Maltreatment histories of aging out foster youth: A comparison of official investigated reports and self-reports of maltreatment prior to and during out-of-home care

Havlicek, Judith Regina; Courtney, Mark E.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.12.006

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“…In addition, those leaving care are more likely to experience mental health issues and drug misuse (Havlicek et al., 2013) and criminality (Gypen et al., 2017). Current barriers add to a picture of corrosive developmental disadvantage, beginning before admission to care, and also, unfortunately sometimes after placement in foster or residential care (Havlicek and Courtney, 2016). Quantitative data on transition from care are matched by qualitative data showing young people often feeling isolated and unsupported (Cunningham and Diversi, 2013; Hiles et al., 2014; Munford and Sanders, 2015; Natalier and Johnson, 2015; Stein, 2006), and struggling to seek help (Pryce et al., 2017) – a picture that, for some young people, contrasts sharply with the ‘ideal’ of emerging adulthood as exploration.…”

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“…Third, for a majority of young people transitioning from care, there will have been a history of experience of maltreatment (Havlicek and Courtney, 2016). Maltreatment is known to predict low self-worth, low relationship quality (elevated anger, reduced trust, poor communication) and raised risk for psychiatric disorder (Collishaw et al., 2007; Flynn et al., 2014; Steine et al., 2017; Teicher and Samson, 2016).…”

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“…Maltreatment is known to predict low self-worth, low relationship quality (elevated anger, reduced trust, poor communication) and raised risk for psychiatric disorder (Collishaw et al., 2007; Flynn et al., 2014; Steine et al., 2017; Teicher and Samson, 2016). A significant proportion of children removed from their birth families following abuse experience further abuse in out-of-home care (Havlicek and Courtney, 2016; Katz et al., 2017). In general, our services are still not geared up to understanding the developmental impact of abuse (and subsequent removal from home) on young adults’ lives (Havlicek and Courtney, 2016), which, when compounded by poor access to housing, work, education, etc., surely has an impact on adolescent and emerging adult capacity to plan for the future and plan jointly with others (Cook et al., 2005).…”

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Anchors for deliberation and shared deliberation: Understanding planning in young adults transitioning from out-of-home care

Appleton

2019

Qualitative Social Work

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This theoretical paper focuses on early-stage planning in young adults in transition from out-of-home care. The theoretical approach builds on philosophical accounts of planning and shared planning by Michael Bratman and Jennifer Morton; previous research on care leavers’ experience; and findings from two recent qualitative studies of planning in care leavers in the UK. There are three central proposals of the paper. First, that if we focus on a young person’s deliberations about what matters (‘anchors for deliberation’), or what is important – to her or him – we may better understand the early stages of planning. Second, that social-cooperative or shared deliberations may be of special importance in understanding and supporting the early stages of planning in young people leaving care, partly because of the severe disruptions to social relationships that may have afflicted many care leavers during their earlier development. Third, that it may also be important to understand young people’s standpoints on planning norms, in both individual and social-cooperative contexts, given some young people’s subjection to repeated violation of norms. After introducing Bratman’s and Morton’s work, we suggest three categories of early-stage planning: specific anchors, policy-based anchors (including self-reliance, and ‘I don’t plan’), and anchors for the provisional future. Implications of the theoretical approach for research and practice are outlined. The paper aims to contribute to a theoretical basis for collaborative transition-planning (or ‘pathway planning’ in the UK) with young adults leaving care.

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2019

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“…research finds that close to half of all teens in care report having been abused or neglected. 50 Federal reviews of state practices through the CFSR process have found that states were failing to even monitor caseworker visitation of foster homes, with only 20 states being able to show whether caseworkers actually visited foster children on at least a monthly basis, the required standard. 51 Beyond safety, maltreated and emotionally troubled children need high quality care.…”

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New Directions For Foster Care Reform

Wald¹

2017

Juvenile Family Court J

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Since the 1970s, legislatures and courts have adopted a variety of approaches to address foster care's overuse, instability, and lack of permanence. Most reforms focused on rules and procedures. It appears that there has been progress with respect to each of these issues, but the foster care system still has many deficiencies. It is unlikely that further changes in legal standards will significantly improve the system; the core issues relate to implementation of good practices. The foster care system now responds to three types of problems: protecting children from parental maltreatment; helping children who exhibit severe behavioral problems; and dealing with families experiencing high levels of parent‐child conflict. Services should be redesigned to reflect differences in the issues presented by the three populations.

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“…It is not uncommon for children to receive multiple CPS interferences during their lives [ 3 ]. Therefore, the characteristics of CPS interference differ among children [ 21 , 51 – 53 ]. Multi-problem young adults are likely to have experienced several judicial, school and family problems simultaneously [ 19 , 23 , 24 ], for which the timing, the number and the intensity of CPS investigations may vary [ 3 ].…”

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Child Protection Service interference in childhood and the relation with mental health problems and delinquency in young adulthood: a latent class analysis study

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Paalman

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Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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BackgroundMost multi-problem young adults (18–27 years old) have been exposed to childhood maltreatment and/or have been involved in juvenile delinquency and, therefore, could have had Child Protection Service (CPS) interference during childhood. The extent to which their childhood problems persist and evolve into young adulthood may differ substantially among cases. This might indicate heterogeneous profiles of CPS risk factors. These profiles may identify combinations of closely interrelated childhood problems which may warrant specific approaches for problem recognition and intervention in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to retrospectively identify distinct statistical classes based on CPS data of multi-problem young adults in The Netherlands and to explore whether these classes were related to current psychological dysfunctioning and delinquent behaviour.MethodsAge at first CPS interference, numbers and types of investigations, age at first offence, mention of child maltreatment, and family supervision order measures (Dutch: ondertoezichtstelling; OTS) were extracted from the CPS records of 390 multi-problem young adult males aged 18–27 (mean age 21.7). A latent class analysis (LCA) was conducted and one-way analyses of variance and post-hoc t-tests examined whether LCA class membership was related to current self-reported psychological dysfunctioning and delinquent behaviour.ResultsFour latent classes were identified: (1) late CPS/penal investigation group (44.9%), (2) early CPS/multiple investigation group (30.8%), (3) late CPS interference without investigation group (14.6%), and (4) early CPS/family investigation group (9.7%). The early CPS/family investigation group reported the highest mean anxiousness/depression and substance use scores in young adulthood. No differences were found between class membership and current delinquent behaviour.ConclusionsThis study extends the concept that distinct pathways are present in multi-problem young adults who underwent CPS interference in their youth. Insight into the distinct combinations of CPS risk factors in the identified subgroups may guide interventions to tailor their treatment to the specific needs of these children. Specifically, treatment of internalizing problems in children with an early onset of severe family problems and for which CPS interference is carried out should receive priority from both policy makers and clinical practice.

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Maltreatment histories of aging out foster youth: A comparison of official investigated reports and self-reports of maltreatment prior to and during out-of-home care

Cited by 30 publications

References 36 publications

Anchors for deliberation and shared deliberation: Understanding planning in young adults transitioning from out-of-home care

Anchors for deliberation and shared deliberation: Understanding planning in young adults transitioning from out-of-home care

New Directions For Foster Care Reform

Child Protection Service interference in childhood and the relation with mental health problems and delinquency in young adulthood: a latent class analysis study

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