Supporting Families through Short-Term Foster Care: An Essay Review

Aldgate, J. and Bradley, M. (1999). Supporting families through short-term fostering. London: The Stationery Office. This essay reviews a British qualitative study of short-term foster care from the perspectives of birth parents, children, foster parents, and social workers. Respondents highlighted the value of short-term foster care as a family support service and also offered many recommendations for improving service delivery. The study provides useful implications for restructuring child welfare services in the United States and for promoting cross-national collaboration in future research activities in the area of child and family services.

Family Reunification among Two Groups of Runaway Adolescents Utilizing Emergency Shelters

Limited research has addressed reunification of runaway youths with their families following an emergency shelter stay; however, recent studies have shown that those who reunify with their families following a shelter stay have more positive outcomes than those relocated to other residences. This study evaluated differences between two samples of runaway youth utilizing youth emergency shelters in New York (n = 155) and Texas (n = 195) and identified factors associated with reunification among these two groups of adolescents. Less than half (43.7%) of the youths were reunited with their families. Among New York runaway youths, those who had lived primarily with someone other than a parent before shelter admission, were physically abused, or neglected were less likely to return home. Among youths admitted to emergency shelter services in Texas, those with longer shelter stays, living primarily with someone other than a parent before shelter admission, or being pregnant or a parent were less likely to reunify. This study provides valuable information concerning family reunification following shelter service use; however, additional research is needed to delineate youth, family, and shelter system factors that distinguish successful from unsuccessful reunification over an extended period of time.

Investigation of knot nests on Ellesmere Island

Knots arrive on Ellesmere Island in late May or early June. At Hazen Camp small flocks were present on 3 June 1966, but the main influx occurred 5 June when many flocks were seen ranging in size from 6 to 60 individuals. The sexes appeared to arrive together, but the manner of pair-formation was not determined. By 7 June pairs were distributed over the tundra with large feeding flocks forming at snowfree wet marshy areas. Most nests were on Dryas-hummocked slopes and tundra, either dry or moist, with some on clay plains and summits in a mixed Dryas and Salix vegetation. A census area of 240 ha supported at least 3 breeding pairs, and possibly 5; the total number of pairs breeding in the Hazen Camp study area was estimated to be about 25 (1.09 pairs/km**2). Egg-laying (4 nests) extended from 15 to 28 June, with 3 of the 4 sets completed between 20 and 23 June. Both sexes incubated, one of the pair more regularly than the other. The song-flight display of the male was performed most frequently during egglaying and incubation. The incubation period of the last egg in one clutch was established as being between 21.5 and 22.4 days. Four nests hatched between 12 and 20 July, and the hatching period of the entire clutch was less than 24 hours. Four of 7 nests (57 %) survived and egg survival (53 %) was low. Families left the nesting area so on after hatching, concentrating at ponds where food was readily available for the young. Both adults attended the young during the pre-fledging period, but the females apparently departed before the young had hedged. Males left once the young could fly and the adult fall migration was complete by early August. Most 01 the young departed belore mid-August. Fall migration is complete by late August or early September. The breeding season appears to be timed to peak load supply for the young. Adult Chironomidae emergence was highest between 3 and 17 July, the period during which most successful nests hatched. The increasing scarcity of adult insects for the young after mid-July was offset by family movements over the tundra and the early departure of half the adult population. Food also seemed to influence the distribution of breeding pairs aver the tundra, restricting them to the general vicinity of marshes, streams, and ponds where food is most available when the young hatch. Territoriality in the Knot appears to be closely associated with the protection of the nest against predators and has at least a local effect in regulating the number of breeding pairs. Plant material was important in the diet of adult Knots throughout the summer and the primary food from the time of arrival until mid-June. After mid-June the percentage of animal matter increased as dipterous insects became available (especially adult Chironomidae), but plant materials continued to constitute a large part of the diet, usually more than 50 %. The food of the young before fledging consisted principally of adult chironomids.

