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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"placement stability"”.
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Attachment, Fostering Parenting and Placement Stability
… 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 foster home until they can return to their parents, be adopted or leave foster care between …
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An assessment of placement stability via the child and family services review
… enacted several policies to support the stable placement of children in the child welfare system. From mandating that substitute care providers are “adequately prepared” to enacting a nationwide child welfare monitoring system, the need to ensure the proper care of children in the child welfare …
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Effects of a community outreach post-permanency program on behavior problems and placement stability of youth in adoptive/guardianship arrangements
… service needs and prevent youth’s out-of-home placement. Three hypotheses were tested related to (1) examining the impact of the APAL program assignment and receipt on youth behavior problems, caregivers’ commitment, and out-of-home placement; and (2) identifying the mediating effects of …
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Engaging parents in foster care services: A longitudinal examination of the relationships between parent engagement, children's placement stability, and family reunification
… and the short-term outcome of children’s placement stability and the long-term outcome of family reunification. Using Platt’s (2012) integrated model of parental engagement and Yatchmenoff’s (2005) conceptual framework of parent engagement to guide the inquiry, this study used parent …
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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
… and legal guardianship, length of stay, placement stability, and foster care re-entry. The findings of the study imply that states' policy and practice regimes moderate the effects of placement type on children's permanency outcomes. The study illustrates that the effects of kinship …
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Attachment phenomena in foster families: Exploring contributions from foster parents' early attachment experiences
… as enhancing feelings of attachment security and placement stability in the foster home? The study was conducted using an informal interview format with foster parents who currently had foster children in their home. A purposive sample of fifteen foster parents completed interviews. Interviews …
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Predictors of Placement Satisfaction for Foster Youth
… and wellbeing and are often at risk for further placement disruption and poor socio-emotional development. Placement stability is a crucial component to establishing permanency and placement satisfaction might be a contributing factor. This study uses an ecological framework to explore the impact …
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Estimating place-based protective factors for foster care placement disruption : a mixed methods study.
Persistent high rates of foster care placement disruptions present ongoing challenges for the US child welfare system, adversely affecting nearly every aspect of a child's development. With a declining number of available foster homes and the implementation of the Family First Prevention Services …
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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
… including: socioeconomic disadvantages, family instability, to live in low income neighborhoods, and exhibit more complex symptomology due to increased exposure to traumatic events. Minimal research has explored the magnitude of ACE exposure among children in foster care. This dissertation …
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Kinship Care: an Afrocentric perspective
… a key factor that led to family preservation and placement stability. The study concluded that there is an urgent need to reframe policy and practice.
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Leaving and after care in Ghana : the experience of young people leaving a private and public children's home
… are reflected in a model that indicates that Placement Stability and Continuity of Care, Positive Relationships, Religion and Material Security are the factors within the leaving and aftercare process that determines how well young people cope with independent living.<br/><br/> The study makes …
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Factors Affecting Long-Term Outcomes Following Intensive In-Home Services
… and organizational-level factors in explaining placement stability, educational progress, and contact with legal authorities one year following discharge from IIHS. </p> <p> The sample included all youth who received IIHS, were discharged between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2006, and …
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Security and permanence in longterm foster care: family relationships and professional systems
… outcomes of long-term foster care is considered. Placement stability and developmental outcomes are included, and also the risk and protective factors that contribute to these processes and outcomes. Literature concerning foster and birth family membership is then highlighted, and also that which …