Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2025

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Volume 37, issue C, 2014

Smoothing the transition to adulthood: Creating ongoing supportive relationships among foster youth pp. 1-8

Ande Nesmith and Kaitlin Christophersen

Preventing the residential placement of young children: A multidisciplinary investigation of challenges and opportunities in a rural state pp. 9-14

Carrie W. Rishel, Tracy L. Morris, Corey Colyer and Tami Gurley-Calvez

African American disproportionality and disparity in child welfare: Toward a comprehensive conceptual framework pp. 15-27

Reiko Boyd

Who's on board? Child welfare worker reports of buy-in and readiness for organizational change pp. 28-35

Julie S. McCrae, Maria Scannapieco, Robin Leake, Cathryn C. Potter and David Menefee

What explains instability in foster care? Comparison of a matched sample of children with stable and unstable placements pp. 36-45

Eun Koh, Nancy Rolock, Theodore P. Cross and Jennifer Eblen-Manning

Effectiveness of a multi-faceted, school-based health intervention program with 4th graders in Alabama pp. 46-54

Ali Zaremba Morgan, Pamela Ulrich, Karla P. Simmons, Sareen S. Gropper, Lenda Jo Connell, Mary Katherine Daniels, Elizabeth Latham and Margaret K. Keiley

Diffusing responsibility: A case study of child sexual abuse in popular discourse pp. 55-63

Susan L. Miller, M. Kristen Hefner and Chrysanthi S. Leon

Out of home placement to promote safety? The prevalence of physical abuse in residential and foster care pp. 64-70

Saskia Euser, Lenneke R.A. Alink, Anne Tharner, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

Maternal criminal justice involvement and co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems: Examining moderation of sex and race on children's mental health pp. 71-80

Keva M. Miller

Volume 36, issue C, 2014

The effect of welfare sanctions on TANF exits and employment pp. 1-14

Chi-Fang Wu, Maria Cancian and Geoffrey Wallace

Policies to promote economic stability, asset building, and child development pp. 15-21

Melinda Lewis, Reid Cramer, William Elliott and Aleta Sprague

The impact of repeated maltreatment on behavioral trajectories from early childhood to early adolescence pp. 22-29

Fenfang Li and Meripa T. Godinet

Evaluating Services for Kinship Care Families: A Systematic Review pp. 32-41

Ching-Hsuan Lin

Educational outcomes for adults formerly in foster care: The role of ethnicity pp. 42-52

Susy Villegas, James Rosenthal, Kirk O'Brien and Peter J. Pecora

Stability of post-treatment functioning after residential treatment: The perceptions of parents and adolescents pp. 53-61

Karin S. Nijhof, Roy Otten and Ignace P.R. Vermaes

Results from a family finding experiment pp. 62-69

Miriam J. Landsman, Shamra Boel-Studt and Kelli Malone

Foster parenting together: Assessing foster parent applicant couples pp. 70-80

Terri Combs-Orme and John G. Orme

Influencing factors on mothers' parenting style of young children at risk for developmental delay in South Korea: The mediating effects of parenting stress pp. 81-89

SungHee Nam and JongSerl Chun

Juvenile court pathways to legal permanence for children in substitute care pp. 90-100

Andrew Zinn and Gretchen Cusick

Is it that we are afraid to ask? A scoping review about sons and daughters of foster parents pp. 101-114

Sarah Serbinski and Aron Shlonsky

The needs and experiences of young people with a disability transitioning from out-of-home care: The views of practitioners in Victoria, Australia pp. 115-123

Philip Mendes and Pamela Snow

Foster parenting together: Foster parent couples pp. 124-132

John G. Orme and Terri Combs-Orme

Cyberbullying perpetration and victimization among adolescents in Hong Kong pp. 133-140

Dennis S.W. Wong, Chan, Heng Choon (Oliver) and Christopher H.K. Cheng

Motivation for foster care pp. 143-149

Skrallan De Maeyer, Johan Vanderfaeillie, Femke Vanschoonlandt, Marijke Robberechts and Frank Van Holen

