Improving the mental health of abandoned children: Experiences from a global online intervention.

Tytuł:: Improving the mental health of abandoned children: Experiences from a global online intervention.
Autorzy:: Rygaard NP; The Fairstart Foundation.
Źródło:: The American psychologist [Am Psychol] 2020 Dec; Vol. 75 (9), pp. 1376-1388.
Typ publikacji:: Journal Article
Język:: English
Imprint Name(s):: Original Publication: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association
MeSH Terms:: Child Care*/methods
Child Care*/organization & administration
Child Care*/standards
Child Care*/statistics & numerical data
Child, Abandoned*/statistics & numerical data
Education, Distance*/methods
Education, Distance*/organization & administration
Education, Distance*/statistics & numerical data
Foster Home Care*/methods
Foster Home Care*/organization & administration
Foster Home Care*/statistics & numerical data
Group Homes*/organization & administration
Group Homes*/statistics & numerical data
Program Development*/methods
Program Development*/standards
Program Development*/statistics & numerical data
Teacher Training*/methods
Teacher Training*/organization & administration
Teacher Training*/statistics & numerical data
Caregivers/*education
Psychological Trauma/*nursing
Adult ; COVID-19 ; Child ; Humans ; International Cooperation ; Intersectoral Collaboration
Entry Date(s):: Date Created: 20201231 Date Completed: 20210112 Latest Revision: 20220601
Update Code:: 20240105
DOI:: 10.1037/amp0000726
PMID:: 33382320
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In today's world of global migration and urbanization, millions of children are separated from parents. Their mental health and future competences as citizens depend on the quality of care from foster parents and group home staff in nonparental care settings. Caregivers are challenged by poor work conditions, too many children, and a lack of knowledge about care for traumatized children. How can our profession match this challenge by upscaling interventions? Digital designs for applications of psychology are growing, recently accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis. From 2008, the author developed a blended learning intervention. In partnerships with nongovernmental organizations and government agencies, care recommendations from an international network of researchers are transformed into start-up seminars for staff, followed by a 6-month online classroom education. Students learn and practice how to train local caregiver groups in attachment-based care, using training sessions developed in local languages, adjusted to culture. At present, the author's Fairstart Foundation educated 500 staff from partners in 26 countries, who have trained the caregivers of some 40,000 children. The theoretical, logistic and technical steps from research to daily caregiver-child practices are described, to inspire discussions of how online designs and international partnerships may benefit underserved populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

Comment in: Am Psychol. 2022 Jan;77(1):135-137. (PMID: 35357855)
Comment in: Am Psychol. 2022 Jan;77(1):138-139. (PMID: 35357856)

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