Creating conditions that encourage youth engagement in family child welfare case planning meetings: A youth perspective
CJ Furrer, AC Rodgers, C Cooper, A Rockhill… - Children and Youth …, 2023 - Elsevier
Youth in foster care are often excluded from participating in planning for their permanent
homes and making other decisions about their lives. In the past decade, there has been an …
homes and making other decisions about their lives. In the past decade, there has been an …
Increasing family engagement in child welfare practice: Findings from a pilot of the Texas permanency outcomes project
CA LaBrenz, A Wasim, SZ Thompson, B Keller… - Clinical Social Work …, 2024 - Springer
Family engagement, or meaningful family participation and involvement, has been linked to
improved child welfare outcomes. Yet, to date, interventions to increase family engagement …
improved child welfare outcomes. Yet, to date, interventions to increase family engagement …
Post‐secondary vocational education for youth leaving care: Examining a potential pathway to successful outcomes
ME Collins, A Augsberger… - British Educational …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐secondary educational outcomes for care‐experienced youth are poor. This has been
a consistent finding across studies in many countries. Most studies do not distinguish …
a consistent finding across studies in many countries. Most studies do not distinguish …
Identifying the essential competencies for court professionals to promote youth engagement in permanency planning in court hearings
A Day, D Patterson, SN Benjamin… - Journal of Public …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Many youth age out of foster care without achieving permanency. This article describes a
process undertaken to determine priorities for creating curricular content to train court …
process undertaken to determine priorities for creating curricular content to train court …
Youth in foster care: Highlighting the importance of youth engagement in mental health treatment decisions
C Simmel, CF Bowden, SN Todd, K Thorp… - Children and Youth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Youth in foster care are disproportionately prescribed antipsychotic and other psychotropic
medications for perceived mental health challenges, compared with non-foster youth …
medications for perceived mental health challenges, compared with non-foster youth …
Empowering transition age youth through trauma-informed, strengths-based, youth-centered, and anti-racist practices: Implementation of a virtual breakthrough series …
C Kisiel, U Guarnaccia, L Pinkerton, P Garibaldi… - Children and Youth …, 2024 - Elsevier
Trauma-informed care necessitates a focus on change at all levels of a system and a shift in
organizational culture. While there has been significant progress in implementing trauma …
organizational culture. While there has been significant progress in implementing trauma …
Recommendations for systemic change to support connectedness within Alaska Native child welfare
JS Ullrich, A Metivier - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Ongoing child removal of Indigenous children within child welfare systems is
problematic. Alaska Native youth are disproportionately affected by the trauma of separation …
problematic. Alaska Native youth are disproportionately affected by the trauma of separation …
Helping youth in foster care develop life skills: Perspectives from caregivers, child welfare professionals, and agency representatives
Background Life skills development among youth in foster care is critical in helping them
overcome the barriers they face when leaving care. While foster care agencies, child welfare …
overcome the barriers they face when leaving care. While foster care agencies, child welfare …
“We are not our case files”: A qualitative analysis of child welfare professionals' relationships with young adults with foster care experience
RD Ludeke - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Young adults of color with foster care experience are disproportionately
represented in foster care in the United States. Developing meaningful connections with …
represented in foster care in the United States. Developing meaningful connections with …
Youth Receiving Child Welfare Services and their Preferred Relationships With Their Service Providers
Purpose: This study explores the experiences of youth receiving Child Welfare Services
(CWS) in Nova Scotia, Canada and their preferred relationships with different service …
(CWS) in Nova Scotia, Canada and their preferred relationships with different service …