National data indicate recent increases in the number of children in foster and kinship care
placements. Children in out-of-home placements are at elevated risk for behavioral …

Background The reported prevalence of depression and anxiety among African American
children and adolescents and their negative sequalae suggest a need to further explore …

Purpose In this observational study, we examined the interactions of 16 young children with
autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents to investigate (a) differences in verbal …

Background Kinship navigator programs were developed to help connect kinship families to
needed resources and services. Peer to Peer Kinship Navigation (P2PKN) is one type of …

Background Considerable prior research targeting African American children has focused
on the pervasiveness of problematic behavior and negative risk factors associated with their …

The field of child welfare has historically focused on physical safety and legal permanency
with little emphasis on child well-being or the importance of social relationships in positive …

This critical review uses the frameworks of intersectionality and structural gendered racism
to understand the racialized, gendered, and class-based oppression regarding the …

Parents' gender role attitudes are pertinent to child adjustment. Importantly, parental
involvement may help to explain the link between parents' gender role attitudes and child …

Kinship care refers to familial arrangements where the primary caregiver (s) are biological
relatives, godparents, or other fictive kin with strong bonds, raising children when the …

It is well established that crossover youth (those involved in the child welfare system who go
on to be involved in the juvenile justice system) are disproportionately African American …