Winokur, Marc og Holtan, Amy | Batchelder, Keri E.
Every year a large number of children around the world are removed from their homes because they are maltreated. Child welfare agencies are responsible for placing these children in out-of-home settings that will facilitate their safety, permanency, and well-being. However, children in out-of-home placements typically display more educational, behavioural, and psychological problems than do their peers, although it is unclear whether this results from the placement itself, the maltreatment that precipitated it, or inadequacies in the child welfare system. The outcome data suggest that children in kinship foster care experience fewer behavioural problems , fewer mental health disorders, better well-being and less placement disruption than do children in non-kinship foster care. For permanency, there was no difference on reunification rates, although children in non-kinship foster care were more likely to be adopted while children in kinship foster care were more likely to be in guardianship. Lastly, children in non-kinship foster care were more likely to utilise mental health services.
293 s., utgitt av The Campbell Collaboration i 2014.