Training should be provided to all carers on the rights of children without parental care and on the specific vulnerability of children, in particularly difficult situations, such as emergency placements or placements outside their area of habitual residence. (Art. 15, UN Guidelines for the Alternat...

Children in need of protection are often placed into unrelated foster care and uprooted from all that is familiar and important to their sense of well-being and social identity. The placement experience leaves the child with a sense of denial concerning how difficult life and divided loyalties betwe...

Children’s rights are everyone’s concern, but are especially relevant for professionals working for and with children on a daily basis. Strong youth participation components in the development and delivery of training programmes on the rights of the child is a very effective method applied in F...