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      Child protection in Italy and Spain: influence of the family supported society Translated title: La protección a la infancia en Italia y España: la influencia de la sociedad apoyada en la familia

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          The analysis of the historical development of child protection in Spain and Italy shows remarkable common aspects. There has been a strong tradition of using residential care by means of large institutions, mostly run by catholic religious organizations, in both countries, and both have had to face the challenge of changing the tendency of this institutional care to a family based care. On the other hand, both countries share a Mediterranean culture where the family has been the main provider of personal and social wellbeing, although the welfare state has achieved a high level of development with large health, education, and social services coverage in the last decades. The current financial crisis of these countries is jeopardizing these recently attained advances and again the importance of family support is becoming crucial. The article reviews the historical development of out-of-home care in both countries and compares foster family and residential care, as well as the main research contributions to these topics in both countries.

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          El análisis de la evolución histórica de la protección a la infancia en España e Italia muestra importantes aspectos comunes. En ambos países ha existido una gran tradición del uso del acogimiento residencial mediante grandes instituciones, mayormente gestionadas por organizaciones religiosas católicas, y ambas han tenido que afrontar el reto de cambiar la tendencia del acogimiento institucional por el familiar, más acorde con los tratados internacionales y los derechos del niño. Por otra parte, ambos países comparten una cultura mediterránea en la que tradicionalmente la familia ha sido el principal proveedor de bienestar personal y social, aunque en las últimas décadas ha alcanzado un alto grado de desarrollo el Estado del bienestar con amplias coberturas de salud, educación y servicios sociales. La actual crisis económica de estos países está poniendo en riesgo estos avances recién conseguidos y de nuevo la importancia del apoyo familiar está siendo decisiva. El artículo revisa el desarrollo histórico de las medidas de protección con separación familiar y compara los datos de acogimiento familiar y residencial, así como las principales aportaciones de la investigación a estos temas en ambos países.

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              Mental health services for children placed in foster care: an overview of current challenges.

              Given the evidence from studies indicating that children in care have significant developmental, behavioral, and emotional problems, services for these children are an essential societal investment. Youth in foster care and adults who formerly were placed in care (foster care alumni) have disproportionately high rates of emotional and behavioral disorders. Among the areas of concern has been the lack of comprehensive mental health screening of all children entering out-of-home care, the need for more thorough identification of youth with emotional and behavioral disorders, and insufficient youth access to high-quality mental health services. In 2001, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) formed a foster care mental health values subcommittee to establish guidelines on improving policy and practices in the various systems that serve foster care children (AACAP and CWLA, 2002). Because of the excellent quality and comprehensiveness of these statements, the Casey Clinical Foster Care Research and Development Project undertook consensus development work to enhance and build upon these statements. This article presents an overview of mental health functioning of youth and alumni of foster care, and outlines a project that developed consensus guidelines.
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                Journal
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                Psychosocial Intervention
                Psychosocial Intervention
                Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid (Madrid, Madrid, Spain )
                1132-0559
                2173-4712
                December 2013
                : 22
                : 3
                : 227-237
                Affiliations
                [01] orgnameUniversity of Oviedo orgdiv1Department of Psychology orgdiv2Child and Family Research Group Spain
                [02] Padova orgnameFondazione Emanuela Zancan Italy
                Article
                S1132-05592013000300008
                10.5093/in2013a26
                117c9d0e-e52a-4788-aced-b2ecac5c3056

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

                History
                : 01 April 2013
                : 15 October 2013
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                Protección a la infancia,Medidas de separación familiar,Acogimiento familiar,Acogimiento residência,Child protection,Out-of-home care,Family foster care,Residential care

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