Poster Presentations | 2026 TRC Summit
Uncontained: How anxiety and ideology can shape the workforce and development of the Children's Homes sector
Presenter: Steve Percival, Dialogue.
The Ladder Approach: Transforming Children’s Residential Care
Presenter: Krishna Kumar Thapa, Voice of Children
Nepal
Measuring Systems Change and Quality Improvement through Statewide Investments in Therapeutic Residential Care
Presenters: Paul Lanier, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Layne Wetherbee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States
Quality Before Care Entry: Conceptualising Risk Assessment and Decision-Making for Vulnerable Children in China
Presenters: Mrs. Liqin Song, University of Sussex
England
Visualizing Quality: Using Statistical Process Control Charts for Systematic Improvement in Residential Care
Presenter: Elliott G. Smith, Residential Child Care Project at Cornell University
United States
Deciding with care: Quality starts before placement. An ecological reflective tool for matching children and residential units.
Presenters: Chiara Monti, Department of Education Studies, University of Bologna
Prof Laura Palareti, Department of Education Studies, University of Bologna
Italy
Creating a Holding Environment
Presenters: Dr. Laura Steckley, University of Strathclyde, Department of Social Work and Social Policy.
Dr. Cecile Remy, University of Strathclyde, Department of Social Work and Social Policy.
Scotland
Care Leavers and the Criminal Justice System: The Role of Support Systems during Transition
Presenter: Kylie Gill, University of Limerick.
Northern Ireland
How Children Are Cared for to Make Them Care About Something in Residential Child Care (CareAbout)
Presenters: Dr. Katharina Freres, University of Kassel.
Dr. Vinzenz Thalheim, University of Kassel.
Prof. Mark Schrödter, University of Kassel.
Germany
Love as a Quality Framework
Presenter: Mr. Daniel Crowley, Sussex Children’s Care.
England
Examining human-animal relationships in foster homes in the United States: what are the benefits and the challenges for children and animals?
Presenter: Mary Elizabeth Rauktis, University of Pittsburgh school of social work.
United States
Our Way Home: Co-designing Quality in Residential and Out-of-Home Care by Centring Children and Shared Care
Presenter: Mr. Johnny Rylatt, Parkerville Children and Youth Care.
Australia
Professionals’ Empathy Toward Youth in Residential Youth Care: A Scoping Review
Presenters: Neve Oprins, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Dr. Lysbert Zeinstra, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Netherlands
Professionalizing the Practitioner: Ensuring Stable Therapeutic Environments for Children and Youth
Presenter: Michele Boguslofski, Teaching Family Association.
United States
Relational Learning Behind Bars: Peer Mentorship in Juvenile Correctional Centres in Ghana
Presenter: Dr. Lilian Ayete-Nyampong, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (retired on April 14, 2026, from this institution)
Ghana
Co-creating insights into professionals’ empathy toward youth in residential youth care
Presenters: Dr. Lysbert Zeinstra, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Neve Oprins, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Netherlands
Enhancing the emotional security of pupils in the classroom: a case study of a therapeutic residential special school
Presenter: Mr. Matt Wareham, The Mulberry Bush Organization.
England
Quality of Caregiver–Child Interaction and Social-Emotional Competence of Children Living in Residential Care: The Case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Presenter: Ms. Makda Kifle Assefa, Addis Ababa University.
Ethiopia
Challenging Dominant Narratives: Provider Type and Quality in Scottish Residential Child Care
Presenter: Mr. Neil McMillan, Kibble.
Scotland
The street within the institution: legitimacy, power relations and agency among young people with experience of residential care and youth justice institutions in Chile (SENAME)
Presenter: Ignacia Paz Sierra González, University of Sussex.
England
Loving Children in Children’s Homes – From Policy Aspiration to Everyday Practice
Presenter: Valerie Tulloch, Children’s Homes Quality.
England
Missing Title
Presenter: Dr. Isabelle Kelly, The Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
England
The International Use of the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Assessment
Presenter: Prof. John Lyons, University of Chicago.
Mark Lardner, University of Chicago.
United States
First Impacts of the Implementation of the CARE Model in Spain
Presenter: Ana Pulgar, University of Oviedo
Spain