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The voice of birth families to improve visits in foster care [PDF]

, 2016
In foster care, contact visits with birth families play an important role in relation to the child’s wellbeing, and they may impact on placement outcomes. However, the views of birth parents with respect to such visits have largely been unexplored.
Bernedo-Muñoz, Isabel Maria, Fuentes-Rebollo, María Jesús, García-Martín, Miguel Ángel, Salas-Martínez, María D.   +3 more
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Australian Practitioners' Beliefs, Confidence, and Training Needs for Delivering Behaviour Support to Children and Young People in Out‐of‐Home Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) frequently present with complex behavioural needs. In New South Wales (NSW), behaviour support plans (BSPs) are mandated when restrictive practices, including psychotropic medication, are used. Little research has examined whether the statutory workforce is adequately prepared to meet behaviour support ...
Manisha Abayakoon Stanborough, Kelly‐Ann Allen, Emily Berger, Mikaela Stanborough, Erin Leif   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social security, care and the "withdrawing state" in rural Russia [PDF]

, 2011
This chapter presents the development of a research project, exploring the ways in which social security is produced and experienced in rural Russia. Based on a case study of Burla village, the project investigates the ways in which caring practices and ...
Kay, R.
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Intersection of race and religion for youth in foster care: examining policy and practice [PDF]

, 2019
Religion and race are primary forces affecting both individuals' identities and social relations. Consequently, their impacts on child welfare systems, and the clients of the system, are important to understand.
Collins, Mary E., Scott, Judith
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The Age at Onset of LRRK2 p.Gly2019Ser Parkinson's Disease Across Ancestries and Countries of Origin

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objectives The objective of this study was to elucidate differences in the cumulative incidence of Leucine‐rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) p.Gly2019Ser‐related Parkinson's disease (PD; LRRK2‐PD) between ancestries and countries. Methods We included 922 unrelated p.Gly2019Ser variant carriers (affected = 762 and unaffected = 160) from the Global Parkinson ...
Theresa Lüth, Björn‐Hergen Laabs, Sebastian Sendel, Inke R. König, Amke Caliebe, Alastair J. Noyce, Laurel A. Screven, Soraya Bardien, Matthew Farrer, Faycel Hentati, Rim Amouri, Christine Klein, Samia Ben Sassi, Joanne Trinh, Global Parkinson's Genetics Program (GP2)   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

“They Finally See Me, They Trust Me, My Brother’s Coming Home” Recognising the Motivations and Role of Siblings Who Become Kinship Carers

Societies
Despite a widespread focus on grandparents, a large proportion of kinship care in the UK is provided by older siblings. What drives older siblings to become kinship carers, and how this might differ from other kinship carers, is not well represented in ...
Lorna Stabler
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Civil society in the South Caucasus: kinship networks as obstacles to civil participation [PDF]

, 2014
The research to date on informal networks of the post-communist South Caucasus has tended to focus either on the informal institutions’ role in providing social safety nets for the population or on the networks’ economic functions.
Aliyev, Huseyn
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Chronological Diagnostic Algorithm Predicting Neuropathology in Parkinsonism

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Pre‐mortem diagnosis of parkinsonism is often challenging due to atypical presentations, overlapping syndromes, and co‐pathologies. This study aimed to develop a machine learning‐based algorithm predicting neuropathology in parkinsonism using chronological clinical presentations, which has previously been underexplored.
Daisuke Ono, Hiroaki Sekiya, Alexia R. Maier, Neill R. Graff‐Radford, Zbigniew K. Wszolek, Dennis W. Dickson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining Financial Hardship and Caregiver Subgroups in Kinship Foster Placements: A Machine Learning Approach

Societies
Children placed with kinship foster parents can experience less disruption and stronger family ties than children in non-kinship placements. However, financial hardship can restrict kinship caregivers from taking in relatives’ children.
Imani Careese Johnson, Solomon Hadi Achulo, Kanisha Coleman Brevard, David Ansong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Data on Children in Foster Care From the Census Bureau [PDF]

, 2008
Explores 2000 census data on foster children, data quality and potential for analysis, limitations, and the causes of those limitations. Highlights socioeconomic and other characteristics of foster families from 2006 American Community Survey ...
William P. O'Hare
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