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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"out-of-home care"”.
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Future of individuals after out-of-home care
Various studies have described life outcomes for individuals that go through diverse forms of out-of-home care. Individuals who have been placed in out-of-home care are at great risk of developing mental health problems, low self-esteem and low resilience, and estimating their quality of life poor …
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The Well -Being and Reading Achievement of Older Youth in Out -of -Home Care
This study examined the well-being and predictors of educational competence of vulnerable adolescents in the child welfare system. The findings suggest that aspiration for higher education, placement in kinship care, and participation in school activities predicted greater probability of obtaining …
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An Examination of Factors Contributing to Resilience among Children and Youths in Out of Home Care in Ontario
Objective – Some of the most vulnerable children and youths in our country are those in out of home care, and these children demonstrate higher rates of psychopathology and fare more poorly in school and in social relationships than their peers. Typically, when studying at risk populations, …
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Children With a Disability, Physical Abuse, Entry Into Out-of-Home Care, and Stability of Out -of -Home Placements
… responds to children with a disability by way of protective interventions and whether children with a disability were more likely to enter out-of-home care compared to children without a disability. Children with a disability ages 6 to 10 were more likely to be removed from care following an …
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Children With a Disability, Physical Abuse, Entry Into Out-of-Home Care, and Stability of Out-of-Home Placements
… vulnerabilities and evaluate the effectiveness of safety interventions prompted this dissertation. Because of the dearth of information, the sequence of empirical papers in this multiple manuscript dissertation attempted to follow a child with a disability from the experience of maltreatment …
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A national profile and review of services and interventions for children and young people with high support needs in Australian out-of-home care
One of the major challenges currently being faced by out-of-home care services is the issue of placement breakdown and multiple placements, and the psychological effects of these experiences. Previous longitudinal research by Barber and Delfabbro (2004) indicates that approximately 15-20% of young …
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Evidence-informed policy development and enactment: A policy content evaluation of a provincial policy for improving the educational outcomes of youth in out-of-home care in Ontario
… for Student Achievement (JPSA) through a series of four interrelated papers. First, education data of 4,109 students were analyzed to understand the educational experiences of students living in out-of-home care (OHC) throughout Ontario during the year (2015–2016) the JPSA was released. Analyses …
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A study of out-of-home care : what about the caregivers? : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University
The primary aim of the present study was twofold. The first was to examine caregivers' perceptions of their caregiving experiences: that is, how well their professional needs were met, their job satisfaction, and how well the children in their care were functioning. The second was to determine if …
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Effects of Video Modeling and Visual Feedback on Handwashing in Preschool-Age Children
Young children who attend out-of-home care (e.g., preschool and daycare) are more susceptible to infections than children who do not attend out-of-home care (Bylinsky, 1994). Previous research suggests handwashing is effective in reducing risk of infection and illness (Larson, 1988). However, …
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Contributions to the resilience of foster care graduates
… after being graduate from lengthy periods of out-of-home-care, what these veterans named as contributions of the system to their resilience. In-depth interviews with nineteen successful long-term child welfare graduates have produced over five hundred pages of transcribed interview data, …
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The Romantic Relationships of Girls in Child Protective Services: Perceptions of Personal Agency
… their own development. However, expressions of agency within the romantic context have only been studied among adolescents who have normative parental relationships known to support their romantic development. Thus, this study explored expressions of agency within the context of romantic …
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Youth Living in Residential Care: Implications for Leisure and Identity
The purpose of this study was to explore the intersection of living in residential care, leisure engagement, and adolescent identity development. The investigation included the voices of six youth living in a residential care facility in southern Ontario. The data was collected through participant …
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The Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences among Children in Foster Care and the Associated Impact on Placement Setting, Stability and Reunification: An Ecological-Transactional Perspective
… families, affect developmental and well-being outcomes for these vulnerable populations. Children involved with the child welfare system (CWS) have experienced at least one traumatic adverse event, with the majority having complex histories of exposure to adversity. Extant research on children …
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Lived Experiences and Attributes of Custodial Grandparents that Influence Their Grandchild's Early Learning and Development: A Phenomenological Study
… has experienced a steady rise in the number of children who are placed in out-of-home care, due in large part to the opioid epidemic. When children cannot live with their parents, kinship care is the preferred placement option because it helps children maintain a sense of stability, …
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Social and Economic Characteristics Related to the Immediate College Transition of Recent High School Graduates: A Study of Southwest Region TRIO Participants' College Continuation
The purpose of this study was to determine whether: 1) Southwest Region TRIO high school students between the years 1991 - 2001 continued to college immediately after high school at rates significantly different than similar population students on national and state levels; and 2) immediate college …
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A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF ANIMAL-ASSISTED INTERVENTIONS WITH YOUTH WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED MALTREATMENT
<p>Youth who have experienced maltreatment (abuse, neglect, exposure to violence) typically exhibit worse life outcomes (lower graduation rates, higher incident of substance use, unplanned pregnancies, etc.). Effective therapeutic interventions are important to combat these negative effects. Animal …
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Attachment, Fostering Parenting and Placement Stability
<p>A significant number of children remain in foster care for long periods of time. Among this vulnerable population there is a high rate of placement disruption. Multiple placement changes are more likely to have a negative effect on children in out‑of‑home care than those who remain in the same …
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A Descriptive Analysis of Tobacco Use Policies Among Select Family Day Homes in Virginia
… exposure to ETS may also increase the risk of developing leukemia and lymphoma in childhood (Mitchell, 1997) as well as developing lung cancer as an adult (Glantz, 1992). Despite the great strides recently made in the implementation of regulatory measures to safeguard children from ETS in …
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Personal motivation and child protection decision-making: The role of regulatory focus in removal recommendations
Decision-making in the field of child protection has been the subject of focused study for decades, propelled by repeated reports of its questionable reliability. Although researchers have examined the extent to which caseworker characteristics influence child protection decision-making, studies …
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