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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"foster children"”.
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BONDING BETWEEN FOSTER PARENTS AND FOSTER CHILDREN
… focused on the reason that close to 500,000 children were in the foster care system in 2009 in the United States, and the average length of care was over 26 months. The primary focus was why foster parents are unable to form a bond with the children placed in their home and the effects of not …
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The concerns of foster children in their foster homes
This study aimed to explore the concerns of foster children in their foster homes. A phenomenological approach was used to explore the lived experiences of former foster children. The study utilized the concepts of developing person and the microsystem of Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model. In …
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Racial/cultural identity development in foster children placed in transracial foster homes
… cultural identity is developed and maintained in foster children who are placed in foster homes racially and culturally different than they are. The research questions included how the foster care system addresses racial identity issues and how foster parents assign meaning to the transracial …
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Reducing Loss To Follow Up in Foster Children: Standardizing the Intake Protocol
… clinic whose patient population is primarily foster children. <strong> </strong>The end goal was to contribute to a decrease in patients who are lost to follow up due to a non-standardized process of admitting patients to the clinic. This was a pilot project establishing a standard protocol …
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Parental visits to foster children in Guguletu : current patterns and recommended strategies
… The title the study is parental visits to foster children in Guguletu: current patterns and recommended strategies. Foster and biological parents, children, as well as role players in the field of foster placement and visitation, were urged to participate actively in this study, as it is …
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Fostering Healthy Lifestyles: Assessing the Need and Potential Intervention Strategies for Foster Children
… to recent estimates, approximately 423,773 children in the United States are in foster care (US Department of Health and Human Services, 2011). While research has documented that childhood obesity is high in foster children, the relationship between nutrition, physical activity, weight …
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The Impact of Supervisory Behavior on Permanency Rates for Foster Children in a Child Welfare Context
… variables of average case load and type of foster care, either regular or kinship, predicted significant variance whereas the measures used to assess difficulty of children served, average age and number of placements did not. Supervisor's political skill and the workers impression of the …
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Experiences of foster parents caring for non-family related foster children in de Deur, Gauteng province, South Africa
South African children and families are exposed and subjected to a number of social, economic, political and demographical challenges especially during a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) epidemic. The challenges include poverty, crime, drug and …
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The Association Between Foster Parent Knowledge of Child Sexual Trauma, Parental Self-Efficacy, and Retainment of Sexually Abused Foster Children
Children who have been victims of sexual abuse often exhibit a wide range of negative behavioral, emotional, and psychological outcomes. Children involved in the foster care system are particularly likely to have experienced sexual abuse, and are also at a greater risk for subsequent pathology. …
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Evaluation of Emotion Regulation and Associated Characteristics in Foster Children Using the Dyadic Parent-Child Coding System and Caregiver-Report Measures
… behavioral observation coding system in young children referred for treatment of disruptive behavior, (b) explore which specific foster parent behaviors are most associated with child emotion regulation, and (c) explore whether internalizing or externalizing foster child behavior problems are …
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West Virginia Title I Elementary School Principals' Perceptions of the Barriers that Interfere with the Delivery of Educational Services for Foster Children: The Lost At-Risk Children
Foster children are now considered the most at-risk children in American society. Concern for meeting foster children's educational needs falls with the social services domain, however, it is the school system that is responsible for ensuring that all children receive an appropriate education. The …
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Attachment phenomena in foster families: Exploring contributions from foster parents' early attachment experiences
… study was to discover the meanings of foster parents' early childhood attachment experiences with their parents and the influence of those meanings on foster parent's interactions with children in their care. Three research questions were the focus of this qualitative study: (a) How do …
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A Chance for Change: The Role of Trust in Foster Care
… System is faced with an increasing number of children in foster care with a decreasing number of foster homes available for placement. By interviewing adults who were former foster children, this study examines the significance of one caring adult in the life of a foster child. Erik Erikson …
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An explorative study of the experiences and needs of foster carers of HIV psoitive children in the Western Cape, South Africa
… study of the experiences and needs of foster carers of HIV positive children in the Western Cape was carried out in order to gain an understanding about this particular group of foster carers and their subjective experiences and needs in relation to the care of their foster children. …
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Foster children's school attainment: evidence from metropolitan Cape Town
In this paper, I examine the school attainment of foster children using data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS), collected in the Metropole of Cape Town. Based on cross-sectional data, I show that foster children have a lower grade attainment level than children who live with both their parents, …
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A Comparative Study on Rumah Kanak-Kanak (Children Residential Home) and Rumah Tunas Harapan (Foster Home) in Malaysia: A Child-Centric Perspective
… explore experiences and views of the Malaysian children who stay at state-run children?s homes and foster homes. Twenty-five foster children and 27 children in children?s homes, aged 10 to 15, were purposively selected for interview and compared on their experiences and views. Based on the …
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Foster children's sibling relationships in middle childhood
This thesis explores children's sibling relationships in middle childhood, particularly in relation to looked after children, with the aim of obtaining an 'insider view' from the children's perspective. Foster children's current relationship qualities and processes were considered in the context of …
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Siblings In Foster Care
… life. The meaning of sibling connections for foster children, whose connection to parents and adult caregivers has been disrupted, is an important area meriting study. Unfortunately, until very recently, there has been a dearth of well-designed research examining the important developmental …
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"I Really Don't Need You to Talk for Me. I Can Talk for Myself" -- A Phenomenology of Participating in Life Decisions While in Foster Care
This study explores the lived experiences of foster youth in participating in decisions about their lives while in care. Using a research methodology grounded in hermeneutic phenomenology, the study sought to identify the "essence" of this experience through careful analysis of the self-reported …
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Comparing kin and non-kin foster parents' emotional investment in their young children
… of child maltreatment affecting over 5.5 million children in the United States. As a result of this epidemic, over 500,000 children are in foster care with an estimated additional 300,000 in voluntary kin placements. Because of a shortage of foster families and resources, Child Protective Services …
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