Environmental risk factors and custody status in children of substance abusers pp. 150-154

Angela Kyzer, Nicola A. Conners-Burrow and Lorraine McKelvey

Implementing evidence-supported methods in residential care and special education: A process-model pp. 155-162

Bram Soenen, Franky D'Oosterlinck and Eric Broekaert

Social and familial determinants of health: Mediating effects of caregiver mental and physical health on children's mental health pp. 163-169

Adam Quinn, Harold E. Briggs, Keva M. Miller and E. Roberto Orellana

From assessing needs to designing and evaluating programs: Case study of a family support program in Portugal pp. 170-178

Maria Manuela Calheiros, João Graça and Joana Nunes Patrício

A cross-sectional examination of birth rates among adolescent girls in foster care pp. 179-186

Bryn King, Emily Putnam-Hornstein, Julie A. Cederbaum and Barbara Needell

Student and school factors associated with school suspension: A multilevel analysis of students in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, United States pp. 187-194

Sheryl A. Hemphill, Stephanie M. Plenty, Todd I. Herrenkohl, John W. Toumbourou and Richard F. Catalano

Profile of children placed in out-of-home care: Association with permanency outcomes pp. 195-200

Svetlana Yampolskaya, Patty Sharrock, Mary I. Armstrong, Anne Strozier and Jayme Swanke

Youth in out-of-home care: Relation of engagement in structured group activities with social and mental health measures pp. 201-205

Anne-Marie Conn, Chante Calais, Moira Szilagyi, Constance Baldwin and Sandra H. Jee

Familism, substance abuse, and sexual risk among foster care alumni pp. 206-212

Genevieve Maliszewski and Chris Brown

Incremental net benefit of early intervention for preschool-aged children with emotional and behavioral problems in foster care pp. 213-219

Frances L. Lynch, John F. Dickerson, Lisa Saldana and Phillip A. Fisher

Former foster youth: Employment outcomes up to age 30 pp. 220-229

C. Joy Stewart, Hye-Chung Kum, Richard P. Barth and Dean F. Duncan

Child care subsidies and child care choices: The moderating role of household structure pp. 230-240

Anna J. Markowitz, Rebecca M. Ryan and Anna D. Johnson

Volume 35, issue 12, 2013

Peer violence in adolescent residential care: A qualitative examination of contextual and peer factors pp. 1901-1912

Ivana Sekol

Post-adoption service need and access: Differences between international, kinship and non-kinship foster care pp. 1913-1922

Darcey H. Merritt and Trudy Festinger

Washington State's adoption of a child welfare practice model: An illustration of the Getting To Outcomes implementation framework pp. 1923-1932

Simon Pipkin, Emma M. Sterrett, Becky Antle and Dana N. Christensen

The moderating effect of substance abuse service accessibility on the relationship between child maltreatment and neighborhood alcohol availability pp. 1933-1940

Cory M. Morton

‘Nothing works’ in secure residential youth care? pp. 1941-1945

F.A. Souverein, G.H.P. Van der Helm and G.J.J.M. Stams

“It's hard enough to deal with all the abuse issues”: Child welfare workers' experiences with intimate partner violence on their caseloads pp. 1946-1953

Rachel A. Fusco

Alcohol and drug abuse among young adults who grew up in substitute care — Findings from a Swedish national cohort study pp. 1954-1961

Annika von Borczyskowski, Bo Vinnerljung and Anders Hjern

Racial disparity in risk factors for substantiation of child maltreatment pp. 1962-1969

Tyrone C. Cheng and Celia C. Lo

A learning collaborative approach to training school-based health providers in evidence-based mental health treatment pp. 1970-1978

Sharon H. Stephan, Elizabeth H. Connors, Prerna Arora and Laura Brey

Managing moods and parenting: Perspectives of former system youth who struggle with emotional challenges pp. 1979-1987

Sarah Carter Narendorf, Michelle R. Munson and Fredreka Levingston

Randomized trial of Promoting First Relationships: Effects on maltreated toddlers' separation distress and sleep regulation after reunification pp. 1988-1992

