Foster Care

The term “foster care” is used in a variety of ways, and, consequently, it often causes confusion and miscommunication. In the industrialized world it is generally used to refer to formal, temporary placements made by the State with families that are trained, monitored and compensated at some level. In many developing countries, however, fostering is kinship care or other placement with a family, the objective(s) of which may include the care of the child, the child’s access to education, and/or the child’s doing some type of work for the foster family.

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Jessica Rodriguez-Jenkins & Deborah M. Ortega - Child & Youth Services,

This paper explores within group differences for Mexican and Puerto Rican mothers vulnerable to child welfare involvement.

Amy M. Salazar, Sara S. Spiers & Francis R. Pfister - Journal of Youth Studies,

This study aims to answer two research questions: a) How do youth and staff/professionals define/conceptualize authentic youth engagement (AYE)? and b) What are youths’ and staff/professionals’ recommended strategies for authentically engaging youth?

Amy M. Salazar, Sara S. Spiers, Francis R. Pfister - Journal of Youth Studies,

This study aims to answer two research questions: a) How do youth and staff/professionals define/conceptualize authentic youth engagement (AYE)? and b) What are youths’ and staff/professionals’ recommended strategies for authentically engaging youth? Thirty stakeholder interviews (15 youth, 15 staff/professionals) and 81 surveys (46 youth, 35 staff/professionals) were completed.

Jennifer Yang, Evan McCuish, Raymond Corrado - Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice,

Using data from the Incarcerated Serious and Violent Young Offender Study, the criminal offending trajectories of 678 incarcerated youth were examined. A history of foster care predicted membership in a high rate chronic offending trajectory.

William Coman, Lynda McGill, Michelle Rainey - Adoption & Fostering,

This article summarises the Narrative Model and shows how it supports placement stability for children.

Andrew S Browning - Adoption & Fostering,

In this article, two case studies chart show that if foster carers are able to reflect upon the painful and unwanted feelings evoked in them, and acknowledge and take responsibility for what has become enacted in the placement, there may be an opportunity for harmful dynamics to be processed and repaired.

Joshua Eldridge Sutton, Mary John, Kate Gleeson - Adoption & Fostering,

The current study employed Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to guide the analysis of semi-structured interviews with eight young people with a range of care experiences, looking at the topic of confiding in others.

Joshua Eldridge, Mary John, Kate Gleeson - Adoption & Fostering,

The current study employed Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to guide the analysis of semi-structured interviews with eight young people with a range of care experiences, looking at the topic of confiding in others.

Andrew S Browning - Adoption & Fostering,

The manner in which foster children present and the frightening feelings this may trigger can overwhelm the foster carers’ capacity to sustain a nurturing stance in relation to the children and jeopardise the placement. In this article, two case studies chart such a dynamic and show that if carers are able to reflect upon the painful and unwanted feelings evoked in them, and acknowledge and take responsibility for what has become enacted in the placement, there may be an opportunity for this harmful dynamic to be processed and repaired.

Katie J. Stone, Yo Jackson, Amy E. Noser & Lindsay Huffhines - Journal of Family Violence,

This study explored how youth and foster caregivers perceive new foster care environments and how cohesion and conflict within the foster care setting (i.e., traditional or group-care) may be impacting youths’ mental health.