The effects of a health newsletter for foster parents on their perceptions of the behavior and development of foster children

Rich, Harold

doi:10.1016/0145-2134(96)00018-x

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“…Various authors indicate that foster breakdown may lead to very negative consequences, not only for foster children, but also for foster families and foster placement programs (Aldgate & Hawley, 1986;Berridge & Cleaver, 1987;Chipungu & Everett, 1994;Fanshel, Finch, & Grundy, 1990;Rich, 1996;Wade, Biehal, Clayden, & Stein, 1998). In most cases, breakdown involves a change in the child's life, either changing the neighborhood, the school, or the reference people.…”

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Factors Affecting Foster Care Breakdown in Spain

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Breakdown of foster care has been defined as the situation in which one of the involved parties terminates the intervention before having achieved the goals established for the case plan. This work presents a study carried out with a Spanish sample of 318 closed cases of children who were placed in foster homes and kinship care. The data were collected through the exhaustive review of the child protection and foster placement files, complemented with interviews of the welfare workers in charge of each case. The rate of breakdown of the entire sample was 26.1%, although it was significantly different in kinship care (19.7%) and foster care (31.2%). The results of this study indicate that the variables related to breakdown depend on the placement modality, either in foster care or kinship care. In the first case, the variables related to the child's characteristics are noteworthy, especially behavior and academic problems, with special relevance in the 9-12-year-old group, and in children who were previously in residential care. In contrast, in kinship care, the parents' problems (prison, mental health) and having some measure of guardianship are the most important. The fact of undergoing foster placement after having lived in various residential homes is transcendental. Lastly, the availability of economic resources and even the foster carers' studies seem to be related to foster breakdown.Keywords: foster care, kinship care, child care, outcome assessment, disruption, breakdown, placement stability.La ruptura del acogimiento familiar se ha definido como aquella situación en la que alguna de las partes implicadas causa una terminación de la intervención antes de haber alcanzado los objetivos establecidos en el plan de caso. Este trabajo presenta un estudio llevado a cabo en una muestra española de 318 casos cerrados de niños que fueron acogidos en familia ajena y extensa.Los datos se obtuvieron a través de la revisión exhaustiva de los expedientes de protección y acogimiento, complementada con entrevistas a los técnicos encargados de cada caso. La tasa de ruptura del conjunto de la muestra fue de 26,1%, si bien fue significativamente diferente en familia extensa (19,7%) que en familia ajena (31,2%). Los resultados de este estudio indican que las variables relacionadas con la ruptura dependen de la modalidad del acogimiento, en familia ajena o extensa. En el primer caso destacamos las variables relacionadas con las características del niño, especialmente los problemas de conducta y escolares, con especial relevancia en el grupo de 9-12 años, y el haber estado en acogimiento residencial previamente. En cambio, en extensa resulta más importante la problemática en los padres (prisión, salud mental) y el tener una medida de tutela. También el hecho de que se realice el acogimiento tras pasar por hogares de acogida resulta trascendental. Finalmente, la disponibilidad de recursos económicos e incluso los estudios de los acogedores parecen ser variables relacionadas con la ruptura de la acogida.Palabras clave: acogimient...

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“…Qualitative studies in the area have suggested that the majority of carers desire child health‐related training, improved communication between themselves and health professionals, and improved access to individual child health information 4 . Many authors have highlighted the training needs for foster carers in regard to child health issues, 5 but few studies have quantified this need through evaluation of foster carers' ability to identify health concerns.…”

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Health of Australian children in out‐of‐home care: Needs and carer recognition

Kaltner

Rissel

2010

J Paediatrics Child Health

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“…Commonly identified harms associated with abuse and neglect include delays in scholastic, academic and cognitive development, language/verbal/linguistic ability, social competence, socialization and physical, motor and neurological development. Further, extensive impacts both psychologically and emotionally have been reported, such as aggression and anger, antisocial behaviour, hyperactivity, substance abuse, depression, low self‐esteem, problematic attachment, ineffective and maladaptive interpersonal relationships, depression, anxiety, self‐harm/suicide, psychological disturbance and sexual problems (Rich 1996; English 1998; Wise 1999; Tilbury et al . 2007).…”

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The knowledge of caring: revisiting the need for knowledge support of carers

Osmond

Scott

Clark

2008

Child & Family Social Work

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A B S T R AC TFoster carers' knowledge of caring for abused and neglected children is a largely under-researched area. We know very little about the nature of carers' knowledge in relation to caring for children who have been abused or neglected. This paper reports on an exploratory study which examined the knowledge of caring. Qualitative data were analysed based on in-depth interviews with 10 foster carers in Queensland, Australia. A range of knowledge was identified showing an interaction of both personalized and formal understandings in the caring response. Given the breadth of knowledge recognized from the analysis, this paper presents one dimension of their knowing: theory and abuse-indicated understandings. Participants' responses in these areas were at times sound, but many struggled to provide convincing and well-formed explanations of topics, such as attachment, harm and child development which may suggest that their understandings are not what they could be. Although further research is needed on a larger scale, this study does highlight the necessity to re-examine processes and strategies for carer knowledge support, so as to strengthen their understanding of these issues.

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The effects of a health newsletter for foster parents on their perceptions of the behavior and development of foster children

Cited by 17 publications

References 10 publications

Factors Affecting Foster Care Breakdown in Spain

Factors Affecting Foster Care Breakdown in Spain

Health of Australian children in out‐of‐home care: Needs and carer recognition

The knowledge of caring: revisiting the need for knowledge support of carers

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