Peer influences moderated by group home size: Retrospective cohort of youths in Ontario group home care, 2012 to 2016

Gershon K. Osei, Kevin M. Gorey - Children and Youth Services Review

This study tested the hypothesis that group home size moderates peer influence-conduct problem relationships such that large homes with many residents are relatively risky places, while smaller homes with fewer residents are relatively protected places.

Narratives of women’s retrospective experiences of teen pregnancy, motherhood, and school engagement while placed in foster care

Serena K. Ohene & Antonio Garcia - Children and Youth Services Review

The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the extent to which the core tenets of attachment, identity, self-efficacy, and critical race theories collectively explain or validate experiences of school engagement and academic outcomes among pregnant and parenting teens in the child welfare system.

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A Systematic Review of Foster Parent Preservice Training

Morgan E.Cooley, Jennifer Newquist, Heather M. Thompson, Marianna L. Colvin - Children and Youth Services Review

The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the type, format and content/competencies of published foster parent preservice training, study characteristics of published preservice training research, and the methodological characteristics and primary findings of published foster parent preservice training research.

Mental disorders in children known to child protection services during early childhood

Melissa J. Green, Gabrielle Hindmarsh, Maina Kariuki, Kristin R. Laurens, Amanda L Neil, Ilan Katz, Marilyn Chilvers, Felicity Harris, Vaughan J Carr - The Medical Journal of Australia

The objective of this study was to examine associations between being the subject of child protection reports in early childhood and diagnoses of mental disorders during middle childhood, by level of service response.

Ecological Engagement in Institutional Care Context: An Experience Report with Adolescents in Pernambuco

Larissa Morélia Sá Vieira Macêdo, Kalina Vanderlei Silva, Débora Maria dos Santos Pinheiro de Lima, Lygia Maria Pereira da Silva - Ecological Engagement

This chapter’s aim is to report the experience of using Ecological Engagement in a research of interdisciplinary character developed with teenage girls, aged 10–14, inserted in two care institutions for protection measures in Pernambuco state, Brazil.

Study on the Persistence of Therapy Program Effectiveness in Foster care : Focusing on K-CBCL

Ha, Eun Hye ; Shin, Min Jin - Korean Society of Neurological Occupational Therapy (대한신경계작업치료학회)

The purpose of this study is to confirm whether the effectiveness of the program is sustainable 9 months after project completion for the children and adolescents participating in a childcare and rehabilitation support project.

Schooling experiences of children left behind in Zimbabwe by emigrating parents: Implications for inclusive education

Mazvita Cecilia Tawodzera, Mahlapahlapana Themane - South African Journal of Education

This paper assesses experiences and challenges faced by the left-behind children (LBC) in Zimbabwe and explores these children’s perceptions of their interactions with teachers through inclusive education practices.

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