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Direct linkGitlow, Elissa; Kugley, Shannon; Shapiro, Sam; Kakuyama-Villaber, Reiko; Jacobsen, Helen; Chor, Brian; Dworsky, Amy – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2022
The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) contracted with three child welfare providers that operate transitional living (TLP) or independent living (ILO) programs (or both) to implement LifeSet, an intensive case management program developed by Youth Villages, for youth in care who are 17.5 to 21 years old. LifeSet helps…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Transitional Programs, Independent Living, Program Implementation
Van Drunen, Molly; Packard Tucker, L.; Dworsky, A. – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2022
This brief describes the relationship between placement stability and youth engagement in the Youth Transitions Partnership (YTP), a program developed and implemented by the Alameda County Social Services Agency (SSA) for 14- to 20-year-olds in foster care who have multiple risk factors for experiencing homelessness. The authors used program data…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, At Risk Persons, Foster Care
Timonen-Kallio, Eeva; Hämäläinen, Juha; Laukkanen, Eila – Child Care in Practice, 2017
Many children taken into care tend to be in need of psychiatric treatment as well as child protection services, and thus the professional expertise of both systems must be coordinated in their care. However, it is widely known across Europe that collaboration between child protection services and mental health services is not working well and the…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Residential Care, Child Care, Child Safety
Petrila, Ann; Fireman, Orah; Fitzpatrick, Leslie Schnoll; Hodas, Robyn Wertheimer; Taussig, Heather N. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
This article describes an internship program designed specifically to meet graduate students' training needs within the context of their work in a prevention program for children in foster care. An internship based on a strong model of intern recruitment and supervision, structured inclusion of interns in a supportive agency culture, a…
Descriptors: Innovation, Internship Programs, Participant Satisfaction, Graduate Students
Download full textZakirova, Venera G.; Gaysina, Guzel I.; Zhumabaeva, Asia – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
Relevance of the problem stated in the article, conditioned by the fact that the successful adaptation of orphans in a foster family requires specialized knowledge and skills, as well as the need of professional support. Therefore, this article aims at substantiation of the effectiveness of the developed pilot program psycho-pedagogical support of…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Parenting Skills, Pilot Projects, Intervention
Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; Bos, Karen; Bunkers, Kelley McCreery; Dobrova-Krol, Natasha A.; Engle, Patrice L.; Fox, Nathan A.; Gamer, Gary N.; Goldman, Philip; Groark, Christina J.; Greenberg, Aaron; Grotevant, Harold D.; Groza, Victor K.; Gunnar, Megan R.; Johnson, Dana E.; Juffer, Femmie; Kreppner, Jana M.; Le Mare, Lucy; McCall, Robert B.; Muhamedrahimov, Rifkat J.; Nelson, Charles A., III; Palacios, Jesus; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.; Steele, Howard; Steele, Miriam; Tieman, Wendy; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Vorria, Panayiota; Zeanah, Charles H. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2011
This monograph reviews literature pertaining to children without permanent parents. Chapters review (1) the development of children while institutional residents; (2) the development of postinstitutionalized children transitioned to family environments (i.e., adoption); the effects of institutionalization on (3) attachment behaviors, (4) physical…
Descriptors: Evidence, Childrens Rights, Child Welfare, Young Children
Peer reviewedBackhaus, Kristina A. – Social Work, 1984
Interviewed 15 social workers to examine the use of Life Books for children in substitute family care. Results indicated the project was valuable in helping children integrate past and present experiences and develop a sense of identity. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adoption, Caseworker Approach, Elementary Secondary Education, Foster Care
Peer reviewedTurner, John – Social Work, 1984
Compared 50 children who successfully remained at home after foster care with 50 children who returned to foster care. Discusses the relationship between case management and community services. Results indicated community services were infrequently offered, and no improvement occured in about one-fourth of the cases. (JAC)
Descriptors: Biological Parents, Caseworker Approach, Elementary Secondary Education, Foster Care
Peer reviewedHess, Peg – Child Welfare, 1988
From in-depth interviews with 15 public and volunteer agency caseworkers in states with and without statewide parental visiting policies, the elements that tend to determine or control the planned frequency of parental visiting of placed children are discussed. (BB)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Caseworker Approach, Childhood Needs, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedPardeck, John T.; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1985
Reports the results of a caseworker survey exploring characteristics associated with the stability of foster care. The survey was developed from a national profile of the child likely to experience unstable foster care resulting in replacement. Findings and implications are discussed. (Author/DST)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Biographical Inventories, Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers
George, Shanti; van Oudenhoven, Nico; Wazir, Rekha – 2001
Noting that foster care is in a state of flux and that existing systems of foster care are under pressure in many parts of the world, this report extracts lessons regarding the practice of foster care from a range of countries at various stages of economic and social development. The report examines foster care in the context of the family, social…
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations
Peer reviewedLeathers, Sonya J. – Child Welfare, 2002
Examined whether inclusive practice--involving parental involvement in foster children's (12- and 13-year-olds) lives while in traditional family foster care--was correlated with more frequent visiting and a greater likelihood of reunification. Found that mothers who visited their child and were involved in case reviews and child care activities…
Descriptors: Biological Parents, Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Early Adolescents
Peer reviewedPalmer, Sally E. – Child Welfare, 1990
Tested the hypothesis that placement stability for foster children would improve if they received help in resolving separation conflicts with their biological families from a group treatment program under the leadership of the child's caseworker. Important lacks in agency practice were revealed. (BB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Agency Role, Biological Parents, Caseworker Approach
Peer reviewedHess, Peg McCartt; Folaron, Gail – Child Welfare, 1991
Describes the evaluative model used to examine unsuccessful family reunification. Discusses findings regarding parental ambivalence and its effect on child placement reentry and implications of the findings for individual case assessment and for permanency services in general. (BB)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare
Alpert, Lily T.; Britner, Preston A. – Journal of Family Social Work, 2005
Recent concerns regarding permanence for foster children have inspired child welfare agencies to re-focus more of their efforts on biological parents as permanent resources for children in care. The social work field has responded to this situation with family-focused training for frontline staff; one such curriculum is the Family Development…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Parents, Welfare Services
