DE-INSTITUTIONALISING AND TRANSFORMING CHILDREN’S SERVICES A GUIDE TO GOOD PRACTICE

Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the European Union Daphne

Programme, with further contributions from UNICEF, the World Health Organisation,

Hope and Homes for Children, the University of Birmingham and the High Level Group

for Romanian Children.

Much of the information presented in this manual could only have been gathered with the

active participation of governments and professionals from all the partner countries. The

authors thank them for their openness and commitment.

The invaluable editorial assistance provided by Audrey Paisey of Hope and Homes for

Children is greatly appreciated.

Special thanks are due to the children who moved from institutions, their families and care

personnel for sharing their experiences and opinions in order to help others going through a

similar process.

Authors

Georgette Mulheir, Hope and Homes for Children, UK

Professor Kevin Browne, School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, UK

In association with:

Dr Helen Agathonos-Georgopoulou, Institute of Child Health, Athens, Greece

Stefan Darabus, Hope and Homes for Children, Romania

Dr Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis, Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology,

University of Birmingham, UK

Dr Maria Herczog, National Institute of Criminology, Budapest, Hungary

Maria Keller-Hamela, Nobody’s Children Foundation, Warsaw, Poland

Dr Ingrid Leth, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr Mikael Ostergren, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr Cecilia Pritchard, Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology, University of

Birmingham, UK

Dr Violeta Stan, Clinical Hospital for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology,

Timisoara, Romania