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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A global comment like, ‘We can and
should do more to keep children in their homes” makes me nervous. Which
children should remain in their homes, with which parents, for how long, under
what circumstances? What kind of restrictions are needed in terms of contact
with alleged offenders, what kinds of supervision is needed etc.? When will it
be traumatic, when will it be beneficial to remove children? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>What do people think about structured
assessments as a way of answering these questions (e.g. Structured Decision
Making)?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Lisa Fontes, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Union Institute & University<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> bounce-1598048-6833644@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-1598048-6833644@list.cornell.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bolen, Becky (Becky)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, July 13, 2007 11:47
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Child Maltreatment Researchers
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: research on
post-foster care counseling</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Hi Wayne,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Speaking only with the parents, it’s
impossible to know what cps is seeing that makes them feel the child should be
removed. However, my conclusion has been for a long time that cps is removing far
too many sexually abused children from nonoffending parents. I base this on my
interviews, sitting in on many other interviews, and the literature. It tells
us that about half of these mothers are being categorized as offenders for
their purported failure to protect. Seems a bit high. Regretfully, we
don’t have studies that “second-guess” case workers (i.e.,
reviewing cases to determine if the child needed to be removed). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I think we can and should do a great deal
more to keep children in their homes. We seem to feel that removal is at best a
benign event, when in fact it is extremely traumatic for the child and parent.
However, in the current policy, political, media, and litigious environment, it
is extremely difficult with the intense pressure on case workers to keep the
child safe (i.e., remove the child even if there is a faint likelihood that the
child may be abused again by anyone). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>It’s good to see you’re still
in Ft Worth. I hope you and your family are doing well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Becky<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> bounce-1596995-6840969@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-1596995-6840969@list.cornell.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Wayne Carson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:45
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Child Maltreatment Researchers
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: research on
post-foster care counseling</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Becky,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Does your work with the non-offending parents offer any implications
for a different child welfare approach for providing
more effective protection for these children? More
specifically, should more work have been done on the front end to keep the
children with the non-offending parent and avoid a foster care placement?
Do we know if these parents could have protected their children, given a
different or more comprehensive child welfare response to the incident?
My guess is yes but some empirical evidence would be welcomed. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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bounce-1595465-6833664@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-1595465-6833664@list.cornell.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Bolen, Becky</st1:PersonName>
(Becky)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 12, 2007 1:39
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Child Maltreatment Researchers
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: research on
post-foster care counseling</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I am currently conducting a small
qualitative study of nonoffending parents of sexually abused children. A few
have lost their children and have not had them returned; others have had their
children returned. One of the compelling themes for these parents is the
experience of tragic loss and profound distress combined with posttraumatic
symptoms of parents when their children were not with them. Another recurrent
theme is a deep fear from the returned children that their parents will
disappear again. Parents recounted heightened anxiety in their children
regarding instances when they were not immediately available or in parents when
children were out of their sight. Even 1 or 2 years later parents and children
continued to struggle with the effects of the loss, including experiencing
posttraumatic symptoms related to the loss. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>My own opinion was that the parents whose
children were not with them needed ongoing supportive therapy to help them to
contend with their profound loss so that they could attend to what was
necessary to get their kids back. It also appeared that appropriate
postreunification family or individual treatment could have helped them to
contend with and hopefully overcome the posttraumatic and anxiety symptoms that
appeared to be so closely associated with their having lost each other for a
time. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>It is curious that there is so little
about this in the literature especially considering that attachment theory
tells us that this is one of the most traumatic events a child or parent can
suffer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Becky Bolen</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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bounce-1595188-6840969@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-1595188-6840969@list.cornell.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Martin, Judy<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 12, 2007
10:03 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Child Maltreatment Researchers
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: research on
post-foster care counseling</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>To my knowledge, there
has been very limited attention to this issue. I know that Peg Hess and
Gail Folaron did a study some years ago that pointed out the importance of ANY
type of follow-up with families, once children had been returned. Some of
their research was published in a 1992 issue of Social Work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Judy Martin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Universityof Wisconsin
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Green Bay</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>Social Work
Professional Program<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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bounce-1591137-6833927@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-1591137-6833927@list.cornell.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>D F MCMAHON<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 10, 2007 8:43
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Child Maltreatment Researchers
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> research on post-foster
care counseling</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I am curious to know if there is any
published research regarding counseling for children who have returned to their
families after foster care--I.e. counseling focused on the fact of having been
separated from one's family, as opposed to counseling for
"emotional or behavioral problems" in general. Also,
post-reunification counseling for the entire family, and any information as to
whether such counseling improves the child(ren)'s long-term adjustment and/or
the likelihood of subsequent removal of the child(ren).</span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Sheri McMahon</span></font><font size=2
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color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cass Clay Child Welfare Family <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Fargo</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">North Dakota</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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