PROGRAM DAY 2 – Parallel session

19 September 2024

TIME
CONFERENCE ROOM C2 
(pre-registration is required for in-person participation; additional streaming link will be provided via personal e-mail for online participants):

09:00 – 10:15

Recent research in alternative care

Discrimination, peer relations and life satisfaction from the perspective of young people in institutional care

  • Andrea Ćosić, University of Zagreb Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences

Social climate in residential care institutions

  • Jonathan Leipoldt, University of Amsterdam Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Netherlands

Crisis interventions in social welfare institutions

  • Katja Vrhunc Pfifer, University of Primorska Faculty of Education, Slovenia

Reducing risks of gender-based violence in alternative care

  • Maria Margherita Maglietti, UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (online)

Moderator: Martina Tomić Latinac, UNICEF Office in Croatia

11:45 – 13:00

Recent research on foster care: 

Analyses on benefits, allowances and leaves for foster parents and children in foster care in Croatia 

  • Nard Huijbregts, Economic Policy Research Institute 

Mental health of foster parents 

  • Anita Barišić, University of Osijek, Faculty of Law 

14:30 – 15:45

Specialized interventions for girls and boys in care with behavioural problems 

  • Gabrijela Ratkajec Gašević, Ivana Maurović, Andrea Ćosić and Andreja Šprem, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences

16:15 – 17:25

Round table discussion: 

Development of Systems that Support Children with Complex Emotional and Behavioural Needs 

Overview of the UNICEF ECARO review on the legal approach to preventing and responding to cases of children with complex emotional and behavioural needs at risk of offending 

  • Ina Verzivolli, UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia 

Round-table discussion: 

  • Petra Kačírková, Director of the Family Policy, Child protection and Social Inclusion Department, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Czech Republic
  • Jasna Đuričić, Senior Advisor in the Institute for Social and Child Protection, Montenegro
  • Bernardica Franjić-Nađ, Ministry of Justice, Administration and Digital Transformation, Croatia

Moderator: Ina Verzivolli, UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

 

17:25 – 17:30

END OF DAY 2