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Jonson-Reid, Melissa; Barth, Richard P. – Social Work, 2003
Examined school-age children after leaving child welfare foster or group care. Instability in placements significantly increased risk of transition to probation foster care. Among children exiting placements, those who first entered care at ages 12-14 or were first removed because of sexual abuse or neglect were at greater risk of probation…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Early Adolescents, Foster Care
Berrick, Jill Duerr; Needell, Barbara; Barth, Richard P.; Jonson-Reid, Melissa – 1998
Although the United States has seen a record influx of infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children into the foster care system in the past decade, there has not been an accompanying shift in policy or practice to attend to the developmental issues these younger children bring to child welfare. This textbook addresses the spectrum of child…
Descriptors: Adoption, Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Child Abuse