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FICE Austria has published the book "Quality standards for professional alternative child and youth care in group homes"
The “Quality standards for professional alternative child and youth care in group homes“ describe 66 quality standards for care in out-of-home care settings (group homes). The standards, published in 2019 in a German handbook, were developed on the initiative of FICE Austria in cooperation with 19 organizations and are now available in English.
Available for purchase on Amazon both as e-book and soft-book
Authors: Monika Lengauer, Christian Posch, Bettina Terp
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SECOND OF TWO SPECIAL ISSUES BASED ON THE 2019 FICE CONGRESS IN TEL AVIV​
Vol 11 No 4.2 (2020): Second of Two Special Issues Based on the 2019 FICE Congress in Tel Aviv: “Better Future Opportunities for Children and Young People in Multicultural Societies”
Issue editors: Emmanuel Grupper, Alex Schneider, and Friedhelm Peters
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FIRST OF TWO SPECIAL ISSUES BASED ON THE 2019 FICE CONGRESS IN TEL AVIV: “BETTER FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES”
Vol 11 No 4.1 (2020) of the International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies
Issue editors: Emmanuel Grupper, Alex Schneider, and Friedhelm Peters
SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE CYC-ONLINE FEATURING ARTICLES FROM THE 34TH FICE CONGRESS
CYC-Online Journal, Issue no. 259
ISSN 1605-7406
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Guest editors:
Emmanuel Grupper
Alex Schneider
James Freeman
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FICE NEWSLETTERS
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VOL 9, NO 2 (2018): INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY STUDIES
Special issue based on FICE Vienna Congress 2016
“Evaluation, Research, and Challenges in Residential, Foster, and Family Care”
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Guest editors:
James P. Anglin, Canada
Silke B. Gahleitner, Germany
Emmanuel Grupper, Israel
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VOL 9, NO 1 (2018): INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHILD, YOUTH AND FAMILY STUDIES
Special issue based on FICE Vienna Congress 2016
“Together towards a Better World for Children, Adolescents and Families”
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Guest editors:
James P. Anglin, Canada
Silke B. Gahleitner, Germany
Emmanuel Grupper, Israel
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In August of 2016 hundreds of individuals from around the globe gathered at the University of Applied Sciences FH Campus Wien in Vienna, Austria for the 33rd International World Congress of the International Federation of Educative Communities (FICE) and the 2nd Child and Youth Care (CYC) World Conference. The theme of the gathering was "Together Towards a Better World for Children, Adolescents and Families”. Throughout the week there were abundant presentations and panels on a variety of topics that interest those who care for and about young people. This special issue is based on a sampling of materials that were presented at the gathering.
BROCHURES
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Brochure in English, German and French​
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10 Standards for care leavers developed by the participants in the international youth exchange “Be the change”
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Interactive poster developed by youth participating in the 2010 FICE Congress in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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BOOKS/JOURNALS
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This book represents different viewpoints to the development of FICE Europe and the future of the organization. The quality standards, quality assurance systems and various models for monitoring and the quality improvement of the social services in the field of child and youth care are part of big process of professionalizing of our work. In order to be able to react to this great challenge, we propose some articles on this subject.
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Based on papers presented at the FICE-International Congress,
October 2013, Bern, Switzerland
Guest Editors:
Prof. Emmanuel Grupper (Israel)
Prof. James P. Anglin (Canada)
Dr. Anna Katharina Schmid (Switzerland)
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Compendium of research reports and recommendations.
“The project “Together against Violence” focuses on the prevention of cases of repeated violence by children and youths aged 14-18 years in Bulgaria, Spain and Austria. The main goal of the project is to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the work with children and youths by improving the prevention activities and the intervention in view of reducing the subsequent violent behavior.
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Standards for Out-of-Home care in Europe
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The Standards were launched at the European Parliament in June 2007 and are available in 27 languages.
The Quality4Children Standards were developed in the framework of a collaboration project between SOS Children’s Villages International, the International Foster Care Organisation (IFCO) and the International Federation of Educative Communities (FICE) to share 'good practices' and make tools available to improve conditions for children and young people living in alternative care, and to ensure that their rights are fulfilled and best interests are met.
