RE: Interviewing Youth in Care

["Cross, Theodore" <tcross@xxxxxxx>]

Please check out information on the National Survey of Child and
Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), a national probability study of children
involved in child protective services investigations in the U.S.  NSCAW
has interviewed adolescents in care as well as caseworkers, caregivers
and teachers.  See
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_
111.html and  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/abuse_neglect/nscaw/
and such publications as the following: 


Methodological Lessons from the National Survey of child and Adolescent
Well-being: The First Three Years of the USA's First National
Probability Study of children and Families Investigated for Abuse and
Neglect	NSCAW Research Group	Children and Youth Services Review
2002	Vol 24, No. 67, pp. 513-541.

Children's Voices: The Perceptions of Children in Foster Care	Chapman,
Mimi V.; Wall, Ariana E.; Barth, Richard P., & NSCAW Research Group
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry	2004	Vol. 74, pp. 293-304

Ted Cross
Senior Research Psychologist
RTI International
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Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-434-1707
Fax: 781-434-1701
Email: tcross@rti.org

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
Bruce MacLaurin
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:01 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Interviewing Youth in Care

I am working with researchers at the University of Calgary in Calgary,
Alberta interested in interviewing youth currently involved with child
welfare services to gain a clearer understanding of their experiences. 
For example one study aims to examine factors related to maltreatment
disclosures among adolescents. Following notification of funding and
ethics approval, we experienced some challenges in receiving permission
from some government jurisdictions to allow us to interview adolescents
in the care of the state. We are aware of some research initiatives that
have used this approach in Canada including the Looking After Children
initiatives, and are interested in compiling information about other
research involving interviewing with young people in care. Any
information on studies that you or your colleagues have conducted
(sample size, age of participant, study aim, study design) or any
reports, published articles, or book chapters would assist us in
providing further evidence on the feasibility and utility of this
approach. Thanks, Bruce

--
Bruce MacLaurin,
Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Social Work,
University of Calgary,
2500 University Drive, NW,
Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

Tel: (403) 220-4698
Fax: (403) 282-7269
Email: bmaclaur@ucalgary.ca