Project 2

By emilykaim

  • Dance, Charilyn, “ARTICLES: The Adoption of Children from Public Care: A Prospective Study of Outcome in Adolescence”, Journal of American Academy of child and adolescent psychiatry, October 2001, article

    This article studied the long-term effects of children being placed in foster care at late ages. Results showed the later a child was entered into a permanent home the more likely they were to have behavior problems.

  • Simmel, Cassandra, “Risk and Protective Factors Contributing to the Longitudinal Psychosocial Well-Being of Adopted Foster Children”, Journal of emotional and behavioral disorders, July 2007, article.

    This study included children who had been placed in foster care for long periods of time, from 6-8 years and showed that when being moved from home to home these foster children incurred more behavioral problems.

  • Barber, James, “The profile and progress of neglected and abused children in long-term foster care”, in child abuse and neglect, 2009, article.

    Barber studied children placed in foster care due to neglect. The results of his study showed that children places in foster care due to neglect had a 27% higher chance of forming a psychosocial disorder.

  • Miller, Sarah, “Fostering Attachment in the Face of Systemic Disruption: Clinical Treatment with Children in Foster Care and the Adoption and Safe Families Act”, Smith College studies in social work, March 2011, page 26-80, article.

    This study was on children placed in foster homes due to parents substance abuse. The results showed that these children were more likely to be depressed and develop severe attachment to their foster parents.

  • Lightfoot, Elizabeth, “The experiences and outcomes of children in foster care who were removed because of a parental disability”, In children and youth’s services review, March 2016, article.

    This study showed the effects of children being placing in foster care due to parental disabilities. Its results showed that these children were more likely to have longer stays in foster care and these longer stays resulted in more stress and emotional trauma on the children. It also found that children with parental disability as one of their main sources of placement had a 22% higher chance of permanently losing their custody from their parents.

  • Soloman, David, “The impact of foster parent training on child disruptive behavior”, Sage publications Inc., December 1 2016, Vol.22 issue 1, page 3-13, article.

    This study showed that foster children have a higher risk of behavioral and emotional issues later in life. However, it also showed that if foster parents are given the proper training they can actually increase the child's success in academics and social behavior.