A escrita da emigração : Memórias e estudos do arquivo familiar do galego Francisco Moura

The article discusses the memories and the history stored in the family archive of Francis Mouro, migrant in Rio de Janeiro, in the first half of the twentieth century. The Mouro family, since the nineteenth century, decided to adopt Brazil as preferred destination. However, like so many Galician families also choose other destinations, moving to Portugal, Uruguay and Argentina. Through letters and personal documents preserved by the immigrant family is possible to reconstruct the migratory chains formed over more than half a century, the solidarity networks and migration of a city of intense immigration to Rio de Janeiro, as the galego city Santa Comba

Apropriaçâo da terra e formaçâo de grandes patimônios fundiários na fronteira sul do Brasil, através dos inventários post mortem (1800-1860)

This article is dedicated to the study the ways of appropriation of land in the south border of Brazil, in the first half of the century XIX. The historiography has, for tradition, associated the appropriation of large tracts of land, in Rio Grande do Sul, with royal donations. That would have been made, mainly, in the form of 'sesmarias' donations. However, a more detained study shows than the public concessions were just one among other forms of appropriation of the land used by families that accomplished a voracious accumulation of lands. Among other sources, inventories post mortem, registrations of concessions of lands and official correspondences are used. The main analysis focus relapses on the municipal district of Alegrete, between 1800 and 1870

Abigeato y administración de justicia en la campaña bonaerense durante la segunda mitad siglo XIX

La práctica del abigeato así como otros usos que atentaban contra la propiedad semoviente fue condenada de manera cada vez más vehemente a lo largo del siglo XIX. Este rechazo se plasmó en la legislación, que de manera continua, elaboraron las autoridades procurando limitarlas. El estudio de un conjunto de procesos criminales y sumarios permite indagar en las prácticas vigentes en torno al ganado así como la visión de los magistrados. Dichos usos no fueron una prerrogativa exclusiva de los sujetos señalados como "vagos y malentretenidos". El espectro social que se sirvió de la apropiación ilegal de animales era muy amplio e incluyó a personas con apellidos que remitían a las familias más poderosas de la campaña. Por otro lado, el abigeato así como otros delitos asociados a éste muestran las dificultades en torno a la implantación de un determinado orden social en la campaña bonaerense, donde el respeto a la propiedad privada era uno de sus pilares fundamentales.

Apuntes en torno a la renovación de la educación inicial a mediados del siglo XX

El presente trabajo tiene por objeto explorar los acontecimientos centrales que habilitaron la renovación de la educación inicial en Argentina a mediados del siglo XX. A partir del trabajo con fuentes analizo la construcción de un discurso que posibilitó la renovación de las prácticas en las salas de los jardines de infantes cuyos rasgos centrales perduran hasta nuestros días. En ese sentido, se analizan los modos en que la educación inicial se hace presente en las políticas educativas del peronismo y se recorren algunos de los textos significativos de aquel período. Luego, se indagan los efectos de la recepción del discurso psicológico en las familias y en las salas hasta la llegada de la última dictadura. En cuanto, a las fuentes se seleccionaron las que forman parte del corpus teórico de referencia para la segunda mitad del siglo pasado.

A escrita da emigração : Memórias e estudos do arquivo familiar do galego Francisco Moura

The article discusses the memories and the history stored in the family archive of Francis Mouro, migrant in Rio de Janeiro, in the first half of the twentieth century. The Mouro family, since the nineteenth century, decided to adopt Brazil as preferred destination. However, like so many Galician families also choose other destinations, moving to Portugal, Uruguay and Argentina. Through letters and personal documents preserved by the immigrant family is possible to reconstruct the migratory chains formed over more than half a century, the solidarity networks and migration of a city of intense immigration to Rio de Janeiro, as the galego city Santa Comba

Apropriaçâo da terra e formaçâo de grandes patimônios fundiários na fronteira sul do Brasil, através dos inventários post mortem (1800-1860)

This article is dedicated to the study the ways of appropriation of land in the south border of Brazil, in the first half of the century XIX. The historiography has, for tradition, associated the appropriation of large tracts of land, in Rio Grande do Sul, with royal donations. That would have been made, mainly, in the form of 'sesmarias' donations. However, a more detained study shows than the public concessions were just one among other forms of appropriation of the land used by families that accomplished a voracious accumulation of lands. Among other sources, inventories post mortem, registrations of concessions of lands and official correspondences are used. The main analysis focus relapses on the municipal district of Alegrete, between 1800 and 1870

