scholarly journals The Impact of Placement Stability on Behavioral Well-being for Children in Foster Care

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 336-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Rubin ◽  
A. L.R. O'Reilly ◽  
X. Luan ◽  
A. R. Localio
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Placement Stability ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
The Impact

Health Care Needs of Children in the Foster Care System

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 106 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 909-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Simms ◽  
Howard Dubowitz ◽  
Moira A. Szilagyi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Foster Care ◽  
Parent Education ◽  
Continuity Of Care ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Developmental Problems ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
The Impact

Nearly 750 000 children are currently in foster care in the United States. Recent trends in foster care include reliance on extended family members to care for children in kinship care placements, increased efforts to reduce the length of placement, acceleration of termination of parental rights proceedings, and emphasis on adoption. It is not clear what impact welfare reform may have on the number of children who may require foster care placement. Although most children enter foster care with medical, mental health, or developmental problems, many do not receive adequate or appropriate care while in placement. Psychological and emotional problems, in particular, may worsen rather than improve. Multiple barriers to adequate health care for this population exist. Health care practitioners can help to improve the health and well-being of children in foster care by performing timely and thorough admission evaluations, providing continuity of care, and playing an active advocacy role. Potential areas for health services research include study of the impact of different models of health care delivery, the role of a medical home in providing continuity of care, the perception of the foster care experience by the child, children's adjustment to foster care, and foster parent education on health outcomes.

scholarly journals Adverse Childhood Experiences and Foster Care Placement Stability

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiley W. Liming ◽  
Becci Akin ◽  
Jody Brook
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Placement Stability ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Placement Instability ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Foster Care Placement

OBJECTIVES To examine the impact of cumulative adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on a child’s foster care placement stability in Kansas. METHODS Secondary data analysis was conducted by using a purposive cohort sample of 2998 children, from 6 to 18 years old, in Kansas’s foster care system between October 2015 and July 2019. Multivariate hierarchical logistic regression models were used to examine the influence of cumulative ACEs on a child's placement stability. ACEs were measured at foster care intake and self-reported by the child. Placement stability variables were obtained through the state administrative database. RESULTS Children in foster care with greater cumulative ACE exposure were significantly more likely to experience placement instability. Compared to children with 1 to 5 ACEs, when controlling for all other variables, children with ≥10 ACEs had an increased odds of experiencing placement instability by 31% (odds ratio: 1.31; P < .05); and children with 6 to 9 ACEs had a 52% (odds ratio: 1.52, P < .001) increased odds of experiencing placement instability. A child’s race, biological sex, age at episode start, and whether they had siblings in foster care all significantly influenced placement instability. CONCLUSIONS Findings from this study, in conjunction with previous research on ACEs and foster care, highlight the need to proactively address ACEs and trauma exposure at foster care entry.

scholarly journals Children’s perceptions about contact and subjective well-being in residential and foster care

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
João M. S. Carvalho ◽  
Paulo Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Placement Stability ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
Phone Calls

Contact between children in foster and residential care and their birth families have an impact on children’s development and on placement stability. Contact is also important for their social relationships and sense of belonging and well-being. The aim of this study was, from children’s point of view, to describe, analyse and compare contact in residential care and foster care in terms of its frequency, visit location, feelings during and after the visits, visit difficulties, happiness with their placement, their self-confidence, future perception about their lives, and perception of their subjective well-being. We used a sample of 145 children in residential care and all the children in foster care (39), aged between 11 and 15, from the same four Portuguese districts. Results indicated that children in residential care had more contact and visits with their parents than children in foster care, being phone calls the most used way to contact the children. The majority of the children presented joy or satisfaction during parents’ visits and more diffuse feelings after the visit. Also, most of children would like to have more visits and just a minority present some difficulties in their fulfilment. Nevertheless, children in foster care had more self-confidence, optimism in relation to their future, happiness in relation to their placement and higher subjective well-being than children in residential care. In summary, it seemed that the type of placement for children at risk is more important to their future than the existence of contact with their parents.

