Placement stability in the context of child development

O’Neill, Marissa; Risley-Curtiss, Christina; Ayón, Cecilia; Williams, Lela Rankin

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.02.018

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“…Chamberlain et al (2006) and Testa et al (2007) concur in reporting increased risk of disruption where several foster children are placed in the foster family. O'Neill et al (2012) observe breakdown risk rising appreciably as the number of members of the foster family household increases. According to Kraus (1971), fostering placements are more stable where the focus is on the foster child's well-being rather than on company for the biological children.…”

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“…O'Neill et al . () observe breakdown risk rising appreciably as the number of members of the foster family household increases. According to Kraus (), fostering placements are more stable where the focus is on the foster child's well‐being rather than on company for the biological children.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…O'Neill et al . () report a higher risk of disruptions in the case of foster parents with more fostering experience. With the exception of Berridge & Cleaver (), who note fewer breakdowns among foster parents with longer fostering experience, relative to those with less, all other studies have observed no connection in this respect (George ; Napier ; Sinclair et al .…”

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Factors associated with placement breakdown initiated by foster parents – empirical findings from Germany

Santen

2013

Child & Family Social Work

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Section: R Ev I Ew O F P Rev I O U S R E S E a Rchmentioning

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Section: Review Of Previous Researchmentioning

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Factors associated with placement breakdown initiated by foster parents – empirical findings from Germany

Santen

2013

Child & Family Social Work

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“…Kinship care is currently, in Quebec and elsewhere, a trend partly attributable to the greater stability such placements represent [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ]. Aside from stability, social, economic and political factors have stimulated the growing interest in kinship care: policies that emphasize keeping families together and approaches that focus on their strengths; overloaded official foster care systems; the need to preserve the cultural heritage, identity, and sense of belonging of children in care and; political philosophies that aim to lower the cost of public services [ 21 ].…”

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Placement Stability, Cumulative Time in Care, and Permanency: Using Administrative Data from CPS to Track Placement Trajectories

Hélie¹,

Poirier

Esposito

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Objectives: The Quebec Youth Protection Act was amended in 2007. The main goal of this reform was to improve placement stability for children who are removed from their home for their protection. Among several legal provisions introduced was the establishment of maximum age-specific durations of out-of-home care, after which a plan must be established to provide stability for children placed in substitute care by finding permanent homes for them. The purpose of this study is (1) to examine trends in placement use and placement stability since the reform and (2) to document the current frequency of each type of placement setting, the cumulative time in care before the exit to permanency, and the sustainability of the permanency outcome. Methods: The study relies on 3 entry cohorts of all children investigated who received protection measures in the province of Quebec during 3 specific time frames before and after the reform (n = 9620, 8676, 8425). Cohorts were observed for a period varying from 3 to 4 years. Administrative data from all 16 child protection agencies were used to track placement trajectory indicators and to compare cohorts. Results: There has been a decrease in the proportion of children receiving protection measures who were placed in care since the reform, and placement in kinship care has become more frequent among children placed. Placement stability improved slightly after the reform. Overall, for infants, the most frequent type of permanency attained is adoption, while reunification is the option most often indicated for older children. Some children are at a greater risk of experiencing unstable placement trajectories: young children have a high rate of reunification breakdown, some wait a long time to be adopted, and adolescents are frequently removed from the substitute care setting where they were supposed to stay until the age of 18. Conclusions: The results suggest interesting avenues for policy makers and service providers to improve the stability of placement trajectories. Advantages and disadvantages of administrative data are discussed.

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“…Most of these studies argue that the number of placements should be low once a child has been moved into foster care (Pelech et al 2013) and elaborate on to what extent placement characteristics such as with family (kin) vs. outside the family affect placement stability. Some studies have been empirical (Ward et al 2006;Vinnerljung & Sallnäs 2008;Ubbesen et al 2012), others theoretical (Flynn et al 2013;Holtan et al 2013;Pelech et al 2013) and some have elaborated on the effects resulting from placement instability (Rubin et al 2004(Rubin et al , 2007O'Neill et al 2012). This study contributes to this research by investigating additional placement characteristics using a larger data set, and by recommending various strategies to deal with the issue of heterogeneity.…”

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Placement characteristics and stability: a longitudinal analysis of Norwegian children in foster homes

Angel

Blekesaune

2015

Child & Family Social Work

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A B S T R AC TThis paper investigates how enhanced support for foster parents, such as covering fees and providing consultants and relief, may reduce the number of replacements experienced by children in foster care. It also investigates the extent to which replacements are associated with family (kin) vs. non-family foster parents, or with legal characteristics of the placement (i.e. forced administrative decisions vs. relief measures agreed upon by the parents). Statistical analyses of administrative data from Norway investigated the longitudinal relationships between these characteristics and the number of replacements at two levels -children (N = 16 109) and municipalities (N = 418) -over 5 years (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011). The results reveal modest associations between enhanced support and fewer replacements; for example, replacement rates are lower for children placed in homes of kin than in non-family homes. Replacements also tend to be fewer when the placement is forced rather than consensual. bs_bs_banner

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Placement stability in the context of child development

Cited by 23 publications

References 29 publications

Factors associated with placement breakdown initiated by foster parents – empirical findings from Germany

Factors associated with placement breakdown initiated by foster parents – empirical findings from Germany

Placement Stability, Cumulative Time in Care, and Permanency: Using Administrative Data from CPS to Track Placement Trajectories

Placement characteristics and stability: a longitudinal analysis of Norwegian children in foster homes

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