Placement disruption in foster care: Children’s behavior, foster parent support, and parenting experiences

Leathers, Sonya J.; Spielfogel, Jill E.; Geiger, Jennifer M.; Barnett, James; Voort, Beth L. Vande

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.03.012

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“…Providing comprehensive psychosocial mental health services that include foster parent training and support, individual child treatment and adjunctive services such as respite is particularly important to address issues such as behavior problems, risk to others, and difficulties with parenting that predict additional moves (Aarons et al, 2010; Leathers et al, 2019). However, the extent that services reach children who have the greatest need for services and are sustained over time is unknown.…”

Section: Provision Of Mental Health Services In Out-of-home Carementioning

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Mental health services and psychotropic medications provided to children at risk for placement instability in foster care

Leathers

Voort

Melka-Kaffer

2021

Developmental Child Welfare

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Children at risk for placement instability are subpopulation in out-of-home care with a critical need for enhanced mental health services, but little is known about the types and adequacy of the mental services they receive. This descriptive study sought to identify the types of mental health services and psychotropic medications provided to children with a risk for moves, foster parents’ perceptions of their adequacy, consistency of therapy services with evidence-based models, and racial and gender differences in service provision. Foster parents completed telephone surveys for a randomly selected sample of 144 children aged 8–14 in specialized or traditional family foster care with a history of placement moves or hospitalizations in a large state in the US. Over two-thirds of children were reported to have mental health diagnoses, with ADHD most frequent (52%). Most children with a diagnosis received psychotherapy (75%) and psychotropic medications (90%). The majority did not receive additional services. A quarter received therapy supporting use of behavioral interventions in foster homes, with 40% of foster parents reporting this was inadequate. Additionally, half reported inadequate initial training. No racial differences in services were reported. However, girls were more likely to receive therapy described as trauma-focused than boys (30.9% and 5.6%, respectively); more boys received treatment for anger (17%) and psychotropic medication (60%). Findings indicate that children at risk for multiple moves receive a high level of services, but questions are raised about the content and adequacy of these services. Evidence-based psychosocial interventions are needed to support positive outcomes and potentially reduce psychotropic medication use.

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Mental health services and psychotropic medications provided to children at risk for placement instability in foster care

Leathers

Voort

Melka-Kaffer

2021

Developmental Child Welfare

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“…The child will then play the role of parents by drawing positively from the parenting process carried out by their parents towards them. Besides, a positive experience of obtaining parental care also makes provisions for individuals to care for their children in future (Leathers, Spielfogel, Geiger, Barnett, & Voort, 2019) Among the five positive aspects of parenting the most significant influence on parental engagement in children's education is attachment (Juffer, Bakermans-Kranenburg, & van IJzendoorn, 2017), empathy (Perez-Albeniz & de Paul, 2004), and positive discipline. From the point of view of attachment, the biggest factors in a child's parents' engagement in the child's education are the child's perception of the parents as people they can form positive longterm relationships with, the child's perception of the parents as people who can brighten the child's heart, and the child's perception of the parents as people who can influence the child to rise from failure (Munir & Malik, 2020).…”

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Parental Engagement on Children Character Education: The Influences of Positive Parenting and Agreeableness Mediated by Religiosity

Diana

Chirzin

Bashori

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Parents have an important role in introducing character education to children. Positive parenting and agreeableness are considered to have essential influences on parent engagement in children’s character education mediated by religiosity. This study aimed to examine the effects of positive parenting and agreeableness towards parental engagement in character education with religiosity as the mediator. Data were obtained using five instruments, namely the parental engagement scale, agreeableness scale, religiosity scale, Islamic knowledge test items, and the positive parenting scale. The population of this research was the parents of students of Muhammadiyah elementary schools located in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. By cluster random sampling technique, the study involved 210 parents. The collected data were analyzed using the SEM technique. The results of this study show that: (1) there was a significant relationship between positive parenting and agreeableness on parental engagement, (2) religiosity worked as a mediator of the relationship between positive parenting and agreeableness in parental engagement, and (3) religiosity worked better as the mediator of agreeableness than positive engagement. It was concluded that the correlation between agreeableness and parental engagement would not be formed without religiosity as a mediator.

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“…This is worrisome given the relation we found with foster children's mental health. Additionally, we also know that foster parent stress may negatively impact their motivation to continue fostering and may lead to foster parent burnout and placement disruption (Leathers et al 2019). Therefore, it seems important to consider foster parent stress in screening and interventions, as a possible point of attention in creating conditions conducive to foster children's mental health.…”

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Foster Parent Stress as Key Factor Relating to Foster Children’s Mental Health: A 1-Year Prospective Longitudinal Study

Goemans

Buisman

Geel

et al. 2020

Child Youth Care Forum

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Background Foster children are reported to often have mental health difficulties. To optimize foster children's development chances, we need to know more about the characteristics that are predictive of foster children's mental health. Objective In the current study, we aimed to establish what accounts for the differences in foster children's mental health, by examining the change and predictors of change in foster children's mental health. Insight into foster children's mental health outcomes and their predictors could inform the design of targeted interventions and support for foster children and foster families. Method In a sample of 432 foster children between 4 and 17 years old (M = 10.90) we examined a multivariate model in which characteristics of the foster child, the child's care experiences, foster family, and foster placement were included as predictors of foster children's mental health (internalizing, externalizing, and prosocial behaviors) using a threewave longitudinal design Results Results showed that levels of mental health were generally stable over time. Differences between foster children's developmental outcomes were mainly predicted by foster parent stress. Conclusions Foster parent stress levels were high and consistently found to be the strongest predictor of foster children's mental health outcomes. Given this finding it is important for researchers and practitioners to consider foster parent stress in screening as a point of attention in creating conditions conducive to foster children's mental health.

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Placement disruption in foster care: Children’s behavior, foster parent support, and parenting experiences

Cited by 67 publications

References 48 publications

Mental health services and psychotropic medications provided to children at risk for placement instability in foster care

Mental health services and psychotropic medications provided to children at risk for placement instability in foster care

Parental Engagement on Children Character Education: The Influences of Positive Parenting and Agreeableness Mediated by Religiosity

Foster Parent Stress as Key Factor Relating to Foster Children’s Mental Health: A 1-Year Prospective Longitudinal Study

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