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Educational Integration Strategies for Children in Foster Care – Insights for Professionals [PDF]

Educaţia 21
Foster children in residential care centers encounter significant barriers to socio-educational integration. This study investigates these challenges, identifies the services and resources necessary to improve academic outcomes, and integrate insights ...
Oana-Elena Rădăcină
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Findings from the California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study (CalYOUTH): Conditions of Foster Youth at Age 17 [PDF]

, 2015
This report presents findings from the Baseline Youth Survey, providing the most comprehensive view to date of young people approaching the transition to adulthood from foster care in the wake of the federal Fostering Connections Act.
Katherine Halsted, Laura Napolitano, Mark E. Courtney, Nathanael J. Okpych, Pajarita Charles   +4 more
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Does Long‐Term Lower Extremity Strength Training in Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis and Varus Alignment Reduce Knee Joint Loading During Gait?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We examined whether 18 months of strength training in individuals with knee varus alignment and medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis (OA) reduced knee joint loads during walking compared to an attention control group. Methods This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial that compared the effects of strength training to a ...
Stephen P. Messier, Matthew N. Vigliotti, Paige E. Rice, Brian Pietrosimone, Shannon L. Mihalko, Edward H. Ip, Richard F. Loeser, David J. Hunter, Ali Guermazi, Ryan Hill, Santiago Saldana, Kim L. Bennell, Paul DeVita   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Patient‐Reported Quality Measures in SLE: Development of the American College of Rheumatology Implementation Guide

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To support high‐quality, patient‐centered care for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) developed evidence‐based measures incorporating clinical and patient‐reported outcomes measures (PROMs). Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we conducted semi‐structured interviews ...
Catherine Nasrallah, Cherish Wilson, Christine Hariz, Christie M Bartels, Shanthini Kasturi, Wambui Machua, Amy Bennett, Kate Chiseri, Allison Plitman, Starla Hairston Blanks, April Jorge, Patti Katz, Jinoos Yazdany, Shivani Garg   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE NEED FOR SUPPORT IN RECOGNISING AND CORRECTING THE INTERNALISED AND EXTERNALISED PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOUR OF CHILDREN IN CARE

Social Inquiry into Well-Being
Child care ensures that a child has a safe, age-appropriate living environment in which to grow and develop. In addition to day-to-day care, caregivers have to help the child to survive the trauma that they have suffered, restore and maintain the child’s
Jolanta Pivorienė, Jolita Dudaitė, Odeta Merfeldaitė   +2 more
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FAMILY PRESERVATION SERVICES: TYPES OF SERVICES RENDERED BY SOCIAL WORKERS TO AT-RISK FAMILIES

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2012
Family preservation services are considered essential in order to avoid the removal of children from their families. In accordance with South African legislation and policy documents, social workers at family welfare organisations must focus on family ...
Marianne Strydom
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Putting Families First: How the Opioid Epidemic is Affecting Children and Families, and the Child Welfare Policy Options to Address It [PDF]

, 2019
: Opioids and Child Welfare Across the country, placements in foster care are rising. In 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that 273,539 children in the U.S. entered foster care.
American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care, Greiner, Mary V, Laris, Zach, Waite, Douglas   +3 more
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Piezoresistive Monitoring of Carbon Nanomaterial‐Reinforced Epoxy Composites Under Cyclic and Fatigue Loading: A Review

Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
Carbon nanomaterial‐reinforced epoxy composites exhibit pronounced piezoresistive behavior, enabling intrinsic damage sensing under cyclic and fatigue loading. This review critically compares carbon nanotube and graphene systems, correlating filler content, percolation threshold, and gauge factor with sensing stability and damage evolution.
J. M. Parente, J. Nunes‐Pereira, A. P. Silva, P. N. B. Reis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

s‐Orbital Mediated Metavalent Bonding Enables State‐Of‐The‐Art n‐Type AgBiSe2 Thermoelectrics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Metavalent bonding (MVB) underpins the exceptional property portfolio of chalcogenides. Typical MVB solids are mainly found in p‐bonded systems. This work reveals that MVB can also be formed with s‐p orbital interactions upon forming a single‐electron σ‐bond, as exemplified in AgBiSe2.
Binrong Huang, Dasol Kim, Yuan Yu, Jinxuan Zhong, Jianbo Zhu, Yaoling Shen, Yu Guo, Moran Wang, Jiawei Huang, Tu Lyu, Nan Lin, Yongsheng Zhang, Matthias Wuttig, Lipeng Hu   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of professionals and family foster care on advantages and difficulties of visits between foster children and their biological families [PDF]

, 2016
Contact between a foster child and birth parents play an important role in relation to the foster child’s wellbeing. The main aim of this study is to give voice to social workers and foster families about contact visits.
Bernedo-Muñoz, Isabel Maria, Fuentes, Mª Jesús, García-Martín, Miguel Ángel, Salas, María D.   +3 more
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