Over the last decade, many (European) countries have created special committees or conducted special investigations into the occurrence of sexual abuse in residential and/or foster care. Many of these studies concluded that children and young people in care are at a greater risk of being sexually abused, …

Teachers can play an important role in students’ healthy relational and sexual development. They can pay attention to this subject with specifically designed lessons. But it’s even more important to address relational and sexual development within the general curriculum, whenever the topic comes up in …

In opdracht van welzijnsorganisatie Dynamo is er onderzoek gedaan naar de “Pilot oudercontact”. Het doel van de pilot is meer contact creëren tussen de jongerenwerkers en de ouders. Dit kan ten goede komen van de jongere, bijvoorbeeld doordat meer preventief gewerkt kan worden. In dit onderzoek is gekeken …

Performance feedback and supervision are essential to the adoption of evidence-based interventions with high treatment integrity in child and youth care organizations. Little is known about the use of treatment integrity measurements in these organizations. For this study, 12 interventions for children …

In Amsterdam heeft één op de vijf kinderen last van overgewicht en hiervan hebben ruim 2.000 kinderen (ernstige) morbide obesitas. Het gaat in totaal om 24.500 kinderen met overgewicht en obesitas in de stad. In Amsterdam is daarom een integraal en langdurig programma opgezet, de ‘Amsterdamse Aanpak …