Critical realism and grounded theory: Analysing the adoption outcomes for disabled children using the retroduction framework

Sarah Bunt - Qualitative Social Work

By drawing on an empirical study on placing disabled children for adoption, the article seeks to demonstrate the practical application of critical realist by combining its Retroductive framework with Grounded Theory methods. 

Concurrent child history and contextual predictors of children's internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in foster care

Kristin J.Perry, Joseph M.Price - Children and Youth Services Review

This study contributes to current research on the behavior problems of children in foster care by analyzing a more comprehensive set of concurrent child history and contextual predictors. 

Methodological Challenges to the Evaluation of Interventions for Foster/Kinship Carers and Children: A Systematic Review

Adam Dickes, Jacqueline Kemmis-Riggs, John McAloon - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

This review aims to systematically review methodological challenges and limitations of interventions designed to help carers meet the needs of children in alternative care, to provide an analysis of the current state of the evidence base for these interventions.

Care order templates as institutional scripts in child protection: A cross-system analysis

Jill Duerr Berrick, Jonathan Dickens, Tarja Pösö, Marit Skivenes - Children and Youth Services Review

This article compares blank care order application templates used in four countries (England, Finland, Norway, and USA (California)), treating them as a vital part of the ‘institutional scripts’ that shape practice, and embody state principles of child protection. 

Special Issue of the International Journal of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: Outcomes of children raised in out-of-home care

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: International Journal

The aim of this special issue of the International Journal of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies is to examine the outcomes of children who were raised for part of their childhood in out-of-home care, including in foster care and institutions.