Over time, federal child welfare policy has shaped a preference for states to make every
effort to place children with kinship caregivers before non-kin, foster caregivers. The current …

More than a million children are separated from their parents by government authorities. We
review the research on the effects of separation, including separation for parental …

Trauma negatively impacts on the ability of children in out‐of‐home care to experience
safety in their relationships. Trauma rearousal can continue to occur even when children are …

Environmental stress is a key element to the understanding of the psychopathology of
children in foster care. Such children often present a wide range of symptoms from anxiety to …

Recruiting foster parents is a worldwide challenge. In the US, foster parents are supposed to
volunteer but receive stipends to cover the cost of foster children. Thus, Foster Care …

В статье представлен обзор современных зарубежных эмпирических исследований,
отражающих влияние контактов биологических родителей с детьми, помещенными в …

Shared parenting, when adults collaborate in childrearing, is a practice of interest for
children in out-of-home care. Yet, little is known about its feasibility and outcomes for kinship …

Background Childhood maltreatment is associated with insecure/disorganized attachment
and in turn with suicidal risk (SR). Despite maltreatment, contact with biological parents is …

Contact between children in care and their families and affiliates is an important component
of child welfare practice. Depending on how visitation is handled and the readiness of the …

Objective This study aims to document birth parents' commitment from a systemic
perspective. Characteristics of birth parent's mental health (depressive symptoms) …