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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.
Behavioural correlates of parental visiting during family foster care
- Authors:
- CANTOS Arthur L., GRIES Leonard T., SLIS Vikki
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 36(2), March 1997, pp.309-329.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
Looks at the results of a study to explore the effects of parental visiting on the emotional and behavioural adjustment of children in care in the USA. Results found that those children who were visited more frequently were found to exhibit fewer externalising and internalising behaviour problems than those visited less frequently or not at all. These behavioural correlates of visiting were, however, to depended on the type of behaviour focused on and the degree of adjustment the child had made to family foster care.
Caught between a rock and a hard place
- Author:
- NEATE Polly
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.11.91, 1991, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Briefly looks a the problems facing 'hard-to-place' young people - caught between the limited residential care available and social workers' inability to find alternatives.
A to B to C to D to E: multiple bridge to family placement
- Author:
- ROBERTS Jerry
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 12(3), 1988, pp.16-21.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Describes a method of multiple family placements used to settle a disruptive adolescent into a permanent foster home.
Play fills the void
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.07.06, 2006, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
As a baby Adam, now seven, seemed destined to stay in the care system after several unsuccessful foster placements. This case study reports on how play therapy was used to help him form attachments and pave the way for adoption.
Resilience in maltreated children: implications for special needs adoption
- Author:
- HENRY Darla L.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, September 1999, pp.519-540.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
Children in the child welfare system face renewed issues of loss as they enter adoptive placements. Looks at strategies children who have been abused use to cope with their environment. The author deconstructs the words of resilient children into five themes that can help provide access into the children's world, from which it is hoped that greater understanding of their reactive behaviour can be understood, and a foundation on which an adoptive relationship can be built.
Substitute care for sexually abused and abusing children
- Author:
- FARMER Elaine
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 21(4), January 1998, pp.59-60.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Summarises the results of research into the placements of sexually abused and abusing children in residential and foster care.
An analysis of child behaviour problems in adoptions in difficulty
- Authors:
- SMITH Susan Livingston, HOWARD Jeanne A., MONROE Alan D.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 24(1/2), 1998, pp.31-84.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study examines the behavioural problems of children receiving services through an adoption preservation programme for legally adopted children at risk of placement or dissolution in the USA. Two measures of behaviour problems are used: a behaviour problem rating scale, and the Child Behaviour Checklist. The findings support the need for services for children and families beyond the finalisation of adoption.
Adoption and attachment
- Author:
- HOWE David
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 19(4), Winter 1995, pp.7-15.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Children's early attachment experiences can have a dramatic affect on their day-to-day behaviour, as well as on their social development in later life. Drawing from extensive interviews with adoptive parents, all of whose children were in their late adolescence or young adults at the time of research, the author asserts the value of understanding the influence of past care on present placements.
Working with the past
- Author:
- HUNTER Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 17(1), Spring 1993, pp.31-16.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Describes work with young children whose permanent placements can come under strain due to their past - and the need for their new families to accept this past and not to ignore it.