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An experiment in helping foster-carers manage challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- MACDONALD Geraldine, TURNER William
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 35(8), December 2005, pp.1265-1282.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
A randomized controlled trial was implemented with groups of foster-carers to test the effectiveness of cognitive–behavioural methods in the management of difficult behaviour. Contrary to expectations, no statistically significant differences were found between the groups with regard to behaviour management skills, the frequency and/or severity of behavioural problems, and placement stability. In contrast, foster-carers expressed satisfaction with the overall training programme and increased confidence in dealing with difficult behaviour. Discussion of the results focuses on a number of competing explanations for such findings and concludes with recommendations for future work.
Children in foster care with challenging behaviour in Wales (UK): key themes and issues for practice and research
- Authors:
- PITHOUSE Andrew, LOWE Kathy
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 89(1), January 2008, pp.109-118.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
Foster care in Wales (UK) engages frequently with children thought to present with challenging behaviour. It is essential we gain a deeper understanding of their behaviour in order to inform our thinking about how we provide support to children and carers. The paper presents key findings from research into a total population of fostered children in four neighbouring local authorities in South Wales who were considered to exhibit challenging behaviour. The paper examines children’s characteristics and key processes in fostering and in doing so, outlines the very different behaviours and difficulties associated with these children as perceived by carers. The article concludes with some reflection on the term ‘challenging behaviour’ and its sufficiency to account for difficulties in foster placements.
Concurrent child history and contextual predictors of children's internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in foster care
- Authors:
- PERRY Kristin J., PRICE Joseph M.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 84, 2017, pp.125-136.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study contributes to current research on the behavior problems of children in foster care by analysing a more comprehensive set of concurrent child history and contextual predictors. Kinship home status and sibling status (i.e., whether the sibling is a biological sibling to the foster child) were evaluated as moderators of significant associations. Data were collected at the baseline of a foster parent training intervention programme prior to any intervention services using parent phone interviews (N = 310, 51.6% male, M age = 7.57 years). Two linear hierarchical regressions were used to evaluate each set of predictors' association with behaviour problems as well as each individual predictor's contribution. Results indicated that as a set, the contextual variables predicted a significant and unique amount of variability in the child's internalising and externalising behaviour scores, whereas the child history variables did not. Specifically, the child's placement in a non-kinship home, being in a non-ethnically matched child-parent pair, higher parent stress scores, a greater number of prior group home placements, and higher internalising behaviour scores for the child predicted higher child externalising scores. Higher parent stress scores, higher focal sibling externalising behaviour scores, and higher externalising behaviour scores for the child predicted higher internalising scores for the child. The association between focal sibling externalising behaviour scores and child internalising scores was moderated by kinship home status, such that there was a stronger association between the focal sibling's externalising score and the child's internalising score if the child was in a kinship compared to a non-kinship home. Implications for intervention services are discussed, particularly the importance of assessing the child's foster home environment when addressing the child's behaviour problems. (Edited publisher abstract)
Challenging behaviour in foster care: what supports do foster carers want?
- Author:
- OCTOMAN Olivia
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 38(2), 2014, pp.149-158.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Foster carers frequently report receiving insufficient or inadequate support for the challenging behaviour of the children they look after. There is a need to understand the support that foster carers require. This study explores foster carers' perspectives in order to inform the development of more effective support services. One hundred and eighty-seven foster carers completed an online survey that sought information about the nature and form of that potential support. The respondents desired accurate information about children's behaviour, good quality relationships with professionals and in-home support delivered by knowledgeable people (principally other foster carers). Preferences differed among carers serving different functions but less so according to the extent of their experience. (Publisher abstract)
Foster parenting step-by-step: how to nurture the traumatized child and overcome conflict
- Author:
- GOPAL Kalyani
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 160p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book is a concise, realistic how-to guide to fostering. It summarises what to expect as a foster parent, and aims to offer hope as well as immediate hands-on solutions. It guides carers through the different stages of a fostering relationship, including common issues encountered at each age and how to tackle them. It also explains the impact of trauma on the child, how this can show itself through challenging behaviour and how to respond to it. The book has been written to empower foster parents and to provide them with the skills and knowledge to be more successful in their parenting. It will help them to work reflectively and consider the options and issues that the child they are looking after is facing, together with ideas about strategies that might usefully be used in understanding and managing situations. Chapters include: the motivational stage, the planning stage, the welcoming stage, displacement trauma, the adapting stage, the educational stage, the empowering stage and the letting go/adopting stage.
