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Needs and outcomes for low income youth in special education: Variations by emotional disturbance diagnosis and child welfare contact.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study is the first to use longitudinal data to examine the needs and outcomes of children in special education (comparing those with emotional disturbance (ED) and those without) according to child welfare involvement (none, child abuse and neglect report but no services, in-home child welfare services, and foster care). Administrative data linked with special education case file data on 471 youth found that those involved with child welfare were most likely to have an ED diagnosis. Special education assessments revealed that children with in-home services or reports of maltreatment without services generally had equa...
Source: Children and Youth Services Review - July 1, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Lee MY, Jonson-Reid M Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals

Effects of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Preschoolers (MTFC-P) on Reducing Permanent Placement Failures Among Children With Placement Instability.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Authors: The aims of the present study were to examine the effects of a therapeutic intervention for foster preschoolers with histories of placement instability on permanency outcomes and to determine whether the intervention's effectiveness on these outcomes varied based on prior maltreatment experiences. Permanency outcomes for 52 children who had experienced 4 or more placements prior to study entry (n = 29 intervention condition; n = 23 regular foster care condition) were examined through 24 months post-study entry. The results indicated no group differences in permanency attempt rates but more than double the rat...
Source: Children and Youth Services Review - May 1, 2009 Category: Child Development Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals

How to open and sustain a drop-in center for homeless youth.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Drop-in centers have the potential to facilitate engagement of homeless youth into treatment and back into the mainstream. However, little guidance was found in the literature regarding how to open and sustain a drop-in center for homeless youth. This paper offers such guidance, including information that may be useful for developing a change philosophy that guides the center structure, and for identifying a building and location conducive to facilitate activities and access for the youth. Guidance for structuring the drop-in center and for hiring and training staff is also offered. Since the U.S. suffers from a dearth...
Source: Children and Youth Services Review - September 17, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Slesnick N, Glassman M, Garren R, Toviessi P, Bantchevska D, Dashora P Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals

Service Profile of Youths with Schizophrenia-Spectrum Diagnoses.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Children and Youth Services Review - April 1, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Schiffman J, Chorpita BF, Daleiden EL, Maeda JA, Nakamura BJ Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals

Predisposition to seek mental health care among Black males transitioning from foster care.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the predisposition to seek mental health care in the future for personal and mental health problems among Black males transitioning from the foster care system (n=74). Results of simultaneous multiple regression analysis showed that custody status, diagnosis of a DSM-IV psychiatric disorder, and emotional control contributed significantly to the prediction of Black male's predisposition to seek mental health care. Specifically, Black males who were still in foster care were more predisposed to seek mental health care, whereas those diagnosed with a DSM-IV psychiatric disorder and who adhered more to the...
Source: Children and Youth Services Review - July 1, 2007 Category: Child Development Authors: Scott LD, Munson MR, McMillen JC, Snowden LR Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals

Maternal Functioning, Time, and Money: The World of Work and Welfare.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Numerous studies have assessed families' employment and financial stability following welfare reform. Yet little research has addressed whether welfare and work transitions are linked with other changes in family functioning. Using a representative sample of approximately 2,000 low-income urban families from the Three-City Study, analyses assessed whether mothers' welfare and employment experiences over a two-year period following welfare reform were related to changes in family well-being. Lagged regression models controlling for family characteristics and earlier levels of functioning found that moving into employmen...
Source: Children and Youth Services Review - June 1, 2007 Category: Child Development Authors: Coley RL, Lohman BJ, Votruba-Drzal E, Pittman LD, Chase-Lansdale PL Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals

Assessment of Intimate Partner Violence by Child Welfare Services.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to describe policy and practice with respect to the assessment of intimate partner violence in a sample of child welfare agencies located throughout the United States and to examine the relationship of contextual characteristics and assessment practices. Telephone interviews were conducted with key informants from child welfare agencies. A snowball interviewing strategy was used to identify the best informant in each agency. Almost all of the participating agencies conducted some assessment of intimate partner violence, with most reporting that the majority of screening or assessment occur...
Source: Children and Youth Services Review - April 1, 2007 Category: Child Development Authors: Hazen AL, Connelly CD, Edleson JL, Kelleher KJ, Landverk JA, Coben JH, Barth RP, McGeehan J, Rolls JA, Nuszkowski MA Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals

Research on the Caretaking of Children of Incarcerated Parents: Findings and Their Service Delivery Implications.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper reviews research findings on caretaking-related problems associated with the absence of parents from the home following incarceration. It focuses on the impact of incarceration on the welfare and adjustment of urban African American children and on the assumption of caretaking responsibilities by other caretakers, principally maternal grandmothers. Noting the complex situational difficulties involved and the potential burdens associated with surrogate parenting in general, and with this population in particular, the service-provider implications of this parenting arrangement are considered in this review. Fi...
Source: Children and Youth Services Review - March 1, 2007 Category: Child Development Authors: Hanlon TE, Carswell SB, Rose M Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals

Maternal Welfare and Employment Experiences and Adolescent Well-Being: Do Mothers' Human Capital Characteristics Matter?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Using a representative sample of over 900 low-income urban families from the Three-City Study, analyses assessed whether maternal human capital characteristics moderate relationships between mothers' welfare and employment experiences and young adolescents' well-being. Results indicate synergistic effects whereby greater maternal education and literacy skills enhanced positive links between mothers' new or sustained employment and improvements in adolescent cognitive and psychosocial functioning. Greater human capital also enhanced the negative links between loss of maternal employment and adolescent functioning. Mothe...
Source: Children and Youth Services Review - February 1, 2007 Category: Child Development Authors: Coley RL, Bachman HJ, Votruba-Drzal E, Lohman BJ, Ligrining CP Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals

The role of psychological factors on teenagers who become parents out-of-wedlock.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 12295354 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Children and Youth Services Review - January 1, 1997 Category: Child Development Authors: Benoit MB Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals

The impact of family structure and social change on adolescent sexual behavior.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 12295353 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Children and Youth Services Review - January 1, 1997 Category: Child Development Authors: Rossi AS Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals

Trends in teen sexual behavior.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Children and Youth Services Review - January 1, 1997 Category: Child Development Authors: Besharov DJ, Gardiner KN Tags: Child Youth Serv Rev Source Type: journals