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You may want to look at http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/abstract/108/1/e10?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=San+Diego+Foster&searchid=1026852881218_6809&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&journalcode=pediatrics
Althought the article does not say so, I believe ongoing
long-term supportive case managed services were not provided to these
families. The new Linkages program in California, linking TANF and
CWS services to families in both programs at the same time attempts to provide
the kind of support to allow birth families to do better over the longer haul
with children remaining in their homes. This is necessary because CWS in
CA (and probably elsewere) is not structured to provide long term (or early
intervention) supports, only a short "fish or cut bait" reponse for families who
probably have been in trouble for a long time before they hit the level to be
promoted to a court case..
PEDIATRICS Vol. 108 No. 1 July 2001, p. e10
ELECTRONIC ARTICLE:
Children Who Return Home From
Foster Care: A 6-Year Prospective
Study of Behavioral Health Outcomes in Adolescence
Received Nov 14, 2000; accepted Feb
22, 2001. Heather N.
Taussig*, Robert B.
Clyman*, and John
Landsverk
From the * Kempe Children's Center, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, and
the School of Social Work, San Diego State University, San Diego, California.
Objective. Returning children to their biological families after
placement in foster care (ie,
reunification) has been prioritized with legislation. Comprehensive
studies of child behavioral health functioning after reunification,
however, have not been conducted. This study examined outcomes for
youth who were reunified after placement in foster care as compared with youth who did
not reunify.
Design. Prospective cohort.
Setting. Children who entered foster care in San Diego, California, and who remained in
foster care for at least
5 months.
Participants. A cohort of 149 ethnically diverse youth,
7 to 12 years old, who entered foster care between May 1990, and
October 1991. Seventy-five percent of those interviewed at Time
1 were interviewed at Time 2 (6 years later).
Outcome Measures. 1) Risk behaviors: delinquent, sexual,
self-destructive, substance use, and total risk behaviors; 2) Life-course
outcomes: pregnancy, tickets/arrests, suspensions, dropping out of
school, and grades; 3) Current symptomatology: externalizing,
internalizing, total behavior problems, and total competence.
Results. Compared with youth who were not reunified, reunified
youth showed more self-destructive behavior (0.15 vs 0.11), substance
use (0.16 vs 0.11), and total risk behavior problem standardized
scores (0.12 vs 0.09). Reunified youth were more likely to have
received a ticket or have been arrested (49.2% vs 30.2%), to have
dropped out of school (20.6% vs 9.4%), and to have received lower
grades (6.5 vs 7.4). Reunified youth reported more current
problems in internalizing behaviors (56.6 vs 53.0), and total
behavior problems (59.5 vs 55.7), and lower total competence
(41.1 vs 45.0). There were no statistically significant
differences between the groups on delinquency, sexual behaviors,
pregnancy, suspensions, or externalizing behaviors. Reunification
status was a significant predictor of negative outcomes in 8 of
the 9 regression equations after controlling for Time
1 behavior problems, age, and gender.
Conclusions. These findings suggest that youth who reunify with
their biological families after placement in foster care have more negative
outcomes than youth who do not reunify. The implications of these
findings for policy and practice are discussed.
Key words: foster care, risk behaviors,
child abuse, adolescence.
Freya Schultz
Staff Analyst
Santa Barbara County Social
Services
234 Camino del Remedio
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
(805)
681-4626
<freya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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maellis@xxxxxx 07/16/02 06:46AM >>>
Are there outcome studies for
children in the child welfare system/child
protection system based on their
placement - with foster care,
kinship care, or returning to biological
parents? Particularly, are there
recent outcome studies that examine
outcomes for children who were born of
drug-addicted mothers / or who were
removed due to maternal drug
addiction or drug dependence - again, examining
outcomes by placement type -
foster care- kinship care - biological parents
regaining custody?
I have done the usual searches and have talked with
people from
several states. This is a rather specific request, and I am
hoping someone
or a few someones may have some leads for me.
Thank
you very much for your help.
All the very best,
Mike Ellis
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Michael A. Ellis, M.S.W.
>> > > Training Specialist
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> > Boston University School of Social Work
>> > > 264 Bay
State Road
>> > > Boston, MA 02215
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>> > > office: 617-353-7226
>> > > fax:
617-353-5612
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Michael A. Ellis, M.S.W.
Training
Specialist
Boston University School of Social Work
264 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
office: 617-353-7226
fax: 617-353-5612
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Does anyone know of any well researched approaches that show effectiveness
in working with children in foster care. Any literature reviews of treatment
approaches relevant books, articles or program profiles would be very
helpful. Programs that treat child abuse and neglect are helpful but often
leave out the myriad of issues related to both short-erm and long term
foster care.
Thanks,
Bart Rubin, Ph.D.
Berkeley, CA. 94707
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You might want to look at Young Children and Foster Care, by Judy Silver,
Barbara Amster, and Trude Haecker.
Also, Silver, et al.'s article, "Starting Young: Improving the Health and
Developmental Outcomes of Young Children in the Child Welfare System", in
Child Welfare (1999) - might be helpful. It discusses the developmental
status of young children in the child welfare system (approximately 1/2 of
the sample was in foster care).
Good luck!
Staci
At 07:22 PM 7/16/02 EDT, you wrote:
>
>
> Does anyone know of any well researched approaches that show effectiveness
> Any literature reviews of treatment
> approaches relevant books, articles or program profiles would be very
> Programs that treat child abuse and neglect are helpful but often
> leave out the myriad of issues related to both short-erm and long term
> foster care.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bart Rubin, Ph.D.
> 94707
>
>
>
>
Staci M. Peckham, MSW
Center for Children's Policy, Practice, and Research
School of Social Work
University of Pennsylvania
4200 Pine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 573-5442
speckham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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