ICRCY 2016 - 1st International Conference on Residential Child and Youth Care in a Developing World: Caring to Notice!

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Category Childcare;children;youth studies;

Deadline: January 31, 2015 | Date: February 23, 2016-February 25, 2016

Venue/Country: Colombo, Sri Lanka

Updated: 2015-11-10 18:58:06 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

All involved with Residential Child and Youth Care Work ? Care Workers, Youth Workers, Supervisors, Teachers, NGO Service Managers, INGO Health and Welfare Professionals, Family Members, Policy Makers, Researchers and Educators ? are invited to gather to explore local and international challenges and opportunities facing our World’s most vulnerable children, young people and families. Some children are ‘placed in care’ with family members, orphanages or faith-based centers or homes for cultural or religious reasons, or as an antidote to poverty. Because of neglect, children may become a ‘child of the State’ for care and protection, or legally assigned ‘looked-after status’. ‘Best practice’ evidence argues that these children and young people are especially vulnerable while transitioning into young adulthood and parenting, and family connections are important.

4 or 5 Parallel Sessions will be dedicated to Practice Research Papers and Practice Workshops concerned with Caring to Notice what is happening with residential child and youth care practices in a developing world. Paper sessions will be allocated as 2 x 45-minute presentations with discussion, and Workshops will be allocated 90-minutes. A Workshop anticipates participation in interactive practice learning experiences.

Identify one of the following Conference Sub-Themes

* Making Connections and Nurturing Relationships with Children, Young People and Families

* Family Participation in Decision-Making about the Care of Their Children

* Purposeful Uses of Activity in Residential Child and Youth Care

* Sustaining Residential Cultures of Safe Caring and Belonging

* Assisting Youths through Predictable Life Transitions and Leaving Care

* Caring for those who Care for Children through Recognition, Training and Support