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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"and Foster Care"”.
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National Child Maltreatment Response and Foster Care Entries: 2005-2010
… in two major federal child maltreatment and foster care data systems, the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System for 2005 to 2010. The study examines the data related to screening in and determination of maltreatment …
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Cartographies of Black Diaspora and Foster Care Diaspora: Arguments Toward Abolition in the Aftermath of<em> Partus Sequitur Ventrem</em>
<p>In this dissertation I argue that global foster care and adoption systems should be abolished because they are trauma inducing and grief producing state apparatuses that cyclically act to destabilize Black and “Other” subaltern populations from one generation to the next. Global foster care and …
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Disability discrimination of prospective adoptive and foster parents
… but for persons with disabilities, the laws and regulations surrounding the adoptive and foster care process create unnecessary barriers. Vague health requirements, lack of protections for disabled prospective parents, and the patchwork of state laws threaten that disability impedes persons …
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A Content Analysis of Statutory Grounds for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights: The Impacts and Susceptibility of Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children
… complex circumstances surrounding incarceration and foster care debilitate the parent-child relationship, the likelihood of legal severance between an incarcerated parent and their child increases. Despite the nation’s mounting prison population over the last three decades, the growing …
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Permanency Outcomes of Children in Kinship and Non -Kinship Foster Care: Minimizing the Effects of Selection Bias With Propensity Score Matching
Analyses of proportions and survival times were conducted to investigate the permanency outcomes of children in relative and non-relative foster homes using unmatched and matched AFCARS samples. The permanency outcomes include reunification, adoption, and legal guardianship, length of stay, …
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Providing Culturally Appropriate Services to Immigrant Children and Families Involved with the Allegheny County Department of Human Services
… population in Allegheny County has doubled and currently accounts for approximately seven percent of the general population. This number, despite being low, especially compared to other counties and states, is very diverse from an ethnic point view and includes immigrant and refugees from …
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Decolonizing Home Assessment Practice at the Kitchen Table: A Thematic Analysis Identifying the Crucial Elements in the Assessment of Kinship Caregivers
… suggests that children placed in kinship care achieve positive outcomes. Literature also suggests the experience for kinship caregivers is very different from adoption and foster care; however assessment practice and policy do not reflect these unique elements. Using thematic analysis of …
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Piecing it together : youth perceptions of the linkages between communication and adjustment to out-of-home placement
… by which communication from the child welfare and biological family systems influences adjustment to out-of-home placement. Semi-structured in-depth interview, demographic, and eco-map data were collected from 14 youth between the ages of 18 and 24 who entered foster care at least once after …
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Grandparent Support for Families with Non-Biological Adopted Children
… were adopted including domestic, International, and foster care adoptions in the U.S. I examine the perceived and received support from grandparents to adoptive families and the impact it has on the families' lives. Qualitative methods in the form of semi-structured open-ended interviews were …
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Understanding the Behavioral Health of Children in Child Protective Services: Prevalence, Community Context, and System Involvement Using Administrative Data
… over youth mental health, suicide rates, and ADHD diagnoses, this study explores how these issues manifest among children reported for maltreatment – a population at elevated risk and often underserved. Paper 1 estimates the prevalence of behavioral health problems using national …
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FOSTER YOUTH IDENTITY FRAUD VICTIMIZATION: PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS, RISK FACTORS, AND PROTECTIVE INTERVENTIONS
Identity fraud poses serious risks for youth in foster care. As young people move through various out-of-home placements and schools, their sensitive personal data are often widely disseminated and difficult to secure. When they transition from foster care to adulthood, identity fraud victims with …
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The Role Of Foster Care Placement In Later Problem Behavior
Foster care placement is an important child welfare service to protect children from further maltreatment. However, high problem behavior rates among foster youth have been a great concern. Significant limitations in the current knowledge examining the role of foster care placement in later problem …
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Mothers' Mental Health Evaluations in Foster Care Practice: A Social Constructionist, Qualitative Data-Mining Study
… study utilizes social constructionist theory and the client career perspective as a framework for developing a grounded theory that explains how mothers' mental health evaluations function in the context of foster care practice. Using clinical data-mining methodology, the foster care records …
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Constructions of adoptive and foster mothering : a discourse analysis
Due to the ever-growing crisis of orphaned and vulnerable children in South Africa, research into strategies of care remains a crucial pursuit. Models of care in the country currently range from informal to formal, including informal fostering / non-statutory foster care; community-based support …
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A critical ethnography exploring African American biological parents' experiences with child welfare service providers
… represented in the child welfare and foster care system. While there is no statistically significant difference between race and rates of maltreatment, African Americans are more likely to be reported, investigated, have their children removed from their care, and remain in foster …
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OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG ADULTS IN EXTENDED FOSTER CARE
… the outcomes for young adults in Extended Foster Care. Extended Foster Care is a relatively new program within the Child Welfare system, which provides services for former foster youth between the ages of 18 and 21 to become more successful, independent young adults. Before the …
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Concurrent Stimulant and Atypical Antipsychotic Drug Use in Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
… drug use is highly prevalent in children and adolescents despite the lack of sufficient safety and efficacy data for such use. Few studies evaluated the concurrent use of stimulant and atypical antipsychotic agents in children and adolescents diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity …