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Peer reviewedJonson-Reid, Melissa; Barth, Richard P. – Social Work, 2003
Examined school-age children after leaving child welfare foster or group care. Instability in placements significantly increased risk of transition to probation foster care. Among children exiting placements, those who first entered care at ages 12-14 or were first removed because of sexual abuse or neglect were at greater risk of probation…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Early Adolescents, Foster Care
Peer reviewedMiller, Jaclyn; Carlton, Thomas O. – Social Work, 1988
Discusses the problems of children with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Questions whether society is prepared to respond to these children's needs. Asserts that the definitions of child abuse and neglect need to include the transmission of AIDS and that the foster care system will probably not be able to meet the needs of this…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Childhood Needs