PAPERS/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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CHARACTERISTICS OF FICE INTERNATIONAL
Speech by David Lane at the 70 FICE Opening ceremony “Shaping high quality child and youth care”, Trogen, April 4th 2018
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LEARNING FROM THE HISTORY OF FICE INTERNATIONAL
Speech by Hermann Radler at the 70 FICE Opening ceremony “Shaping high quality child and youth care”, Trogen, April 4th 2018
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Tuhinul Islam Khalil, PhD
Presentation at the 70 FICE Conference “Shaping high quality child and youth care”, Trogen, April 5th 2018
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Dr. Anna Katharina Schmid
Presentation at the 70 FICE Conference “Shaping high quality child and youth care”, Trogen, April 5th 2018
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By Dr. Djibril FALL Director ISS-West Africa, President FICE-West Africa
Presentation at the 70 FICE Conference “Shaping high quality child and youth care”, Trogen, April 5th 2018
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«LIKE A STAMP ON THE FOREHEAD»
LIFE TRAJECTORIES AFTER LEAVING RESIDENTIAL CARE IN THE CANTON ZURICH, SWITZERLAND 1950-1990
Clara Bombach
Thomas Gabriel, Samuel Keller
Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW
Institute of Childhood, Youth and Family
Presentation at the 70 FICE Conference “Shaping high quality child and youth care”, Trogen, April 5th 2018
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WHAT IS WORKING IN LATIN AMERICA AND THAT CAN BE BORROWED IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
Presentation by Matilde Luna, Director of RELAF at the conference Child And Youth Care In A Developing World – Global Perspective (Kisumu, 2017)
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CHILD AND YOUTH CARE IN CROATIA
Presentation by Dr.sc. Lucija Vejmelka, assistant professor(University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, Department of Social work) at the conference Child And Youth Care In A Developing World – Global Perspective (Kisumu, 2017)
UN GUIDELINES FOR THE ALTERNATIVE CARE OF CHILDREN
Presentation by Jennifer Davidson Executive Director, Institute for Inspiring Children’s Futures & CELCIS at the conference Child And Youth Care In A Developing World – Global Perspective (Kisumu, 2017)
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YOUTH WORKER EDUCATION – FULLY SUPPORTING THOSE WHO WORK WITHAND FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Presentation by Dr. Jennifer Brooker at the conference Child And Youth Care In A Developing World – Global Perspective (Kisumu, 2017)
AN AFRICAN EVIDENCE-BASED INNOVATION:AN OVERVIEW OF A DECADE OF RESEARCH ON THE ISIBINDI MODEL
Presentation by Hloniphile Ndhlovu at the conference Child and Youth Care in a Developing World- Global perspective (Kisumu, 2017)
FINDING THE PLACE FOR CYCW IN THE TRANSITIONS OF A DEVELOPING WORLD
Presentation by Rev. Robert Sihubwa, Zambia Assosciation of Childcare Workers, at the conference Child and Youth Care in a Developing World- Global perspective (Kisumu, 2017)
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Presentation by Donald Nghonyama, FICE South Africa at the conference Child and Youth Care in a Developing World- Global perspective (Kisumu, 2017)
Presentation by David Astiz Calatayud, FICE Spain at the conference Child and Youth Care in a Developing World- Global perspective (Kisumu, 2017)
AGAPE CHILDREN’S MINISTRY IN KENYA (second document is here)
Presentations from the Study visit held at the FICE Federal Council in Kenya, April, 2017
CULTURE AND CARE, THE ROLE OF THE EXTENDED FAMILY CARE
Paper Presented During the FICE-INTERNATIONAL FEDERAL COUNCIL Held in Barcelona – Spain on 7th November, 2014 by Simon Peter Otieno – President of FICE Kenya.
Abstract: “The Critical Review Paper (2010) informs that over 90% of OVCs are given care by the extended family system. This demonstrates and appreciates that the extended family care, a form of informal alternative care, in child and youth care, is the most suitable form of alternative care. This explains its growing popularity. The paper therefore demonstrates the suitability of this culture-based form of alternative care for children and youth in need of care and protection among communities, in comparison with orphanages or juveniles, among other categories of formal care.”
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YOUTH WORK: GLOBAL DIFFERENCES
Jennifer Brooker, FICE Australia, RMIT University.
Abstract: “Youth work is conducted throughout the world, in one of three major frameworks: a therapeutic model in North America, community development in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and a social pedagogy in Europe. Despite these differences youth work remains the same – we work with and for young people in the hope of making their lives better.”
“TOGETHER AGAINST VIOLENCE”
a presentation by Hermann Radler, FICE Austria, presented at FICE Federal Council in Frankfurt, 11/12-th April 2014. “Together against violence” Project is funded by DAPHNE Programme of European Union and in partnership with FICE Austria, FICE Bulgaria and FICE Spain.
“DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING OF PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE IN GERMANY”
a presentation by Uwe Uhlendorff, University of Dortmund, presented at FICE Federal Council in Frankfurt, 11/12-th April 2014.
“TRAINING AND TRANSFER OF COMPETENCES OF SOCIAL INFORMATICS IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF PEDAGOGICAL EMPLOYEES WORKING IN YOUTH AND CHILD CARE SERVICES“
presentation by Dashenka Kraleva, Prof. Dr. Michael Macsenaere & Jana Wirz, a partnership between FICE Bulgaria & IKJ, Germany.
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WOHIN ENTWICKELN SICH DIE HILFEN ZUR ERZIEHUNG?
Selten lagen so viele empirische Erkenntnisse zur Entwicklung der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe und im Besonderen auch der Hilfen zur Erziehung vor. Der Monitor Hilfen zur Erziehung 2012, aktuelle DJI Publikationen und vor allem der 14. Kinder- und Jugendbericht (KJB) zeigen ein differenziertes Bild von den Leistungen und Entwicklungen der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe.
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ART AND YOUTH AT RISK
German-Israeli dialogue, 23. – 30. June 2013
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KONGRESSBERICHT_FICE_BERN 2013
Norbert Struck – Die FICE ist der weltweite Zusammenschluss von Organisationen, die sich mit den Hilfen zur Erziehung befassen aus derzeit 31 Staaten. Im Vorfeld des Weltkongresses 2013, der vom 8.- 12. Oktober in Bern stattfand, tagten die Gremien der FICE: die Vollversammlung am Montag und der Verbandsrat am Dienstag.
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