In this Rise tip read about how a parent and his family contacts have become virtual and how he deals with it. I’ve been doing… Read More »Making the Most of Virtual Visits in a Time of Separation and Uncertainty
By Thomas Croft and Diana Skelton, National Coordination Team of ATD Fourth World As we agonise over this pandemic, many of us hope that when… Read More »Parenting in Poverty Under Lockdown
Grandparents plus advice service is open as usual and their pages give details of guidance and resources relevant to kinship carers and tips for families see https://www.grandparentsplus.org.uk/for-kinship-carers/advice-and-support/covid-19-information-for-kinship-families/
The Family Justice Young People’s Board (FJYPB) has published a new COVID-19 information booklet for children and young people which is packed full of great advice. The… Read More »Info for Children and Young People
Guidance from the President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice on what happens during the Coronavirus crisis where there is a child… Read More »Advice on Child Arrangement Orders
This resource from the University of Sydney’s Research Centre for Children and Families giving tips for using video chat for family time is very useful.
The Department for Education has issued guidance on managing isolation in children’s homes and other residential education settings in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The advice,… Read More »DfE Covid-19 Guidance on children’s homes
Louise Tickle in The Guardian raises a number of issues for parents and children in the child protection system raised by the response to coronavirus.… Read More »Coronavirus puts vulnerable UK children at greater risk, campaigners warn
A group of more than one dozen family rights activists submitted a letter to the commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services with nine recommendations for protecting the rights of parents and children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New York has been hit hard by COVID-19 and parents involved in the child protection system are badly affected. Rachel Blustain describes how, as the US struggles to catch up with the ever-growing Coronavirus crisis, child-welfare systems are racing to find their own solutions to wrenching ethical and practical dilemmas over how to safeguard the psychological well-being of children in foster care and the rights of families while protecting the physical health of children, parents, foster parents, staff and the community at large.