Monica L. Oxford, Charles B. Fleming, Elizabeth M. Nelson, Jean F. Kelly and Susan J. Spieker

Factor analyzing the “ASK” cultural competency self-assessment scale for child protective services pp. 1993-2002

Patrick Leung and Monit Cheung

Advancing case manager motivation in child welfare: Job control's curvilinear relationship and instrumental feedback's moderating influence pp. 2003-2012

Mark S. Preston

Organizational change: The role of climate and job satisfaction in child welfare workers' perception of readiness for change pp. 2013-2019

Nancy Claiborne, Charles Auerbach, Catherine Lawrence and Wendy Zeitlin Schudrich

The effects of parental involvement on academic performance of Ghanaian youth: Testing measurement and relationships using structural equation modeling pp. 2020-2030

Gina A.N. Chowa, Rainier D. Masa and Jenna Tucker

Placement of children in out-of-home care in Québec, Canada: When and for whom initial out-of-home placement is most likely to occur pp. 2031-2039

Tonino Esposito, Nico Trocmé, Martin Chabot, Aron Shlonsky, Delphine Collin-Vézina and Vandna Sinha

Comparison of hope of maltreating parents whose children were removed from home with those whose children were kept at home pp. 2040-2048

Bilha Davidson-Arad, Reut Aram-Fichman, Michal Bashan-Paz, Raya Gingis and Tali Klein-Katz

A case study of the effects of privatization of child welfare on services for children and families: The Nebraska experience pp. 2049-2058

Grace S. Hubel, Alayna Schreier, David J. Hansen and Brian L. Wilcox

Young people's experience of social support during the process of leaving care: A review of the literature pp. 2059-2071

Dominic Hiles, Duncan Moss, John Wright and Rudi Dallos

Grandmas' hands rocked the cradle pp. 2072-2079

Deneen M. Harris

Substantiating neglect of first nations and non-aboriginal children pp. 2080-2090

Vandna Sinha, Stephen Ellenbogen and Nico Trocmé

Agreement among students', teachers', and parents' perceptions of victimization by bullying pp. 2091-2100

Michelle K. Demaray, Christine K. Malecki, Stephanie M. Secord and Kelly M. Lyell

Representation of children's views in court hearings about custody and parental visitations — A comparison between what children wanted and what the courts ruled pp. 2101-2109

Svein Arild Vis and Sturla Fossum

Voices of former foster youth: Supportive relationships in the transition to adulthood pp. 2110-2117

Erin Rebecca Singer, Stephanie Cosner Berzin and Kim Hokanson

The relationship between parent immigration status and concrete support service use among Latinos in child welfare: Findings using the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAWII) pp. 2118-2127

Megan Finno-Velasquez

24-month update on the impact of roundtables on permanency for youth in foster care pp. 2128-2134

Cynthia W. Davis, Kirk O'Brien, Carla S. Rogg, Linda Jewell Morgan, Catherine Roller White and Millicent Houston

Psychometric testing of the Chinese version of ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tools Children's Home Version (ICAST-CH-C) pp. 2135-2139

Hsin-Yi Chang, Chiao-Li Lin, Yi-Ting Chang, Meng-Chu Tsai and Jui-Ying Feng

The use of sociograms to explore collaboration in child protection conferences pp. 2140-2146

Jane V. Appleton, Emmanouela Terlektsi and Lindsey Coombes

The quality of evaluations of foster parent training: An empirical review pp. 2147-2153

Trudy Festinger and Amy J.L. Baker

Volume 35, issue 11, 2013

National certification for child and youth workers: Does it make a difference? pp. 1795-1800

Dale Curry, Frank Eckles, Carol Stuart, Andrew J. Schneider-Muñoz and Basil Qaqish

Reaching everyone: Promoting the inclusion of youth with disabilities in evaluating foster care outcomes pp. 1801-1808

Jennifer E. Blakeslee, A. Del Quest, Jennifer Powers, Laurie E. Powers, Sarah Geenen, May Nelson, Lawrence D. Dalton and Elizabeth McHugh

