Objective: Children in out-of-home placements typically display more educational,
behavioral, and psychological problems than do their peers. This systematic review …

Background Every year a large number of children around the world are removed from their
homes because they are maltreated. Child welfare agencies are responsible for placing …

Background The majority of children in foster care 24 months or longer experience three or
more placements. Children's behavior problems are a primary contributor to multiple moves …

The purpose of this qualitative study is to better understand the experience and perceived
impact of multiple placement moves on adults who lived in foster care for at least some …

Youth in foster care with maltreatment experiences often demonstrate higher rates of mental
and behavioral health problems compared to youth in the general population as well as …

Substance abusing families often experience multiple problems simultaneously. Prior
substance abuse research suggests that attention to these co-occurring problems is …

This study investigates what characteristics explain placement instability for children in foster
care. Using a matched sample of children experiencing stable and unstable placements …

Young children removed from institutions and placed into foster care or adoptive homes
have been shown to experience significant gains in IQ relative to children who remain in …

The Fourteenth Amendment's Section One is central to our constitutional law. Yet its
underlying principles remain surprisingly obscure. Its drafting history seems filled with …

Maltreated foster children often exhibit alterations in diurnal hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal
(HPA) axis activity that are characterized by lower cortisol levels upon waking and smaller …