RE: Variation in effectiveness of child welfare services by age of child

["Ryan, Joseph Patrick" <jpryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Josh

One must also consider that older youth enter the system for different reasons as compared with younger children.  This is a long standing issue in child welfare.  See the following papers/reports for background.  

Bernstein B, Snider DA, & Meezan W: Foster care needs and alternatives to placement: A projection for 1975 to 1985. New York, New York State Board of Social Welfare, 1975.

David Fanshel, 1992, children and youth services review "foster care as a two tier system"

A more recent paper - 2010 in children and youth services review by Cassandra Simmell titled "why do adolescents become involved with the child welfare system?" 


Best,

Joe
  

Joseph P. Ryan, Ph.D.
Children and Family Research Center
School of Social Work
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.socialwork.uiuc.edu/people/faculty/ryanJoseph.html 


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Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 10:50 AM
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Subject: Re: Variation in effectiveness of child welfare services by age of child

I recall reading somewhere that primarily acting out behaviors are the ones that get attention - for teen boys, that would be primarily the areas of disrespect, disruptiveness, property destruction and interpersonal violence. For girls, it might be sexual promiscuity, defiance (refusal to obey), and truancy.

BB




On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Joshua P Mersky <mersky@xxxxxxx> wrote:


	Greetings,
	
	It has been speculated in several recent publications that adolescents are less likely than their younger counterparts to receive appropriate/effective treatment responses from the child welfare system. Some argue that there are simply fewer treatment
	programs for adolescent victims than child victims.  However, I have not been able to track down empirical data that bear on these hypotheses.
	
	I am aware that rates of mental health service utilization are actually higher among adolescents than younger children. But, is there any evidence to suggest that the quality or effectiveness of services varies among age groups in a predictable way?
	
	Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
	
	
	Josh Mersky
	
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