Discusses the rationale and strategies needed to help those children placed in long-term foster family care face the reality of their biological parents through some form of relationship. This idea ...is illustrated by several case study examples. (Author/BB)
The Deaf Child in Foster Care Arcari, M. Teresa; Betman, Beth Gwinn
Children Today,
1986, Volume:
15, Issue:
4
Journal Article
Points out that with a greater awareness of, and sensitivity to, the special needs of hearing impaired children in foster care--such as social workers' and foster parents' ability to communicate ...effectively with the child--agencies will be better able to work toward permanency planning and avoid needless multiple movements. (Author/BB)
Mental health services in New York City help first-time foster care children acquire ego skills needed for adjustment to foster care. Small-group, focused sessions help children deal with separation, ...abuse, neglect, and placement. Small-group sessions for foster parent participation are also arranged. Results of this approach have been positive. (SH)
Notes that the sparse amount of available data on the outcome of transracially adopted children is far from conclusive. There is a great need for follow-up studies that will monitor their ...psychosocial development as they go through adolescence. (Author/AM)
The Counselor and the Foster Child Bard, E. Ronald
Elementary School Guidance and Counseling,
1977, Volume:
11, Issue:
3
Journal Article
Many foster children feel overwhelmed. They feel abandoned, lost, rejected, or humiliated and experience loss of control over what is happening to them. The counselor must attempt to identify and ...reach out to the foster child, being careful not to get drawn into conflict between the foster and natural parents. (Author/PC)
The wide differences in payments for foster care from one state to another and the variety of payment systems point to the need for a systematic look at the true costs of foster care. (Author)
In January, 1990, a policy seminar examined problems with the foster care system and ways to encourage preventive and family-centered efforts. This document includes highlights of the seminar and a ...background briefing report. Seminar panelists included: Charles Gershenson, senior policy analyst, Center for the Study of Social Policy; Ann Rosewater, staff director, House Select Committee for Children, Youth and Families; and Ruth Massinga, chief executive, Casey Family Program, Seattle Washington and president, American Public Welfare Association. The eight-part briefing report contains: (1) an introduction to goals of foster care, the impact of 1980 reforms, and the conflicts inherent in the values and goals of foster care; (2) an overview of key principles and components of the child welfare system; (3) an analysis of trends and indicators, including information on the characteristics of foster children; the dynamics of the foster care system; and the effects of such pressures on the system as the rise in child abuse and neglect reports, drug abuse, and homelessness; (4) an overview of federal foster care programs; (5) a review of major problems and challenges, including the need for an improvement in data collection and research; the impact of federal foster care and adoption reforms; problems in the foster care system, including inadequate funding, unpaid claims, escalating administrative expenses, weak oversight, and fragmentation of services; staffing problems at the agency level; increased court burdens and training needs; the shortage of foster parents; and parent advocacy; (6) a discussion of new strategies to preserve families and integrate services; (7) a list of organizational resources; and (8) a 28-item bibliography. Graphs and charts are appended. (AC)
Reports the results of a caseworker survey exploring characteristics associated with the stability of foster care. The survey was developed from a national profile of the child likely to experience ...unstable foster care resulting in replacement. Findings and implications are discussed. (Author/DST)
Studies medium- and long-effects of types of placement of children of lower class families. The progeny of 28 disadvantaged women was reconstituted. Results show increase in IQ and diminuition of ...scholastic futures for adopted children and diminuition of IQ and increase in scholastic failure among children reared by mother in disadvantaged environment and in foster homes or children's homes. (RH)
Focuses on possibility that correlations between measures of environment and child devleopment can be mediated genetically as well as environmentally. Proposing an elementary model to test this ...hypothesis, data from classical adoption studies and new data from the Colorado Adoption Project are used to illustrate the model and provide quantitative estimates of environment-behavior correlations. (Author/DST)
