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A Life Course Study on Traumatic Brain Injury and Physical and Emotional Trauma in Foster Children [PDF]

Neurotrauma Reports, 2021
Foster children are exposed to high levels of abuse, violence, and other adverse events throughout their childhood and adolescent years. Forms of brain injury, notably traumatic brain injury (TBI), are understudied in the foster child population.
Michael D. Cusimano, Rachel Lamont, Stanley Zhang, Anamika Mishra, Melissa Carpino, David Wolfe   +5 more
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Strengthening foster children’s skills: a descriptive study on a trauma-informed group intervention [PDF]

European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Background: Foster children have an increased risk of psychological distress because they often experienced multiple traumatizing events. Untreated trauma and behavioural problems are important risk factors for breakdown of foster placements ...
Sanne E.M. Brinkerink, Nathalie E.F. Schlattmann, Melissa Goris, Irma M. Hein   +3 more
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Normalization of Aggressiveness and Anxiety of Foster Children of Adolescent Age Through the Method of Fairy-Tale Therapy [PDF]

Клиническая и специальная психология, 2020
The article presents the results of an empirical study of reducing the level of aggressiveness and anxiety in foster adolescents by fairy-tale therapy.
Stsishanok I.V.
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The Physical and Mental Health of Children in Foster Care

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2013
Background: To evaluate physical and mental health in children in foster care and comparison with general population.Methods: The study is carried out between September 2011 and April 2012 into nine group homes in Rome.
Pietro Ferrara, Lorenza Romani, Giorgia Bottaro, Francesca Ianniello, Giovanna Carmela Fabrizio, Antonio Chiaretti, Francesco Alvaro   +6 more
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Combinatorial efficacy of entospletinib and chemotherapy in patient-derived xenograft models of infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Haematologica, 2020
Survival of infants with KMT2A-rearranged (R) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) remains dismal despite intensive chemotherapy. We observed constitutive phosphorylation of spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) and associated signaling proteins in infant ALL ...
Joseph P. Loftus, Anella Yahiaoui, Patrick A. Brown, Lisa M. Niswander, Asen Bagashev, Min Wang, Allyson Schauf, Stacey Tannheimer, Sarah K. Tasian   +8 more
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IS FOSTER CARE THE SAFE PLACE WE BELIEVE IT TO BE? IF NOT, WHY NOT?

Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2021
Foster care is an important part of the child protection system; however, it seems that some foster children are not protected – they are abused and neglected.
Rankwe Reuben Masha, Petro Botha
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Associations between Traumatic Brain Injury, Drug Abuse, Alcohol Use, Adverse Childhood Events, and Aggression Levels in Individuals with Foster Care History

Neurotrauma Reports, 2020
Nearly 50,000 Canadian children live in foster care. Compared with their peers, foster children experience greater independence and decreased guidance, predisposing them to harmful exposures such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), illicit drugs, and ...
Michael D. Cusimano, Stanley Zhang, Grace Huang, David Wolfe, Melissa Carpino   +4 more
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The attitude of adolescent biological children to foster or adopted children

Психология и Психотерапия Семьи, 2020
The paper presents the results of a study, revealing the peculiarities of the attitude of biological adolescents from a foster/adoptive families to foster/adopted children in comparison with (to) adolescents who have no experience of living together with
Alexandra Samoilovskaya, Alexandra Samoilovskaya, PhD   +1 more
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Academic Functioning of Gifted Students in Foster Care

Journal of Modern Science, 2023
Objectives This research examines the academic functioning of gifted children in foster care in Eastern Poland. Material and methods The research was carried out in two phases from April to December 2018.
Marzena Ruszkowska, Magdalena Zmysłowska   +1 more
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Socio-Perceptual Features of the Image of a Foster Child in Foster Parents with Different Forms of Guardianship

Социальная психология и общество, 2021
The objective. The purpose of the empirical study presented was the study of social perception and the identification of structurally-substantive features of the mental image of the adopted child in foster parents. Background.
Aldasheva A.A., Zelenova M.E., Sivash O.N.   +2 more
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