Stories of Care Leaving: The Experiences of a Group of Resilient Young Adults on Their Journey to Interdependent Living in Ghana

Kwabena Frimpong-Manso - Emerging Adulthood

This study from the journal of Emerging Adulthood shares positive stories of care leavers and explores the factors that promote the successful transition to emerging adulthood for care leavers in Ghana.  

Views and opinions of biological families, foster families and social workers about children's contact with birth parents

Salas, María D.; Bernedo-Muñoz, Isabel Maria; Fernández-Baena, Francisco Javier; García-Martín, Miguel Ángel; Fuentes-Rebollo, María Jesús - Repositorio Institucional Universidad de Málaga

The present study analyzes the opinions of birth families, foster families and social workers responsible for supervising contact visits regarding the benefits and problems associated with contact visits.

How short-term placements affect placement trajectories: A propensity-weighted analysis of re-entry into care

Sophie T. Hébert, Tonino Esposito, Sonia Hélie - Children and Youth Services Review

In the present study, the authors examined the effects of two types of initial short-term placements: emergency placements (lasting 1 to 5 days) and provisional placements (lasting 6 to 60 days) on the risks of re-entry into care in the four years following reunification.

Quality Of Life Among Children Deprived From Family Care In Residential Institutions In El-Beheira Governorate- Egypt

Eman Ahmed Rashad El-Sakka; Prof. Dr. Mahassen Ahmed Abd El-Wahed; Dr. Doaa Abd-Elsalam Amin; Dr. Fathia Khamis Kassem; Dr. Houaida Helal -

This study was conducted to identify the quality of life among children deprived of family care in residential institutions in El-Beheira governorate.

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Receptive Vocabulary Development of Children Placed in Foster Care and Children Who Remained With Birth Parents After Involvement With Child Protective Services

Lindsay Zajac, K. Lee Raby, Mary Dozier - Child Maltreatment

In the current study, the authors examined whether children with Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement who were in foster care had more advanced receptive vocabulary than children with CPS involvement who resided with their birth parents.