A prospective, longitudinal study of risk factors for early onset of delinquency among maltreated youth
This study prospectively examined risk factors of first time delinquency for maltreated youth between ages 9 and 14.
Responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences: An evidence review of interventions to prevent and address adversity across the life course
To support innovation in addressing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), the authors have undertaken a review of evidence on common approaches to prevent ACEs and/or mitigate their negative impacts in Wales.
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Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder in Early Childhood Predicts Reduced Competence in Early Adolescence
In a sample of 136 Romanian children from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP), who were exposed to early psychosocial deprivation in the form of institutional care, the authors of this study examined caregiver-reported and observer-rated signs of disinhibited social engagement disorder (DSED).
Successful Models for Recruitment and Retention of African American Adoptive Families
This paper describes two successful models in which African American families both self-recruited, and were recruited by agencies seeking to place African American children.
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‘You've come to children that are in care and given us the opportunity to get our voices heard’: The journey of looked after children and researchers in developing a Patient and Public Involvement group
This open access paper reports on experiences and reflections of a group of children and young people and academic researchers who developed a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group that was set up in the context of an ongoing health service intervention trial with Looked after children and care leavers (denoted as LAC).
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Citizens of Nowhere? Paradoxes of State Parental Responsibility for Unaccompanied Migrant Children in the United Kingdom
This paper asks how state parental responsibility towards unaccompanied minors is given meaning, and with what consequences, for both frontline workers and unaccompanied minors alike?
Promoting Adoptees’ Well-Being in Transracial Adoptive Families
This paper discusses critical tasks facing adoptive parents of transracially adopted persons (TRAs), what we know about parents’ role and children’s outcomes.
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Planning and Supporting Birth Family Contact When Children are Adopted from Care
When children are adopted from the care system staying in touch with members of their birth families must be considered.This research paper draws on the English experience.
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The factors that contribute educational outcomes of adolescents placed in care due to severe behavioral problems
This study examined the possible differences in educational level by comparing Finnish national register data for 814 former reform school (RS) residents in four cohorts (placed in out-of-home care in 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006) to 4021 of their peers in the general population matched by gender, age, and place of birth.
Does Supportive Housing Keep Families Together? Supportive Housing for Child Welfare Families Research Partnership
This report provides findings from the Urban Institute's impact analysis of a program that provided supportive housing to families in the child welfare system in the US.
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