Gabrielle Douieb, PhD Student, Paris Descartes University, France Marion Feldman, Researcher, Paris Descartes University, France In France, according to an ONED study(2014), 9,8‰ of children under 18 are in foster care. A lot of these children have grown up in dysfunctional families and suffered from mistreatments. It has been decided to put them in foster […]
John Fluke, Researcher, University of Colorado, United States Dana M. Hollinshead, Researcher, Kempe Center, University of Colorado Whether the focus is on assessments of clients, foster care entry, or planned permanent exits from care, child welfare decision makers influence these key outcomes. To effectively implement and evaluate interventions aimed at affecting these outcomes, we must understand how […]
Pinto Vânia S., PhD student, InED, REES Centre, Department of Education,University of Oxford, United Kingdom As part of the alternative placement process, foster carers play an important role by contributing to the integration of looked after children into a family environment, and promoting their wellbeing and development. The main aim of this research project is to understand […]
López López Monica, Researcher, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Kirti Zeijlmans, Researcher, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Hans Grietens, Researcher, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Erik Knorth, Researcher, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Despite the potential influence of matching decisions on the course of a placement, matching remains an understudied topic in child welfare research. The matching is a complex decision-making process in which a […]
Robbie Gilligan, Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland The presentation proposes that the themes of disruption and continuity can usefully be seen as being about more than the characteristics of the placement(s) provided for the young person in foster care. It will be argued that disruption and continuity in influential experiences within placements are also important. These experiences can help […]
Teresa Díaz-Tártalo, Researcher, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Spain Nuria Fuentes-Peláez, Researcher, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain Anna Garriga-Alsina, Researcher, Universidad Pompeu-Fabra, Spain The object of this study is to help all those involved in the process (foster families, children, biological families and professionals) by facilitating the detection of maladjustment which could cause future disruptions in these foster placements. The study provides models of investigation which allow […]
Lisa Holmes, Researcher, Loughborough University, United Kingdom Claire Baker, Researcher, Loughborough University, United Kingdom Helen Trivedi, Researcher, Loughborough University, United Kingdom This presentation will draw on a series of recently completed empirical studies focused on children in out of home care in the UK. A specific focus will be placed on the findings about children’s experience of foster care, their relationships within the fostering household and the […]
Mathilde Turcotte, Researcher, Institut universitaire du Centre jeunesse de Québec, Canada François Fenchel, Researcher, Université Laval, Canada Nadine Lanctôt, Researcher, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada Denis Lafortune, Researcher Université de Montréal, Canada In Canada, seven provinces have provisions under which an adolescent can be placed in so-called “secure care” or “secure treatment” under the Child Protection Act, if he or she caused or attempted to cause serious bodily harm […]
Sophie Hébert, Researcher, Centre jeunesse de Montréal, CANADA Nadine Lanctôt, Researcher, Université de Sherbrooke, CANADA Mathilde Turcotte, Researcher, Université Laval, CANADA A considerable proportion of all children placed outside the home experience unstable placement patterns. From the perspective of child well-being, it is important to understand the psychological shifts experienced by foster children who are following an unstable placement pattern (Unrau et al., 2010; Tremblay […]
Eeva Timonen-Kallio, Researcher, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Juha Hämäläinen, Researcher, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Eila Laukkanen, Researcher, University of Eastern Finland and Chief Department of Adolescent Psychiatry University Hospital of Kuopio Finland Many children taken into care tend to be in need of psychiatric treatment as well as child protection services, and thus the professional expertise of both systems must be coordinated in their care. […]