Inadequate housing and the child protection system response pp. 1809-1815

Sarah A. Font and Emily J. Warren

Have child maltreatment and child placement rates declined? pp. 1816-1822

Leroy H. Pelton

Online programs as tools to improve parenting: A meta-analytic review pp. 1823-1829

Christa C. Nieuwboer, Ruben G. Fukkink and Jo M.A. Hermanns

Trauma-informed care training in a child welfare system: Moving it to the front line pp. 1830-1835

Nicola A. Conners-Burrow, Teresa L. Kramer, Benjamin A. Sigel, Kathy Helpenstill, Chad Sievers and Lorraine McKelvey

Enough is enough: Grandmother caregivers' strategies for mitigating out-of-school suspensions for African–American youth pp. 1836-1842

Priscilla A. Gibson and Cara McGlynn

The surprisingly weak evidence base for supervision: Findings from a systematic review of research in child welfare practice (2000–2012) pp. 1843-1853

John Carpenter, Caroline M. Webb and Lisa Bostock

Individual differences in referral for help for severe emotional difficulties in adolescence pp. 1854-1861

Michelle Slone, Yael Meir and Ricardo Tarrasch

Systemic differences in views on risk: A comparative case vignette study of risk assessment in England, Norway and the United States (California) pp. 1862-1870

Katrin Križ and Marit Skivenes

Reducing turnover is not enough: The need for proficient organizational cultures to support positive youth outcomes in child welfare pp. 1871-1877

Nathaniel J. Williams and Charles Glisson

Child protection and out-of-home placement experiences of preschool children born to mothers enrolled in methadone maintenance treatment during pregnancy pp. 1878-1885

Rachel E. Lean, Verena E. Pritchard and Lianne J. Woodward

Social needs of aboriginal foster parents pp. 1886-1893

Jason D. Brown, Viktoria Ivanova, Nisha Mehta, Donna Skrodzki and Julie Gerrits

Four forms of youth civic engagement for diverse democracy pp. 1894-1899

Barry Checkoway and Adriana Aldana

Volume 35, issue 10, 2013

Organizational tenure among child welfare workers, burnout, stress, and intent to leave: Does employment-based social capital make a difference? pp. 1657-1669

Javier F. Boyas, Leslie H. Wind and Erika Ruiz

“At a moment, you could collapse”: Raising children with autism in the West Bank pp. 1670-1678

Sarah Dababnah and Susan L. Parish

Children removed from home by court order: Fathers' disenfranchised grief and reclamation of paternal functions pp. 1679-1686

Nehami Baum and Irit Negbi

Professional development opportunities as retention incentives in child welfare pp. 1687-1697

Sherrill J. Clark, Richard J. Smith and Kazumi Uota

In a different mindset: Critical youth work with marginalized youth pp. 1698-1704

Maya Lavie-Ajayi and Michal Krumer-Nevo

The subjective well-being of young people aging out of care pp. 1705-1711

Tamar Dinisman, Anat Zeira, Yafit Sulimani-Aidan and Rami Benbenishty

Recent changes in the child welfare system: One state's experience pp. 1712-1718

Mary I. Armstrong, Jayme R. Swanke, Anne Strozier, Svetlana Yampolskaya and Patty J. Sharrock

Family histories and multiple transitions among homeless young adults: Pathways to homelessness pp. 1719-1726

Kimberly A. Tyler and Rachel M. Schmitz

Looking beneath and in-between the hidden surfaces: a critical review of defining, measuring and contextualizing mental health service disparities in the child welfare system pp. 1727-1733

Antonio R. Garcia, Lawrence A. Palinkas, Lonnie Snowden and John Landsverk

Recruiting fathers to parenting programs: Advice from dads and fatherhood program providers pp. 1734-1741

Mary Jo Stahlschmidt, Jennifer Threlfall, Kristen D. Seay, Ericka M. Lewis and Patricia L. Kohl

Parenting stress and parenting behavior among foster mothers of foster children with externalizing problems pp. 1742-1750

Femke Vanschoonlandt, Johan Vanderfaeillie, Frank Van Holen, Skrällan De Maeyer and Marijke Robberechts

