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- Title
社会的養護から成人期への移行支援.
- Authors
小野 善郎
- Abstract
The stage of transition into adulthood places all youth at risk for mental health and social adaptation issues due to drastic changes in their physical functioning and social roles. Thus, transition support for adolescents is necessary particularly for those in out-ofhome placement, with minimal support from family and relatives and influence of past adverse experience such as poverty or child maltreatment. While high school education has become standard even for adolescents in out-of-home placement, advancement rates to college remain low at 12.4% and employment immediately after high school the norm for such adolescents--meaning an earlier and shorter period of transition compared to the contemporary average. And despite the higher needs for support, there exists a substantial blank in services available between the ages of 15 and 20, making development of extensive services covering this gap a matter of great urgency. The diverse support needs for such adolescents call for services provided through multi-disciplinary collaboration. In recent years, high school-based transition support programs have come to be regarded as an appropriate and advantageous approach for adolescents aged 15 to 18 including those in out-of-home placement, because almost all youth of this age group are enrolled in high school. From the viewpoint of developmental psychopathology, specific transition support should be recognized as being essential for every adolescent, as such support is crucial not only for ameliorating current issues but also for improving social adaptation and health, for a safer transition into adulthood.
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2018, Vol 59, Issue 5, p577
- ISSN
0289-0968
- Publication type
Article