tion about where each individual will be and the specific care available to the child. The parents should have a say in identifying the child’s caregiver, when it is in the child’s best interest. j. Provide special protection measures for any child who has been separated from his or her parents or primary caregivers, including when the separation is due to the detention of the parent or caregivers, as such separation significantly increases children’s vulnerability. k. Ensure appropriate alternative care for separated or unaccompanied children. Preference should be given to kinship and family-based care options rather than institutional care. l. Consult the parents and the child in deciding the child’s caregiver, as far as possible, when it is in the child’s best interest. Family-based care should be preferred and institutional care should be used as a last resort and for the shortest possible time. Adhere to the Guidelines for Alternative Care of Children. m. Take measures to ensure that the child can, as far as possible, maintain contact with the family following separation, unless such contact is determined not to be in the best interests of the child. n. Keep the child informed about the parent and the parent about the child, unless such information sharing is determined not to be in the best interests of the child. o. Properly train caregivers of children to care for children with psycho-social distress. p. Prepare the family and community to receive any child separated from the parent, 58. including to prevent stigmatization of the child and ensure the privacy of the child.