Re: siblings in foster care

[beth renae peters <bpeters2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aron,
  John Landsverk, Alan Litrownik, and others conducted a large study on
foster care in San Diego in the late 1980's entitled the "Foster Care
Mental Health Project" (FCMH). A number of variables were examined,
including placement type, mental health outcomes, demographics, etc.
Information about siblings was collected. You may want to contact the Child
and Family Research Group run by the Principal Investigators for
information and/or citations:  619/594-2245  or contact Dr. Alan Litrownik
via email: ajlit@sunstroke.sdsu.edu 

Good Luck!

Beth Peters, M.A.
Graduate Student
Department of Psychology
University of Houston
Houston, TX  77204-5341
713/743-8617  



At 04:35 PM 11/29/99 -0800, you wrote:
>We are conducting a study of siblings in foster care in CA and are 
>searching for related literature.  We are specifically looking for studies 
>detailing rates of placement of sibling groups by type of placement, 
>ethnicity, type of abuse, age, detained at same time, etc...  We are also 
>interested in the interplay of adoption and sibling placement, especially 
>as it relates to ASFA.  Further, we're interested in legal and theoretical 
>constructs of the family, and the importance of siblings within these 
>constructs.
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>An initial lit review yielded studies by Maureen Smith, Staff and Fein, and 
>Rebecca Hegar (among others).  Does anybody have any references they 
>consider seminal in this area?  I'll put together the responses and post 
>them to the group.
>
>Thank you!
>Aron Shlonsky, MSW
>Research Associate
>UC Berkeley
>Center for Social Services Research
>16 Haviland Hall #7400
>Berkeley, CA 94720-7400
>TEL: (510) 642-6623
>FAX: (510) 642-1895
>E-MAIL: shlonsky@uclink4.berkeley.edu
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