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Satisfaction of Children in Out-of-Home Care

2018
A randomly selected sample of 1,100 children in out-of-home care in Illinois from 1993 to 1996 were interviewed in person regarding their satisfaction with the homes in which they lived and with their caregivers. They were also asked whether they felt loved and safe, and rated the quality of their lives before and after placement into care.
L, Wilson, J, Conroy
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Reflections on Out-of-Home Care

Children Australia, 2015
This paper is a reflective commentary that highlights some of the issues that impacted upon my thinking and perspectives as a social worker working in the child, youth and family sector. The paper takes the form of a narrative with some accounts of incidents that were memorable and challenged the ways I thought about myself and issues we face in the ...
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The abuse of children in out of home care

Children & Society, 1991
SUMMARY: One of the major paradoxes in child protective services in the United States is that children removed from their homes on protective orders and placed in foster and group care face continued abuse. These children are reported at two to three times the rates of children living with their families.Investigations are performed by the very system
MICHAEL NUNNO, NOLAN RINDFLEISCH
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The mental health of children in out-of-home care

Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2008
To review the scale, symptomatology and determinants of mental health problems of children in alternate care, and to consider the need for specialized knowledge and clinical competence for assessment and treatment of these problems.The scale of mental health problems among children in care is exceptional for a nonclinical population, approaching that ...
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Out-of-Home Care for Adolescents

1985
For the families who are not able to utilize the preventive and supportive services presented in the previous chapter to avert placement of the adolescent or to whom such services have not been made available, placement in out-of-home care is another option. Other adolescents have been long-time users of such care facilities.
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Out-of-Home Care – Where to Next?

Children Australia, 2015
In the light of Dave Vicary's review of 40 years of publications addressing out-of-home care (OOHC) issues and current concerns about both the systemic context of child protection and the comparatively narrow range of options for the delivery of care in the sector, a range of people from Australia and beyond were asked for their responses to the ...
Jennifer Lehmann, David Vicary
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The Education of Children in Out-of-home Care

Australian Social Work, 2014
AbstractIn spite of a high investment in out-of-home care services across Australia, the educational attainment of children in care remains an issue of concern. This paper discusses findings from a study designed to identify the factors that promoted educational attainment of children in care based on 18 university-educated women with a care background.
Kathy Mendis, Fiona Gardner, Jennifer Lehmann   +2 more
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