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Landsverk, John A.; Burns, Barbara J.; Stambaugh, Leyla Faw; Rolls Reutz, Jennifer A. – Child Welfare, 2009
Between one-half and three-fourths of children entering foster care exhibit behavioral or social-emotional problems warranting mental health care. This paper, condensed and updated from a technical report prepared for Casey Family Programs in 2005, reviews evidence-based and promising interventions for the most prevalent mental conditions found…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Family Programs, Mental Health, Foster Care
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Silver, Judith; Dicker, Sheryl – Child Welfare, 2007
Infants placed in foster care are at high risk for emotional and behavioral problems. Assessment of their mental health must account for their often-adverse life experiences prior to placement and the involvement of multiple systems that shape their lives in lieu of parents' authority. This article presents practice guidelines for infant mental…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Infants, Foster Care, Behavior Problems
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Berry, Marianne; Barth, Richard P. – Child Welfare, 1990
Examines characteristics of children adopted in adolescence and characteristics associated with disruptions of adolescent adoptions. (BB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Child Welfare, Educational Background
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Klee, Linnea; And Others – Child Welfare, 1992
Recommendations concerning California's efforts to provide for the health needs of its children were developed at the California Conference on Health Care for Children in Foster Care. The conference was organized to discuss California's implementation of the Child Welfare League of America's Standards for Health Care Services for Children in…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Health, Child Welfare, Conference Proceedings