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Foster Care and Social Services

The Journal of Psychiatry & Law, 2008
Social workers and social service agencies are, or should be, intimately involved with children in foster care and those who choose to care for them. There are situations, however, where the relationship fails, with potentially disastrous results for the children.
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Educational Services for Children in Foster Care

Journal of Public Child Welfare, 2006
ABSTRACT Most literature on the education of foster youth focuses on their individual outcomes and characteristics. A small body of literature documents a lack of collaboration between the child welfare and education systems. This study explores commonalities and differences in perspectives between child welfare and education system stakeholders.
Susan Stone, Amy D'andrade, Michael Austin   +2 more
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Foster Care in a Life Course Perspective

, 2020
To understand what placement outside of one’s home means to the young people involved, we must understand foster care from a life course perspective. I analyze young people’s experiences in foster care from this perspective, accounting for when foster ...
F. Wulczyn
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A Comparison Study of Primary Care Utilization and Mental Health Disorder Diagnoses Among Children In and Out of Foster Care on Medicaid

La Clinica pediatrica, 2020
The purpose of this study was to compare the utilization of primary care services and presence of mental health disorder diagnoses among children in foster care to children on Medicaid not in foster care in a large health system.
R. Keefe, B. V. Van Horne, Cary M. Cain, Katie Budolfson, R. Thompson, C. Greeley   +5 more
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Developmental Services for Young Children in Foster Care

Journal of Social Service Research, 2006
High rates of developmental delay in children in foster care make it important for the foster care system to provide early identification of developmental issues and facilitate intervention. This investigation examined the degree to which child welfare agencies encourage policies to assess children for developmental delay and link children to ...
Aubyn C. Stahmer, Laurel K. Leslie, John A. Landsverk, Jinjin Zhang, Jennifer A. Rolls   +4 more
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Are services to prevent foster care effective?

Children and Youth Services Review, 1981
The prevention of foster care became an important issue for child welfare services during the 1970s. Two main types of prevention models have emerged: crisis intervention programs intended to prevent imminent placement and intensive service programs designed to avert those crisis situations that precipitate placement.
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Market-Based Disparities in Foster Care Service Provision

Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Objective : This study examines in-agency and out-of-agency service provision to a sample of 243 foster children and their families. Method : Data come from a longitudinal study of 243 foster children and families served by non-profit agencies that were operating under either a performance-based, managed care purchase-of-service contract or a fee-for ...
Bowen McBeath, William Meezan
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Implications of Foster Care on Attachment: A Literature Review

The Family Journal, 2019
This article provides a review of the literature in attachment theory, outcomes of being in foster care, impacts of trauma, and long-term attachment outcomes of foster care alumni.
Megan L Miranda, Elizabeth Molla, Eman Tadros   +2 more
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Improving the Delivery of Specialized Foster Care Services

Social Casework, 1979
Children in specialized foster care need broadly based, empathetic, and competent help. Yet, service delivery agents assigned to these children are often inexperienced, easily frustrated, and transient. A comprehensive attempt to deal with the workers' problems could yield better care for those whose needs these workers try to meet.
Thomas H. Russell, Jayne M. Silberman
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‘Skills Protect’: Towards a Professional Foster Care Service

Adoption & Fostering, 2003
Almost two-thirds of children and young people looked after by local authorities in England are placed in foster care. Recent studies suggest that the looked after population is significantly different from the general child and young people population in terms of mental and physical health and educational attainment.
Barbara Hutchinson, Jane Asquith, John Simmonds   +2 more
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