Studied the impact of a $70-per-month increase in payment to foster parents, and other incentives, on the stability of foster care and the behavior of 4- to 7-year-old children in foster care. Children whose foster parents received payments exhibited a lower foster care dropout rate than other children. (SM)

Surveyed 72 adopted individuals who had sought for and found at least 1 biological parent. Although 86 percent of the respondents had a positive reaction to the reunion, only half felt they had a positive relationship with their biological parents. (BG)

This matrix, which shows interconnecting conditions, results, and treatment modalities, can be used by child welfare workers to help them decide when the delivery of services to parents will or will not bring about reunification, and when to take other steps to permanent placement. (Author/GH)

Presents an instrument which home-based day caregivers can use to evaluate their caregiving roles. The instrument was derived from criteria field-tested in day care homes. Advice on improving scores is given. (Author/DB)

Examined stress factors affecting 4- to 18-year-old Central American refugee children living in Los Angeles. Factors included children's witnessing of war violence; children's separation from their caregiver; and abuse and family problems. Found that the incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder increased with a combination of stressors. (SM)