Parenting a child with mental health issues
- Authors:
- JACKSON Catherine, et al
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 107p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book is concerned with the particular needs of children born into families with a history of mental health disorders, who may be at greater risk of mental disorders themselves. Prospective adopters and carers often have to decide whether they can care for a child with a health need or condition they know little about. Finding reliable information in order to understand what lies behind the diagnoses and "labels" that many looked after children have acquired can be difficult. This book, part of the Parenting Matters series, is designed to address these concerns. It provides expert knowledge, coupled with facts, figures and guidance in an accessible style. The book starts with a short explanation mental disorders generally and how they may manifest in children. It goes on to outline the risk of mental disorder in a child from a family with a history of mental disorder, and the factors (genetic and environmental) that can put these children at greater risk. The author explores what is known about the physiological processes that may explain a child's behaviours and higher vulnerability. The second half of the book tells the stories of parents who have adopted children with a history of mental disorder in their family (whether known at the time of adoption or not) and how they have coped.
Parenting a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Authors:
- JACOBS Brian, MILES Lorna
- Publisher:
- British Association for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 87p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book is concerned with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the special needs of children, particularly adopted and looked after children, who have this condition. Prospective adopters and carers often have to decide whether they can care for a child with a health need or condition they know little about and have no direct experience of. Finding reliable information in order to understand what lies behind the diagnoses and "labels" that many looked after children bring with them can be difficult. This book is part of the Parenting Matters series designed to address these concerns. It provides expert knowledge, coupled with facts, figures and guidance presented in a straightforward and accessible style. Adopters and foster carers share their experience of parenting a child with ADHD and offer useful advice. This book begins with a short explanation of ADHD and related conditions in children and young people, including symptoms, prognosis and treatment. The authors go on to explore the different ways in which ADHD can affect child development and behaviour; the issues it raises with regard to educational provision for affected children; and where and how to get help.
Advancing prediction of foster placement disruption using Brief Behavioral Screening
- Authors:
- HURLBURT Michael S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 34(12), December 2010, pp.917-926.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Behavioural difficulties increase the risk that children will experience negative placement disruptions while in foster care. The ability to predict difficulties would allow services to be targeted in a more timely fashion. Previous work found that the Parent Daily Report (PDR), a brief measure of parent-reported child behaviours, was a strong predictor of negative placement changes over 1 year among children receiving "usual case work" services. This study extended the research in a group of 359 foster parents in San Diego participating in a group parent-training intervention. Foster parents of recently placed children taking part in the Keeping Foster Parents Trained and Supported (KEEP) parenting program completed 16 weekly PDR telephone assessments. Their stress related to the child's behaviour was also recorded. Consistent with the previous findings, children with elevated PDR ratings and those living with non-relative foster parents had significantly higher levels of negative placement disruptions. Prediction improved with increased amounts of weekly PDR information; although good prediction was achieved at 3-5 weeks. Parent-reported stress did not improve prediction. The results confirm the potential of the PDR as a predictor of negative placement change and show that longitudinal PDR information may help to improve prediction. Possible applications of the PDR for improving the timing, type, and quantity of services offered to foster parents to prevent placement disruptions are discussed.
Care is not enough
- Authors:
- SPENCE Nigel, SCOTT Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.2.03, 2003, p.43.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A reduction in residential care has lead to the use of foster carers with complex needs. Looks at the increasing cost of the necessary support services.
Preventive fostering
- Author:
- WELLARD Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.08.02, 2002, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Fostering a young offender is difficult and expensive, and recruits are difficult to find. The article finds that custody has such a detrimental effect on re-offending rates that new investment and support for remand fostering are justified.