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Children in foster care: Mental health, service use and costs

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
To assess the prevalence of mental health problems in children in foster care, their families' use of services and the associated costs.Information on mental health problems, service use and costs was collected, by postal questionnaires and home interviews, on 182 children, their foster carers and teachers from 17 local authorities in Central Scotland ...
Minnis, H   +4 more
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Essential Case Management Services for Young Children in Foster Care

Community Mental Health Journal, 1999
A growing number of children in the United States are being placed into foster care. Past studies indicate that effective case manager interventions have helped foster families with a variety of different problems. This study enrolled a randomly selected sample of 130 children under age four who had been newly placed into foster care.
C, Zlotnick, D, Kronstadt, L, Klee
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Kinship foster care: Placement, service, and outcome issues

Children and Youth Services Review, 1994
Abstract Kinship foster care is now being debated. Issues have emerged about the cost of this care, the suitability of the kinship home, and agency supervision. Little data exist, however, about the functioning of minors in kinship foster care. Data from a Los Angeles County study of 990 adolescents in foster family care are used to compare 352 ...
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Assesment in Foster Care Services

2015
Experiences gained through clinical work is very effective in determining key factors to improve foster care services. These practices point out the importance of professional assessment of the family and child before the placement and follow-up after the placement.
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The Parent Satisfaction with Foster Care Services Scale.

Child welfare, 2004
Client satisfaction measures are an essential component of program evaluation. This article describes the development of a scale for measuring the satisfaction levels of parents whose children have received foster care services. Subjected to various statistical measures, the Parent Satisfaction with Foster Care Services Scale appears to be a reliable ...
Stephen A, Kapp, Rebecca H, Vela
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Regulating foster care services: the Kenyan situation.

Child welfare, 1991
This paper compares the traditional rural clan and extended family communal form of foster care with the more recent state-sponsored nuclear foster/adoptive care prevalent in urban areas and based in a western-style constitution and child care legislation.
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PROFESSIONALS’ VIEW ON FOSTER CARE SERVICES IN TURKEY

2020
Amaç: Koruyucu aile hizmeti, kurum bakımına alternatif bir sosyal hizmet modeli olarak, korunma ihtiyacı olan çocukların aile ortamında korunması ve bakımına yönelik bir uygulama biçimidir. Türkiye'de koruyucu aile hizmetleri 1960’lardan bu yana uygulamada olmasına rağmen uzun bir süre yaygınlaşma göstermemiştir.
ERBAY, Ercüment, ÇALIŞ, Nurullah
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Estimating the effects of independent living services on educational attainment and employment of foster care youth

Children and youth services review, 2019
Youngmi Kim   +3 more
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