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Buchbinder, Eli; Bareqet-Moshe, Orit – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2011
This qualitative study focused on research into the impact on parents of children's out-of-home placement. Twelve couples (24 parents) were interviewed. Three major themes emerged: (a) parents' perception of out-of-home placement as necessary because of children's destructive behavior and parents' victimhood; (b) parents' acknowledgment of…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Parent Attitudes, Anxiety, Parents
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Attar-Schwartz, Shalhevet – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: This study, using an ecological approach, examines the relationships between problems in school functioning (including academic and behavior problems) of children in residential care with a number of variables describing the child and the care setting. Methods: The study reports on 4,061 children and youth (ages 6-20) in 54 Israeli…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Children
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Shechory, Mally; Sommerfeld, Eliane – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
In a prospective study, the attachment style, home-leaving age, length of time in residential care, and behavioral problems among Israeli residential care children (N=68), were studied. Data analyses showed that children removed from their homes at a later age suffered from higher levels of anxiety, depression and social problems compared to…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Interaction, Depression (Psychology)
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Beker, Jerome; Eisikovits, Zvi – Child and Youth Services, 1985
Discusses highlights and implications of special theme issue on residential child care in Israel. Focuses on residential care and national development; the residential setting and the community; residential group care and the family; the group and the family in group care; group care personnel; and residential center clientele. (KH)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Welfare, Children, Community Characteristics
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Duvdevany, Ilana; Rimmerman, Arie – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1998
This brief paper reviews six studies which examined out-of-home placement by Israeli parents of children with severe developmental disabilities. Implications for policy and practice are drawn, including the need for respite-care services, extended hours in schools, recreation programs, support services for parents, and training programs for…
Descriptors: Children, Decision Making, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Policy