Institutionalised Children: Explorations and Beyond (ICEB):An International Journal on Alternative Care (Print ISSN No. 2349-3003, Online ISSN No. 2349-3011)

 

Institutionalised Children: Explorations and Beyond (ICEB): An International Journal on Alternative Care (Print ISSN No. 2349-3003, Online ISSN No. 2349-3011)

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Now accepting manuscripts for Volume 8, Issues 1 & 2

Scheduled for March & September 2021

March 2021

Abstract Submission Deadline (500 words): July 31, 2020

Submission of Final Paper (3000 words): September 10, 2020

September 2021

Abstract Submission Deadline (500 words): January 31, 2021

Submission of Final Paper (3000 words): March 10, 2021

 ICEB is an international, multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal on Alternative Care for Out-of-Home-Care (OHC) children and youth, focused on the South Asia region. Along with addressing issues that can influence policy reforms, decision-making and improve practices and standards of care, ICEB, in proud partnership with SAGE publications, aspires to strengthen research, knowledge and practices currently prevalent in the region. ICEB serves as a forum for studies, discussions, debates and research on issues that would lead to better practices of care and encourage the integration of OHC children and youth, including the differently-abled, into the mainstream and thus to their inclusion in civil society. Published electronically and in print version, twice a year (March and September), every issue of ICEB presents original research papers, good models of care, comprehensive desk review papers, editorial, foreword, expert opinions, perspectives of children and youth in care, interviews, and book and movie reviews.  

We are receiving manuscripts for our March and September 2021 issues, which aim to include research contributions along the following sub-themes, among other relevant subjects within Alternative Care in South Asia:

1.     Deinstitutionalisation: Outcomes

a.     Impacts of deinstitutionalisation on family and community-based care

b.     Interventions addressing family separation

c.      Transition preparation mechanisms at the family community levels

d.     Monitoring and evaluation processes following deinstitutionalisation

e.     Successful models of reintegration of children and youth, from residential care to families and communities or independent living.

2.     Foster Care, Sponsorship and Adoption

a.     Examining diverse foster care models (mentoring, group foster care, respite care etc.)

b.     Policies, laws, and schemes supporting foster care and adoption in South Asia

c.      Current foster care and adoption practices and good models

d.     Types of sponsorship available to children in alternative care

e.     Role of sponsorship in preventing family separation and making families self-reliant

3.     Child Trafficking

a.     Vulnerabilities and structural defects in alternative care increasing risk of trafficking

b.     Judicial framework and policies addressing trafficking of orphaned and abandoned children, and OHC children and youth.

c.      Commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor in alternative care systems

d.     Care, support and rehabilitation programs for victimized children

4.     HIV and Disability

a.     Vulnerabilities and challenges of affected children in care

b.     Specialized training needs of caregivers

c.      Processes and mechanisms to promote inclusivity

d.     Community-based services and support

5.     Existing Alternative Care Models

a.     Policies and Practices

We welcome original research articles that rise important, new and relevant research questions, rom academicians, researchers, practitioners, social workers, policy-makers, mental health experts, managers, activists, and students working in the field of Alternative Care of OHC children. We also invite legal and human rights-based perspectives, policy frameworks, opinion pieces and good practices/models.

YOU can contribute!

We invite research studies, legal and human rights-based perspectives, mental health frameworks, and innovative practices in support, training and development for caregivers in alternative care settings, as well as good practices/models in the South Asian region. 

Note: Please refer to the Submission Guidelines closely before submitting abstracts and final manuscripts, which can be found at htpps://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/institutionalised-children-explorations-and-beyond/journal203666

Please share further with qualified colleagues. Specific questions pertaining this Special Issue should be directed to iceb@udayancare.org.

Look forward to receiving your submissions.