emerged across countries, with the same domains consistently rated as strengths (Family Involvement and Promote Competence) and challenges (Flexibility). High staff turnover also emerged as a cross‑cutting weakness. Australia and Canada showed higher levels of alignment with CARE, even with a lower proportion of staff holding university degrees, underscoring the importance of practice‑oriented internal training. Overall, the findings highlight the importance of implementing trauma‑informed and evidence‑based models, as well as strengthening ongoing training, supervision, working conditions and organizational support to improve the quality of residential care.","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148728793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rural Adolescents in the Digital Age: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic-Induced Lockdown in West Bengal, India","authors":"Biswadeep Bhattacharyya","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01142-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01142-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"159 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148728797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}