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Understanding the Use of Psychotropic Medications in the Child Welfare System: Causes, Consequences, and Proposed Solutions
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Alavi, Zakia; Calleja, Nancy G. – Child Welfare, 2012
Recent studies have highlighted the progressively increasing number of children prescribed psychotropic medication, while findings have illustrated significantly greater usage among child welfare-involved children. These findings have raised serious concerns among mental health and child welfare professionals as well as the general public. To…
Descriptors: Public Health, Child Welfare, Drug Therapy, Mental Health
Supporting Resilience in Foster Families: A Model for Program Design that Supports Recruitment, Retention, and Satisfaction of Foster Families Who Care for Infants with Prenatal Substance Exposure
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Marcellus, Lenora – Child Welfare, 2010
As the health, social, and developmental needs of infants in foster care become more complex, foster families are challenged to develop specialized knowledge to effectively address these needs. The goal of this qualitative research study was to identify the process of becoming a foster family and providing family foster caregiving within the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Placement, Foster Care
State Actions to Control Fetal Abuse: Ramifications for Child Welfare Practice.
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Madden, Robert G. – Child Welfare, 1993
Reviews recent case law and state statutes for dealing with a pregnant woman's actions which negatively affect her infant. Explains how statutes and case law are applied in civil law to remove a child from the mother at birth and in criminal law to punish a mother while pregnant. (MM)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Mothers
Outcomes for Infants Exposed in Utero to Illicit Drugs.
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Jaudes, Paula Kienberger; Ekwo, Edem E. – Child Welfare, 1997
Investigated whether maltreated, substance-exposed infants have higher risk of out-of-home placement than non-abused, substance-exposed children, as well as a higher risk of death than children overall. Followed 480 infants through Illinois death registry and computerized central registry of child abuse reports. Found out-of-home placement and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Incidence, Infant Mortality
Prenatally Drug-Exposed Children in Out-of-Home Care: Are We Looking at the Whole Picture?
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Franck, Ellen J. – Child Welfare, 1996
Examines the conflicting views in the literature on the effects of prenatal exposure to drugs and reports on an early intervention project in a New York City agency. The rate of developmental delay was found to be virtually the same for children with and without prenatal exposure to drugs. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Delays, Early Intervention, Foster Care
Prenatal Child Abuse Risk Assessment: A Preliminary Validation Study.
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Weberling, Lara Cady; Forgays, Deborah Kirby; Crain-Thoreson, Catherine; Hyman, Ira – Child Welfare, 2003
Tested the validity of the Brigid Collins Risk Screener (BCRS) to assess child abuse risk in a sample of 49 expectant mothers. Found that at 3 months postpartum, high-risk mothers scored significantly lower on the quality of infants' physical, social, and emotional environments than moderate or low-risk mothers. Concluded that the BCRS appears to…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Family Environment, Infants
Facilitating Visitation for Infants with Prenatal Substance Exposure
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Burry, Caroline Long; Wright, Lois – Child Welfare, 2006
Permanency planning for infants with prenatal substance exposure is challenging due to characteristics of the infants and the ongoing substance use or relapse of the parents. Visitation is a primary mechanism through which child welfare workers determine and support permanency planning. Productive use of visitation for permanency planning for…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Welfare, Prenatal Influences, Drug Use