Foster care is one of the crucial child welfare service delivery options that provides appropriate, family-based, temporary nursing facilities for infants, children, and youths, who are removed from their birth parents’ home because of evidence of child abuse, neglect, parents’ substance and/or ...
Yeo, HyesuDunnigan, AllisonFusco, Rachel AnnetteWatson, MadisonChild Welfare
out-of-home careInfants constitute a significant proportion of admissions into out-of-home care (OOHC). These vulnerable infants face heightened health and well-being challenges compared to the general population. Addressing their complex needs is crucial to their well-being and requires knowledgeable...
(Ad)ministering love: providing family foster care to infants with prenatal substance exposure. A significant percentage of children in foster care in North America are younger than 1 year of age and are in foster care because of parental substance us......
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among older youths in the foster care system. Type of maltreatment as a predictor of mental health service use for children in foster care ☆ Effects of an attachment-based intervention on the cortisol production of infants and toddlers in foster care. ...
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among older youths in the foster care system.Type of maltreatment as a predictor of mental health service use for children in foster care ☆Effects of an attachment-based intervention on the cortisol production of infants and toddlers in foster care.A comparison ...
foster care New and potential foster parents often ask about fostering babies. Are there many newborns that need homes in Philadelphia? Can I choose to only accept infants? Is it possible to adopt babies from foster care? In this post, we’ll attempt to answer some of these questions for ...
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among older youths in the foster care system. Type of maltreatment as a predictor of mental health service use for children in foster care ☆ Effects of an attachment-based intervention on the cortisol production of infants and toddlers in foster care. ...
2. Why do foster families prefer infants or young children to teenagers? A. Because teenagers are too old to be fostered. B. Because infants lack personal experience and education. C. Because parents can become part of the children’s growth process. D. Because they want to foster children...
We have described a program that integrates clinical approaches of infant mental health to infants and toddlers in foster care. The juxtaposition of a mental health program in a forensic setting creates a number of special features that we have highlighted. Unique from the clinical perspective, the...