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Direct linkDoom, Jenalee R.; Georgieff, Michael K.; Gunnar, Megan R. – Developmental Science, 2015
Increased ADHD symptomology and lower IQ have been reported in internationally adopted (IA) children compared to non-adopted peers (Hostinar, Stellern, Schaefer, Carlson & Gunnar, 2012; Kreppner, O'Connor & Rutter, 2001). However, it is unclear whether these outcomes are due to institutional deprivation specifically or to co-occurring…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Intelligence Quotient, Brain
Desmarais, Chantal; Roeber, Barbara J.; Smith, Mary E.; Pollak, Seth D. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012
Purpose: In this study, the authors investigated sentence comprehension and spatial working memory abilities in a sample of internationally adopted, postinstitutionalized (PI) children. The authors compared the performance of these PI children with that of an age-matched group of children living with their birth families. They hypothesized that PI…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Sentences, Early Intervention, Disadvantaged Environment
Wilbarger, Julia; Gunnar, Megan; Schneider, Mary; Pollak, Seth – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Background/Methods: Sensory processing capacities of 8-12-year-old internationally adopted (IA) children who experienced prolonged institutional care (greater than 12 months with 75% of pre-adoption lives in institutional care) prior to adoption into family environments (PI) were compared to a group of IA children who were adopted early (less than…
Descriptors: Sensory Integration, Foster Care, Adoption, Foreign Countries
Lee, Richard M.; Seol, Kyoung Ok; Sung, Miyoung; Miller, Matthew J. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
In this study, the authors compared the behavioral development of 4- to 8-year-old South Korean children placed in institutional care (n = 230) or adopted internationally (n = 382), with age of entry, parental status, reason for institutionalization, and postinstitutionalization parental contact as risk factors for institutionalized children.…
Descriptors: Placement, Risk, Parent Child Relationship, Adoption
Hepworth, H. Philip – 1980
Developments in Canadian child welfare services during the last 20 years are discussed in this paper. The discussion is based on data gathered from provincial annual reports and public accounts, Statistics Canada publications and Health and Welfare Canada reports on homes for special care, and from the author's earlier study of the child welfare…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Welfare, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns
