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… Kinship navigation: Facilitating permanency and equity for youth in child welfare … 1 … en … Kinship navigation: Facilitating permanency and equity for youth in child welfare … A Second Chance, Inc (ASCI) is a private kinship care agency based in Pennsylvania that assists child welfare agencies in securing kinship placements for children with a focus on promoting stability and maintaining familial connections. When a child/youth requires an out-of-home placement due to child protection concerns, child welfare agencies in Allegheny County, PA may contact ASCI for…
… Differential Response and the Reduction of Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Services Utilization in the U.S. From 2004 to 2017. … 1 … en … Differential Response and the Reduction of Child Maltreatment and Foster Care … In response to a report issued by the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect in 1990, a record number of U.S. states implemented differential response (DR) within child protection systems with the goal of serving families of low-to moderate-risk for child maltreatment through a child-centered and neighbourhood-based approach. DR is a system policy that promotes family engagement and…
… Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a solution-focused intervention in child protection services … 1 … en … Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a solution-focused intervention in … The emergence of child-centered and family-centered interventions in the field of child protection has challenged traditional approaches which often focus on the shortcomings of families and lead to user dissatisfaction and alienation (Buckley et al., 2011), and distrust between workers and users (Arbeiter & Toros, 2017). Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a strengths-based, client-…
… Identification of a Gap in Knowledge: Risks and Protective Factors of Intimate Partner Violence for … Care … 1 … en … Identification of a Gap in Knowledge: Risks and Protective Factors of Intimate Partner Violence for … Based on the longitudinal data set, ‘Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth’, Katz et al. (2020) conducted a secondary data analysis to assess for risk and protective factors of intimate partner violence (IPV) among youth transitioning out of foster care in the Midwestern, United States. The data was collected at 5 waves, when the youth were 17, 19, 21, 23, and 25…
… Identification of a Gap in Knowledge: Risks and Protective Factors of Intimate Partner Violence for … Care … 1 … en … Identification of a Gap in Knowledge: Risks and Protective Factors of Intimate Partner Violence for … Based on the longitudinal data set, ‘Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth’, Katz et al. (2020) conducted a secondary data analysis to assess for risk and protective factors of intimate partner violence (IPV) among youth transitioning out of foster care in the Midwestern, United States. The data was collected at 5 waves, when the youth were 17, 19, 21, 23, and 25…
… Vocabulary development of children placed in foster care and children who remained with birth parents after … … Vocabulary development of children placed in foster care and children who remained with birth parents after … In order to assess the role of foster care on children’s language abilities, researchers compared the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Third Edition (PPVT) scores of children whose caregivers had participated in the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) studies, including children who had participated in the ABC-T trial (presented in Lee Raby et al., 2018). These children either lived with…
… Recommendations for Foster Parents to Promote the Cultural and Relational Roots of Indigenous Children … 1 … en … … Recommendations for Foster Parents to Promote the Cultural and Relational Roots of Indigenous Children … Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS) conducted a mixed-methods study to understand how foster parents engaged in an inclusive foster care model for Indigenous children and youth. This model of foster care focuses on supporting Indigenous children and youth to develop and/or maintain connections to their cultural and relational roots. Developed by staff, foster parents,…
… adulthood: Gender differences in disclosure, nondisclosure and help-seeking behavior. … 1 … en … Disclosure of child … adulthood: Gender differences in disclosure, nondisclosure and help-seeking behavior. … Using a self-report survey, this study sought to examine whether there are gender differences in the disclosure of child sexual abuse (CSA) to formal and informal networks. Furthermore, the authors examined whether any such gender differences were related to abuse characteristics and attitudes towards gender roles. Overall, 3,700 students (18 – 25 years old) from vocational schools and…
… Visits: Findings from observations of children, parents and social workers during contact visits. … 1 … en … Foster … Visits: Findings from observations of children, parents and social workers during contact visits. … Contact visits between foster children and their biological parents help children adapt to their placement and increase the likelihood of reunification. Existing research pertaining to contact visits is primarily descriptive (frequency, location, supervision) rather than on the interactions and behaviours of children and their birth parents. In this qualitative study, the researchers sought to…
… Children involved with child welfare and experiencing academic difficulties … 1 … en … Children involved with child welfare and experiencing academic difficulties … Academic difficulties are among the most frequently identified child functioning concerns for children involved with child welfare services. This paper used data from the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (OIS-2013), which was based on a large sample of child welfare investigations (n = 4033), involving children aged 4-15, in 17 agencies selected in a multi-stage…