Foster Care for Child Maltreatment: Impact on Delinquent Behavior

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 562-568
Author(s):  
Desmond K. Runyan ◽  
Carolyn L. Gould
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
Foster Children ◽  
Maternal Education ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Foster Home ◽  
Historical Cohort ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
Cohort Differences ◽  
The Impact

Previous reports of child maltreatment Sequelae have not systematically examined the effects of societal intervention. A historical cohort study has been undertaken to examine the impact of one intervention, foster care, on the subsequent development of juvenile delinquency among child victims. One hundred fourteen foster children, aged 11 to 18 years, in foster care for three or more years, and who were in foster care as a result of maltreatment were studied. A comparison cohort was composed of 106 victims of maltreatment who were left in their family home; these children were similar to the children in foster care with regard to age, race, sex, and year of diagnosis. Cohort differences in maternal education, type of abuse, history of prior maltreatment, sex, and race were controlled in the analysis. Foster children committed 0.050 crimes per person-year after age 11 years; home care children committed 0.059 crimes per person-year after age 11 years (P > .2). Foster children were more likely to have committed criminal assault. Among foster children, increased number of foster home placements correlated with increased number of delinquency convictions. Overall, there appears to be no support for the idea that foster care is responsible for a significant portion of later problems encountered by victims of maltreatment.

scholarly journals Effects of a school readiness intervention on electrophysiological indices of external response monitoring in children in foster care

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Bruce ◽  
Katherine C. Pears ◽  
Jennifer Martin McDermott ◽  
Nathan A. Fox ◽  
Philip A. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
School Readiness ◽  
Performance Feedback ◽  
Flanker Task ◽  
Event Related Potential ◽  
Response Monitoring ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This study examined the impact of a school readiness intervention on external response monitoring in children in foster care. Behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) data were collected during a flanker task from children who received the Kids In Transition to School (KITS) Program (n = 26) and children who received services as usual (n = 19) before and after the intervention. While there were no significant group differences on the behavioral data, the ERP data for the two groups of children significantly differed. Specifically, in contrast to the children who received services as usual, the children who received the KITS Program displayed greater amplitude differences between positive and negative performance feedback over time for the N1, which reflects early attention processes, and feedback-related negativity, which reflects evaluation processes. In addition, although the two groups did not differ on amplitude differences between positive and negative performance feedback for these ERP components before the intervention, the children who received the KITS Program displayed greater amplitude differences than the children who received services as usual after the intervention. These results suggest that the KITS Program had an effect on responsivity to external performance feedback, which may be beneficial during the transition into kindergarten.

Randomized Trial of PMTO in Foster Care: Six-Month Child Well-Being Outcomes

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Becci A. Akin ◽  
Kyle Lang ◽  
Thomas P. McDonald ◽  
Yueqi Yan ◽  
Todd Little
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Prosocial Skills ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Cohen’S D ◽  
Children In Foster Care ◽  
Cohen's D

Objective: This study tested the effectiveness of Parent Management Training, Oregon (PMTO) model on child social–emotional well-being. Methods: Using a randomized controlled design and three measures of social–emotional well-being, the study investigated effectiveness of PMTO with families of children in foster care with serious emotional disturbance (SED). Participants included children (3–16 years) and parents who were randomly assigned to PMTO ( n = 461) or services as usual ( n = 457). Study condition was known to participants and assessors. Six months after baseline, analysis of covariance models examined the intervention’s overall effect and time interactions using intent-to-treat analysis. Follow-up analyses identified salient predictors of well-being. Results: PMTO demonstrated small but significant positive effects on three primary outcomes: social–emotional functioning (Cohen’s d = .31), problem behaviors (Cohen’s d = .09), and prosocial skills (Cohen’s d = .09). Conclusion: Results suggest that PMTO was effective at improving short-term social–emotional well-being in a high-risk population of children with SED.

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