Estimating Numbers of Orphans and Vulnerable Children – A Test of Regression Modeling

Paul Brodish, Zulfiya Charyeva, Karen Foreit - MEASURE Evaluation

This study expands on an earlier study that reported a tight linear fit between national adult HIV prevalence and the percentage of children living in a household with at least one HIV-positive adult. The authors extended this analysis to all existing DHS data sets with HIV testing, to determine the feasibility of using regression modeling to estimate the size of two priority groups: (1) children living with at least one adult who is HIV-positive, and (2) orphans and coresident children living with at least one adult who is HIV-positive. 

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Educational stability policy and the interplay between child welfare placements and school moves

Elysia V. Clemens, Kristin Klopfenstein, Matt Tis, Trent L. Lalonde - Children and Youth Services Review

The purpose of this study was to determine the proportion of school moves that can be reduced through implementation of the educational stability provisions of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (FCA, 2008) and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), and to identify opportunities to minimize the number of transitions that children and youth in foster care experience in the US.

Concept mapping the needs of grandmothers who take care of their grandchildren in formal foster care in Flanders

Frank Van Holen, Julie Van Loock, Laurence Belenger, Johan Vanderfaeillie - Children and Youth Services Review

Concept mapping was used to identify the needs of grandparents who take care of their grandchildren in formal foster care in Flanders (Dutch speaking part of Belgium). 

The impact of early childbirth on socioeconomic outcomes and risk indicators of females transitioning out of foster care

Svetlana Shpiegel, Michele Cascardi - Children and Youth Services Review

In this study, data from the US National Youth in Transition Database were used to evaluate the associations between childbirth at three time points (prior to age 17, ages 17–19, and ages 19–21) and females’ socioeconomic outcomes and risk indicators at age 21 (n = 3173). 

Temperamental sensitivity to early maltreatment and later family cohesion for externalizing behaviors in youth adopted from foster care

Irene Tung, Amanda N. Noroña, Steve S. Lee, Audra K. Langley, Jill M.Waterman - Child Abuse and Neglect

This study examined predictions of externalizing behaviors (EB) from childhood to adolescence/young adulthood from temperament, preadoption maltreatment, and adoptive family cohesion.

The Changing Face of Out-of-home Care in Australia – Developing Policy and Practice for the 21st Century

Meredith Kiraly and Cathy Humphreys - Children Australia

This Opinion Piece traces the rise of statutory kinship care in Australia from the progressive reduction of residential care and the struggle to recruit sufficient foster carers to meet demand for protective care.

The Children Behind the Wall

Lumos

This publication from Lumos describes the institutionalization of children the world over and its impacts, calling for an end to institutions and highlighting some of the particular groups of children who are most deprived of liberty.

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Family Disruption

Cameo F. Stanick, Lindsay K. Crosby, Molly K. McDonald - Handbook of DSM-5 Disorders in Children and Adolescents

This chapter explores the types of family disruption most commonly associated with various youth diagnostic concerns.

Peer Problems Among Postinstitutionalized, Internationally Adopted Children: Relations to Hypocortisolism, Parenting Quality, and ADHD Symptoms

Clio E. Pitula, Carrie E. DePasquale, Shanna B. Mliner, Megan R. Gunnar - Child Development

Seventy-eight postinstitutionalized (PI) children adopted at ages 17–36 months were assessed 2, 8, 16, and 24 months postadoption on measures of cortisol and parenting quality, and compared to same-aged children adopted from foster care (FC, n = 45) and nonadopted children (NA, n = 45).