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J T Pardeck

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PubMed1985

A profile of the child likely to experience unstable foster care.

A core problem of professionals working in the foster care system is finding ways to minimize re-placement, or the movement of children from foster home to foster home. Drawing on past research, this paper develops a profile of the foster child likely to experience multiple re-placement or unstable care. Based on this profile, possible strategies for reducing movement in care are discussed.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1983

An empirical analysis of behavioral and emotional problems of foster children as related to re-placement in care.

Foster care is seen as a temporary service. However, for many children, foster care involves years of long term care. Most professionals feel that if a child must remain in care, the number of foster homes or re-placements the child experiences should be minimized. Evidence suggests that this lack of stability has a detrimental effect on the child's psychosocial development. Even though the research evidence supports the negative impact of re-placement on the foster child, little empirical research has dealt with identification of factors associated with children likely to be re-placed. This article focuses on foster children with behavioral and emotional problems and analyzes the association of these problems with placement stability and continuity. The findings report that children with behavioral and emotional problems are replaced in foster care more often than those children without similar problems.

Affective Symptoms↗
PubMed1983

Aggression levels in college students after exposure or non-exposure to an aggressive life experience.

Through a secondary analysis of existing data, the authors researched the question of what types of aggressive behaviors are learned from an individual's social environment. The findings included data on three student groups: 1) students who had never been in military service; 2) students who had been in military service and had been to Viet Nam; and 3) students who had been in military service, but who had not been to Viet Nam. The results indicated that assault is clearly one aggressive behavior that appears to increase with exposure to an aggressive life experience.

Adolescent↗
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Children's literature and child abuse.

This article focuses on the use of children's literature in the treatment of child abuse, a method referred to as bibliotherapy. Appropriate children's books are described that can be used in this approach.

Adolescent↗
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Bibliotherapy for children in foster care and adoption.

The bibliotherapeutic technique can help children adjust to the foster care and adoption experience. Appropriate children's books are described and the application and limitations of bibliotherapy are discussed.

Adaptation, Psychological↗