Large numbers of children over the world experience foster care each year. How best to
satisfy their developmental needs and how to avoid placement breakdowns and negative …

While there are many studies that examine the adverse effects of behavior problems among
children in out-of-home care, evidence to understand the cumulative evidence of factors that …

Children in care (CiC) experience poorer health outcomes than their same-aged peers
without an experience of care. Despite growing recognition of the importance of listening to …

Children residing in long-term out-of-home care have high rates of clinical-level mental
health difficulties. However, the stability of these children's difficulties throughout their time in …

Longitudinal research on youth in foster care is important, but often challenging to
accomplish. To assist the field, a thorough description of the development of the SPARK …

Only recently has social work begun to grapple with its place in relation to environmental
issues. While considerable progress has been made in bringing environmental …

The present review sought to address the following questions: What evidence is there that
long-term, family-based out-of-home care (OOHC) has a general, population-wide effect on …

Mental Health Screening and Monitoring for Children in Care provides a concise, step-by-
step guide for children's agencies on how to carry out mental health screening and …

Abstract The Unified Protocol (UP) is a flexible, transdiagnostic form of cognitive behavioral
therapy that effectively treats diverse psychiatric conditions in children, adolescents and …

The present article reports findings of a narrative review of self-and carer-report mental
health data that addressed the research question: Do adolescents who reside in statutory …