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- Title
The First Four Months in a New Foster Placement: Psychosocial Adjustment, Parental Contact and Placement Disruption.
- Authors
Barber, James G.; Delfabbro, Paul H.
- Abstract
Intake and four-month follow-up measures were obtained for 235 children referred into a new foster care placement over a 12-month period in the Australian State of South Australia. Twenty-five percent of the sample returned home within 4-months, and for those who remained in care throughout, there had been modest gains in behavior, psychological adjustment and adjustment at school. On the other hand, there were considerable levels of placement disruption, a high degree of non-compliance with parental visiting plans, and a high proportion of children fell outside ninety-five percent confidence intervals for the general adolescent population on most well-being measures, particularly conduct disorder.
- Subjects
FOSTER home care; CHILD welfare; CHILD care services; SOCIAL work with children; INSTITUTIONAL care of children
- Publication
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 2003, Vol 30, Issue 2, p69
- ISSN
0191-5096
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15453/0191-5096.2895