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Wells, Rebecca; Chuang, Emmeline – Child Welfare, 2012
National survey data were used to assess whether child welfare agency ties to behavioral health care providers improved placement stability for adolescents served by both systems. Adolescents initially at home who were later removed tended to have fewer moves when child welfare and behavioral health were in the same larger agency. Joint training…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Health Facilities, National Surveys
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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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Athey, Jean L. – Child Welfare, 1991
A literature review reveals that homeless adolescents are at extremely high risk for acquiring HIV infection. Sexual and drug use behaviors that put these adolescents at risk are described. New models of social, health, and mental health services for these youth are outlined. (GLR)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse