Assessment Checklist for ChildrenPopulation and clinical surveys of the mental health of children in foster, kinship and residential care have failed to account for a range of problems manifested by such children, largely because measurement has been restricted to standard parent-report checklists. ...
This study examined associations between foster mothers' emotional investment, assessed when foster children were age 2, and foster children's representations of self and others, assessed when children were age 5. Caregiver investment was assessed using a semi-structured interview called the “This is...
A sub-sample (N = 122) with foster parent assessments on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL: Achenbach, 1991) permitted comparison of perceptions of youth behavior across the home and school settings for youths in kinship and non-kinship placements. Correlations between the TRF and CBCL ...
Fisher, P. A., Gunnar, M. R., Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J. B. (2000b). Preventive intervention for maltreated preschool children: Impact on children’s behavior, neuroendocrine activity, and foster parent functioning.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,39, 135...
highlighting the importance of foster parent selection, training and support. Needs in a certain category that are met can positively influence the satisfaction of other needs. For example, sensitive caregiving from foster parents not only satisfies children’s need to belong, but also their psycholog...
The study investigated the contribution of two major pre-adoptive risk factors, abuse/neglect and age of adoptive placement, to childhood trajectories of behavior problems, measured by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). It also utilized these risk factors and behavioral trajectories to predict ...
Enhancing parent-child interaction during foster care visits: Experimental assessment of an intervention Mothers of young children recently placed in foster care participated in an intervention to enhance parent-child interaction during visits. The mothers all... WL Haight,S Mangelsdorf,J Black,... ...
Newspaper articles, TV shows and books are filled with horror stories of children placed in foster care. A new study bucks that trend by showing out-of-home placements can improve the emotional health of some youths who have been maltreated by a parent. ...
or if the two interact.Both possibilities exist. When a frustrated fosterparent, social worker, or group home caseworkerbringsachildinforacrisisevaluation,itishardnotto wonder whether the child is responding to anoverwhelmed system, overwhelming the system,or both. Children who are placed in sustained...
home by the foster parent; (d) individual therapy for the youth, (e) individual skills training/coaching for the youth; (f) PMTO-informed family therapy (for biological/adoptive/relative family of the youth) focused on parent management strategies; (g) close monitoring of school attendance, ...