Fathers' involvement with the Child Welfare Service pp. 1751-1759

Anita Skårstad Storhaug

Pregnancy risk among older youth transitioning out of foster care pp. 1760-1765

Karen M. Matta Oshima, Sarah Carter Narendorf and J. Curtis McMillen

Can children and young people be empowered in participatory initiatives?: Perspectives from young people's participation in policy formulation and implementation in Ghana pp. 1766-1772

Jones Adu-Gyamfi

Concurrent reductions in psychotropic medication, assault, and physical restraint in two residential treatment programs for youth pp. 1773-1779

Christopher Bellonci, Jonathan C. Huefner, Annette K. Griffith, Georgi Vogel-Rosen, Gail L. Smith and Scott Preston

An item response theory investigation of the Family Assessment Form pp. 1780-1788

Todd M. Franke, Christina A. Christie, Jennifer Ho and Lingyun Du

Public child welfare workers' perception of efficacy relative to multicultural awareness, knowledge and skills pp. 1789-1793

Sharon E. Williams, Quienton L. Nichols and Nadia L. Williams

Volume 35, issue 8, 2013

Place, power, and possibility: Remaking social work with children and youth pp. 1159-1165

Janet L. Finn, Lynn M. Nybell and Jeffrey J. Shook

Judging childhood pp. 1166-1173

Janet L. Finn

Providing new opportunities or reinforcing old stereotypes? Perceptions and experiences of single-sex public education pp. 1174-1181

Sara Goodkind, Lisa Schelbe, Andrea A. Joseph, Daphne E. Beers and Stephanie L. Pinsky

Violent children and structural violence: Re-signaling ‘RAD Kids’ to inform the social work professions pp. 1182-1188

Rachael Stryker

Rethinking youth voice and institutional power: Reflections from inside a service learning partnership in a California juvenile hall pp. 1189-1196

Jennifer Tilton

Dissolving borders: Reframing risk, delinquent peers, and youth violence pp. 1197-1205

Deborah Freedman Lustig and Kenzo K. Sung

Promoting youth voice in Indian country pp. 1206-1211

James C. Caringi, Bart Klika, Marilyn Zimmerman, Ashley Trautman and Rick van den Pol

Between badness and sickness: Reconsidering medicalization for high risk children and youth pp. 1212-1218

Emily Adlin Bosk

Negotiating narratives surrounding children's mental health diagnoses: Children and their contribution to the discourse pp. 1219-1226

Elizabeth H. Bringewatt

Locating “youth voice:” Considering the contexts of speaking in foster care pp. 1227-1235

Lynn M. Nybell

Juvenile or adult? Negotiating and contesting childhood in the courtroom pp. 1236-1244

Jeffrey J. Shook

Framing “at risk” students: Struggles at the boundaries of access to higher education pp. 1245-1251

Sylvia Sims Gray

Deservingness, children in poverty, and collective well being pp. 1252-1259

Linwood H. Cousins

For the public good: Urban youth advocacy and the fight for public education pp. 1260-1267

Jessie B. Ramey

Building a youth-led movement to keep young people out of the adult criminal justice system pp. 1268-1275

Recco Ford, Shawna Hershberger, Joshua Glenn, Sarah Morris, Victor Saez, Francis Togba, Joshua Watson and Romeeka Williams

“Well, if you can't smile you should go home!” Experiences and reflective insights on providing outreach to young sex trade workers pp. 1276-1283

Kennedy Saldanha and Derek Parenteau

Navigating “illegality”: Undocumented youth & oppositional consciousness pp. 1284-1290

Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales

What constitutes youth organizing? Exploring the role of conservative contexts in understanding practice pp. 1291-1296

Katie Richards-Schuster, Jennifer Juras, Sarah R. Young and Rebecca J. Timmermans

Volume 35, issue 7, 2013

Childhood maltreatment and motivation for treatment in girls in compulsory residential care pp. 1041-1047

Laura E.W. Leenarts, Machteld Hoeve, Peter M. Van de Ven, Henny P.B. Lodewijks and Theo A.H. Doreleijers

