Behavior problems, foster home integration, and evidence-based behavioral interventions: What predicts adoption of foster children?
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Practitioner review: Children in foster care--vulnerabilities and evidence-based interventions that promote resilience processes.
BACKGROUND An increasing number of children are placed in foster care (i.e., a kin or nonkin family home other than the biological parent) due to experiences of physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological abuse, and/or neglect. Children in foster care are at increased risk for a host of negative outcomes encompassing emotional, behavioral, neurobiological, and social realms. METHODS Areas o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Children and Youth Services Review
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0190-7409
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.017