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… Survivalist self-reliance as both adaptation and danger for youth aging out of care … 1 … en … Survivalist self-reliance as both adaptation and danger for youth aging out of care … Research reports poor outcomes (e.g., psychosocial, educational, criminal, etc.) for youth aging out of child protective care and child welfare researchers have begun exploring how supportive relationships may improve outcomes for youth aging out of care. To better understand youths’ “identity as both healthy and resilient as well as potential challenges for youth in building informal connections…

… Training program improved both foster parent skills and child behavior … 1 … en … Training program improved both foster parent skills and child behavior … This was an evaluation of a foster parent training program designed to reduce child problem behaviors by strengthening foster parents' skills. The sample comprised 700 foster families (34% kinship, 66% non-relative) who received a new placement of a child aged 5-12 years in San Diego County between 1999 and 2004; "medically fragile" children were excluded. Families were randomized to either…

… Secure attachment patterns shown in many teen mothers and their infants … 1 … en … Secure attachment patterns shown in many teen mothers and their infants … Adolescent motherhood has been associated with problems such as low self-efficacy, poor knowledge of child development, increased stress and depression, and insecure and disorganized attachment patterns. Children with insecure or disorganized attachment patterns are at risk for a host of negative outcomes: the former for poor social competence and aggression, the latter for an even higher…

… US study: high developmental and health care needs found in children involved in child … welfare systems … 1 … en … US study: high developmental and health care needs found in children involved in child … In the US, legislation requires that states develop provisions and procedures for referring child maltreatment victims to early intervention services. These studies utilized data from a national longitudinal study. The first study examines: 1) the level of developmental need in young children investigated by child protective services (CPS), 2) early intervention service use among infants and…

… Longitudinal study shows Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are overrepresented in the South Australian … system … 1 … en … Longitudinal study shows Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are overrepresented in the … Overrepresentation of minority and Indigenous children in child protection systems has been repeatedly reported in countries like the USA, Canada and New Zealand. However, most of these studies used a cross-sectional research design offering a snapshot view of the situation. This recent Australian study took a longitudinal and comparative approach to assess the circumstances for Aboriginal and…

… Kinship adoption and the associated outcomes among children and their adoptive families … 1 … en … Kinship adoption and the associated outcomes among children and their … Kinship adoption is becoming increasingly common in the U.S. child welfare system, where roughly 25% of children adopted from public foster care enter kinship arrangements. However, the majority of kinship research has focused solely on foster care placements. The authors of this study sought to describe the characteristics and experiences of children and adopters in kin versus non-kin…

… Policy that says one thing and does another in an Australian Aboriginal community … 1 … en … Policy that says one thing and does another in an Australian Aboriginal community … This article critiques an intervention made by the Howard Government in the Northern Aboriginal territory of Australia in 2007. The intervention followed the completion of a report entitled “Little Children are Sacred” which was commissioned by the government after allegations of widespread sexual abuse of children in the territory were made public. The report recommended that sexual abuse be…

… Neighbourhood disadvantage and proximity to disadvantaged neighbourhoods increase risk … placements … 1 … en … Neighbourhood disadvantage and proximity to disadvantaged neighbourhoods increase risk … Out-of-home placement prevention programs have traditionally focused on a range of support programs targeting individual families, although there appears to be a renewal in interest in the potential of community level initiatives. Spatial analyses have found that neighbourhood characteristics (e.g., poverty, residential instability) are associated with child maltreatment rates. However,…

… Child welfare and mental health interorganizational relationships impact service use and outcomes … 1 … en … Child welfare and mental health interorganizational relationships impact … There is often an assumption made that different service sectors that serve children and youth, such as child welfare and mental health organizations, should work together to improve services for children and youth. However, there is limited research with respect to service utilization and outcomes for such an approach. This study examined the impact of interorganizational relationships (IORs) on…

… Drug use, the drug environment, and child physical abuse and neglect … 1 … en … Drug use, the drug environment, and child physical abuse and neglect … This study explores the connection between drug use, the characteristics of the drug environment and child maltreatment using multilevel modeling. The underlying conceptual model for the study postulates that there are two related components of the drug environment: drug supply and drug demand. Drug supply operates through social networks and routine activities. Social network drug markets are…