Abigeato y administración de justicia en la campaña bonaerense durante la segunda mitad siglo XIX

La práctica del abigeato así como otros usos que atentaban contra la propiedad semoviente fue condenada de manera cada vez más vehemente a lo largo del siglo XIX. Este rechazo se plasmó en la legislación, que de manera continua, elaboraron las autoridades procurando limitarlas. El estudio de un conjunto de procesos criminales y sumarios permite indagar en las prácticas vigentes en torno al ganado así como la visión de los magistrados. Dichos usos no fueron una prerrogativa exclusiva de los sujetos señalados como "vagos y malentretenidos". El espectro social que se sirvió de la apropiación ilegal de animales era muy amplio e incluyó a personas con apellidos que remitían a las familias más poderosas de la campaña. Por otro lado, el abigeato así como otros delitos asociados a éste muestran las dificultades en torno a la implantación de un determinado orden social en la campaña bonaerense, donde el respeto a la propiedad privada era uno de sus pilares fundamentales.

Apuntes en torno a la renovación de la educación inicial a mediados del siglo XX

El presente trabajo tiene por objeto explorar los acontecimientos centrales que habilitaron la renovación de la educación inicial en Argentina a mediados del siglo XX. A partir del trabajo con fuentes analizo la construcción de un discurso que posibilitó la renovación de las prácticas en las salas de los jardines de infantes cuyos rasgos centrales perduran hasta nuestros días. En ese sentido, se analizan los modos en que la educación inicial se hace presente en las políticas educativas del peronismo y se recorren algunos de los textos significativos de aquel período. Luego, se indagan los efectos de la recepción del discurso psicológico en las familias y en las salas hasta la llegada de la última dictadura. En cuanto, a las fuentes se seleccionaron las que forman parte del corpus teórico de referencia para la segunda mitad del siglo pasado.

A escrita da emigração : Memórias e estudos do arquivo familiar do galego Francisco Moura

The article discusses the memories and the history stored in the family archive of Francis Mouro, migrant in Rio de Janeiro, in the first half of the twentieth century. The Mouro family, since the nineteenth century, decided to adopt Brazil as preferred destination. However, like so many Galician families also choose other destinations, moving to Portugal, Uruguay and Argentina. Through letters and personal documents preserved by the immigrant family is possible to reconstruct the migratory chains formed over more than half a century, the solidarity networks and migration of a city of intense immigration to Rio de Janeiro, as the galego city Santa Comba

Apropriaçâo da terra e formaçâo de grandes patimônios fundiários na fronteira sul do Brasil, através dos inventários post mortem (1800-1860)

This article is dedicated to the study the ways of appropriation of land in the south border of Brazil, in the first half of the century XIX. The historiography has, for tradition, associated the appropriation of large tracts of land, in Rio Grande do Sul, with royal donations. That would have been made, mainly, in the form of 'sesmarias' donations. However, a more detained study shows than the public concessions were just one among other forms of appropriation of the land used by families that accomplished a voracious accumulation of lands. Among other sources, inventories post mortem, registrations of concessions of lands and official correspondences are used. The main analysis focus relapses on the municipal district of Alegrete, between 1800 and 1870

Abigeato y administración de justicia en la campaña bonaerense durante la segunda mitad siglo XIX

La práctica del abigeato así como otros usos que atentaban contra la propiedad semoviente fue condenada de manera cada vez más vehemente a lo largo del siglo XIX. Este rechazo se plasmó en la legislación, que de manera continua, elaboraron las autoridades procurando limitarlas. El estudio de un conjunto de procesos criminales y sumarios permite indagar en las prácticas vigentes en torno al ganado así como la visión de los magistrados. Dichos usos no fueron una prerrogativa exclusiva de los sujetos señalados como "vagos y malentretenidos". El espectro social que se sirvió de la apropiación ilegal de animales era muy amplio e incluyó a personas con apellidos que remitían a las familias más poderosas de la campaña. Por otro lado, el abigeato así como otros delitos asociados a éste muestran las dificultades en torno a la implantación de un determinado orden social en la campaña bonaerense, donde el respeto a la propiedad privada era uno de sus pilares fundamentales.