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DESCRIPTION:Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm (EDT)\n\nWebinar registration is complimen
tary for members and \; $10 for non-members\n\nDescription\nAround the
world\, millions of children grow up without a family in orphanages and r
esidential care. Billions of dollars of charity funds from private US dono
rs every year goes to support those programs. While there is extensive evi
dence that orphanage placement is dangerous for children\, there is now a
controversy at the United Nations as to whether small group home placement
is an appropriate or necessary form of transition from orphanages to comm
unity inclusion. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilit
ies (CRPD) now recognizes that children have a right to live and grow up w
ith a family\, but older UN standards under the Convention on the Rights o
f the Child (CRC) still allow for institutional or residential care placem
ent. This webinar will examine the legal and policy issues under discussio
n\, as well as findings from research about the dangers of group care for
children.\nThe lifelong Importance of Family Inclusion\nDavid Eagan\, auth
or of &ldquo\;More Alike Than Different: My Life with Down Syndrome.&rdquo
\;\n\nCompeting legal standards under the UN disability and children&rsquo
\;s rights conventions &\; findings from human rights investigations\nE
ric Rosenthal\, JD\nExecutive Director\, \;Disability Rights Internati
onal\n\nEvidence from research: the potential for all children to live and
grow up with a family.\nDr. Joan Kaufman\, PhD\nKennedy-Krieger Institute
&\; \;Johns Hopkins University Department of Psychiatry\n\nRegiste
r Now!
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SUMMARY:A Global Controversy: International Human Rights Implications of Re
placing Orphanages with Small Group Homes
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Webinar registrati
on is complimentary for members and \; $10 for non-members
\n
\n
\nAround the world\, millions of children grow u
p without a family in orphanages and residential care. Billions of dollars
of charity funds from private US donors every year goes to support those
programs. While there is extensive evidence that orphanage placement is da
ngerous for children\, there is now a controversy at the United Nations as
to whether small group home placement is an appropriate or necessary form
of transition from orphanages to community inclusion. The UN Convention o
n the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) now recognizes that child
ren have a right to live and grow up with a family\, but older UN standard
s under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) still allow for in
stitutional or residential care placement. This webinar will examine the l
egal and policy issues under discussion\, as well as findings from researc
h about the dangers of group care for children.
The li
felong Importance of Family Inclusion
\nDavid Eagan\, aut
hor of &ldquo\;More Alike Than Different: My Life with Down Syndrome.&rdqu
o\;
\n
\nCompeting legal standards under the UN disabili
ty and children&rsquo\;s rights conventions &\; findings from human rig
hts investigations
\nEric Rosenthal\, JD
\nExecutive D
irector\, \;Disability Rights International
\n
\nEvi
dence from research: the potential for all children to live and grow up wi
th a family.
\nDr. Joan Kaufman\, PhD
\nKennedy-Kriege
r Institute &\; \;Johns Hopkins University Department of Psychiatry
\n
\nRegist
er Now!