Placement Stability for Children Adjudicated as Dependent: A Survival Analysis of a State Database

The Hospitable Community: A Trauma-Sensitive Environment for Children and Youth

“…In a way that is unfortunately similar to the path of Odysseus, some at-risk children drift from house to house wondering if they will ever be able to find their way home. Though most placements in foster and residential care are successful, some result in one disrupted placement after another (Rosenthal, 2011;Sinclair, Wilson, & Gibbs, 2005, p. 136). Perpetual outsider status deepens the struggle of children coping with trauma (Herman, 1992, p. 52).…”