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Factors Associated with Caregiver Stability in Permanent Placements: A Classification Tree Approach
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Proctor, Laura J.; Van Dusen Randazzo, Katherine; Litrownik, Alan J.; Newton, Rae R.; Davis, Inger P.; Villodas, Miguel – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objective: Identify individual and environmental variables associated with caregiver stability and instability for children in diverse permanent placement types (i.e., reunification, adoption, and long-term foster care/guardianship with relatives or non-relatives), following 5 or more months in out-of-home care prior to age 4 due to substantiated…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Intelligence, Placement, Child Abuse
Trajectories of Behavioral Adjustment Following Early Placement in Foster Care: Predicting Stability and Change over 8 Years
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Proctor, Laura J.; Skriner, Laura C.; Roesch, Scott; Litrownik, Alan J. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: To identify trajectories of behavioral adjustment from age 6 through 14 years for youth placed in early foster care, and to examine links between trajectories and early cognitive ability and social competence, caregiver stability, and frequency, timing, and type of maltreatment. Method: Participants were 279 youth from the Southwest…
Descriptors: Evidence, Check Lists, Placement, Child Abuse
Children and Youth in Foster Care: Disentangling the Relationship between Problem Behaviors and Number of Placements.
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Newton, Rae R.; Litrownik, Alan J.; Landsverk, John A. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2000
The placement histories of 415 youth in foster care in San Diego, California, were analyzed together with behavior problems identified by the Child Behavior Check List. Results suggest that volatile placement histories contribute negatively to both internalizing and externalizing behavior of foster children. Initial externalizing behaviors were…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Emotional Problems
The Relationship between Child Disability and Living Arrangement in Child Welfare
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Romney, Stephanie C.; Litrownik, Alan J.; Newton, Rae R.; Lau, Anna – Child Welfare, 2006
The influence of disabilities on placement outcomes was examined for 277 children who were removed from their biological parents due to substantiated maltreatment. Results indicated that children with a disability were less likely to reunify and more likely to reside in non-kin foster care two years later than typical children. Children with…
Descriptors: Placement, Physical Disabilities, Foster Care, Child Welfare