This chapter appears in Child Maltreatment in Residential Care: History, Research, and Current Practice, a volume of research examining the institutionalization of children, child abuse and neglect in residential care, and interventions preventing and responding to violence against children living in out-of-home care settings around the world.
Abstract
This chapter reviews the basis for family interventions involving children with a history of institutionalization who are subsequently placed in foster or adoptive homes. Using an evidence-based and evidence-informed perspective, the authors review interventions for the more common psychosocial problems encountered by children with such histories. Interventions cover topics such as attachment, sensory problems, hoarding and gorging, and behavior problems related to early trauma. It does not include medical interventions.