The implications of adoption for the emotional and behavioral adjustment of children have been an issue in child welfare for many years. Past research has suggested that adopted children are over-represented in mental health settings. In addition, some studies have suggested that adopted and nonadopted children differ on measures of social, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive functioning. The ...

Montessori learning environments, described as prepared environment, allow children to choose their work freely and construct own learning. Because the child is in center roles of teacher differ from teachers traditional schools, direction communication collaboration between determined accordingly. This study aims at examining practices with child. A phenomenological approach was adopted study....

W HERE A WILL CONTAINS A GIFT to the "children" of a named person, a question of construction arises with regard to the right of an adopted child to participate in the distribution.' Where recognized, this right has been upheld on either or both of two grounds: (a) that the testator intended that he share in the gift,2 or (b) that adoption legally vested him with the status of a natural child. ...

The Parent Child Relations (PCR) of 109 killers, 38 nonviolent offenders and 54 normal controls were compared on a standard PCR questionnaire and on medical record information, rated for reliability. Results showed that killers had disturbed PCR but they did not differ from nonviolent offenders. The extreme violence reported in uncontrolled homicide research was not found in this study. Killers...

In recent years, systems of care principles have been increasingly adopted because of their potential to support efforts to improve child welfare and other human service systems in ways that lead to increased safety, permanency, and well-being for children, adolescents, and their families. However, while the systems of care approach has become more widespread, a clear understanding of what defi...

Children who are born to or adopted by 1 member of a same-sex couple deserve the security of 2 legally recognized parents. Therefore, the American Academy of Pediatrics supports legislative and legal efforts to provide the possibility of adoption of the child by the second parent or coparent in these families.

OVERVIEW One of the central purposes of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) is to facilitate timely adoptions for children in foster care who cannot be reunited with their birth parents by shortening the timeframe for terminating birth parents’ rights to their children. This process is formally known as termination of parental rights or TPR. However, in recent years, concerns have...

Although many data sources describe the living arrangements and characteristics of children in general, few are large enough to permit the analysis of children by whether they are the biological, adopted, or stepchildren of the householder. Census 2000 included “adopted son/daughter” for the first time in the decennial census as a category of relationship to the householder separate from “natur...