This study examines signs of reactive attachment disorder and disinhibited social engagement disorder at age 12 years in 111 children who were abandoned at or shortly after birth and subsequently randomized to care as usual or to high-quality foster care, as well as in 50 comparison children who were never institutionalized. 

The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) is inviting submissions for the 2017 Biennial Meeting to be held April 6 - 8, 2017 at the Austin Convention Center and the Hilton Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas, USA. 

This article explores sexuality education and sexual healthcare for female adolescents in foster care with ID/DD and recommends practice guidelines to support and prepare their emergent sexual development.

Girl's death is a stark demonstration of Texas's foster care shortage.

Governor, First Lady talk about raising nine kids, and overhauling state foster care system

Parents' drug abuse often lead children down a path of abuse, neglect, and abandonment.

A camp designed to help youths who have been through the foster care system cope with grief and connect with others who have lost their birth families.

Two years into new plan to address neglect and abuse, workers still find significant care issues in DHS group homes. 

Restore Opportunity Now coalition seeks living wage for human service workers.

Opioid problem has caused the cost of foster care in Columbiana County, Massachusetts to increase 40 percent.