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What is a family? Constructions of family and parenting after a custody transfer from birth parents to foster parents

open access: yesChild & Family Social Work, 2018
Child & Family Social Work. 2019;24:9–16. Abstract The subject of stability for children in long‐term foster care is an emerging field within social work with vulnerable children.
Therése Wissö   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Educational outcomes of children from long-term foster care: Does foster parents’ educational attainment matter?

open access: yes, 2019
Parental education is a robust predictor of children’s educational outcomes in general population studies, yet little is known about the intergenerational transmission of educational outcomes in alternative family settings such as children growing up in ...
M. Berlin   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Foster Parent Training for the Delivery of Independent Living Skills [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Master's Project (M.Ed.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013Although training is made available to foster parents when they volunteer to share their homes with children in need, the required ten hours for single parents and fifteen hours for coupled ...
Alley, Kandy
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We Don\u27t Know What We Don\u27t Know: Post Adoption Support of Families Caring for Traumatized Children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Parents adopting traumatized children from foster care or from other settings have unique needs for post adoption support. This paper seeks to present those needs from the unique viewpoint of an adoptive physician mother. Circles of care around the child
Lantis, Patricia
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Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foster parent inclusion and collaboration in case planning and implementation: Perspective of Florida foster parents and child welfare workers

open access: yesChild Protection and Practice
The purpose of this study was to examine the perspectives of foster parents and child welfare workers from Florida on foster parent inclusion and collaboration in case planning and implementation.
Heather M. Thompson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL STRESS IN PROFESSIONAL FOSTER CARERS IN GABROVO REGION, BULGARIA [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of IMAB
One of the challenges in providing foster care services is the psycho-emotional stress that foster parents experience. The aim of the present study is to explore the risk factors increasing the levels of psycho-emotional stress and burnout in foster ...
Dimitrina Grigorova-Stoilova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Related Foster Parents Less Likely to Receive Support Services Compared With Nonrelative Foster Parents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This brief identifies gaps in support services among foster parents using data from a nationally representative survey of children involved in the child welfare system (the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being).
Mattingly, Marybeth J., Walsh, Wendy A.
core   +1 more source

Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dzieci z rodzin zastępczych w szkole. Raport o współpracy rodziców zastępczych z personelem szkoły

open access: yesProblemy Wczesnej Edukacji, 2018
Children and youth from foster families more often – in comparison to general population – have disabilities, emotional and behavioural disorders (Minnisi in. 2006).
Katarzyna Ćwirynkało   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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