Mental health service utilization in children adopted from US foster care, US private agencies and foreign countries: Data from the 2007 National Survey of Adoption Parents (NSAP) pp. 1050-1054

Tony Xing Tan and Travis Marn

Fathers as ‘core business’ in child welfare practice and research: An interdisciplinary review pp. 1055-1070

Lee Zanoni, Wayne Warburton, Kay Bussey and Anne McMaugh

Sibling relationships and internalizing symptoms of youth in foster care pp. 1071-1077

Armeda Stevenson Wojciak, Lenore M. McWey and Christine M. Helfrich

Family assets, postsecondary education, and students with disabilities: Building on progress and overcoming challenges pp. 1078-1086

Gregory A. Cheatham, Sean J. Smith, William Elliott and Terri Friedline

Placement disruption in long-term kinship and nonkinship foster care pp. 1087-1094

Amy Holtan, Bjørn Helge Handegård, Renee Thørnblad and Svein Arild Vis

Friendship in children with internalizing and externalizing problems: A preliminary investigation with the Pictorial Assessment of Interpersonal Relationships pp. 1095-1100

Fiorenzo Laghi, Roberto Baiocco, Eleonora Cannoni, Anna Di Norcia, Emma Baumgartner and Anna Silvia Bombi

South African social workers' knowledge of attachment theory and their perceptions of attachment relationships in foster care supervision pp. 1101-1109

E. Lesch, M. Deist, L. Booysen and E. Edwards

Friends with benefits or “friends” with deficits? The meaning and contexts of uncommitted sexual relationships among Mexican American and European American adolescents pp. 1110-1117

Lela Rankin Williams and Heidi L. Adams

Estimating the effects of Head Start on parenting and child maltreatment pp. 1119-1129

Fuhua Zhai, Jane Waldfogel and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Child welfare and the challenge of causal inference pp. 1130-1142

E. Michael Foster and Kimberly McCombs-Thornton

Causal effects of foster care: An instrumental-variables approach pp. 1143-1151

Joseph J. Doyle

Evaluating situations in child welfare: From tools to workgroups pp. 1152-1157

Michel Boutanquoi, Maryse Bournel-Bosson and Jean-Pierre Minary

Volume 35, issue 6, 2013

Emerging adulthood among former system youth: The ideal versus the real pp. 923-929

Michelle R. Munson, Bethany R. Lee, David Miller, Andrea Cole and Cristina Nedelcu

Biogenetic and functional frameworks for the assignment of parentage by the courts: Implications for foster caregivers pp. 930-936

Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Amanda Yoshioka-Maxwell

Adult resilience among maltreated children: A prospective investigation of main effect and mediating models pp. 937-949

James Topitzes, Joshua P. Mersky, Kristin A. Dezen and Arthur J. Reynolds

The independent effects of socio-demographic and programmatic factors on economic strain among parents in a Child Savings Accounts program pp. 950-959

David Okech

Patterns and correlates of adolescent weight change in residential care pp. 960-965

Timothy D. Nelson, Tori R. Van Dyk, Alyssa Lundahl, Jonathan Huefner, Ronald W. Thompson and Michael H. Epstein

A population-based inquiry of homeless episode characteristics and early educational well-being pp. 966-972

John Fantuzzo, Whitney LeBoeuf, Benjamin Brumley and Staci Perlman

Analyzing sub-population profiles and risk factors for school bullying pp. 973-983

Michael A. Lawson, Tania Alameda-Lawson, Jenai Downer and Elizabeth Anderson

Can we trust parental reports of child care subsidy receipt? pp. 984-993

Anna D. Johnson and Chris M. Herbst

Connections with banking institutions and diverse asset portfolios in young adulthood: Children as potential future investors pp. 994-1006

Terri Friedline and William Elliott

Recollections of harsh discipline in childhood and depressive feelings in adulthood: The roles of culture and gender pp. 1007-1014

Maayan Davidov and Mona Khoury-Kassabri

Child-centered approach in the context of the assessment of children in need: Reflections of child protection workers in Estonia pp. 1015-1022

Karmen Toros, Anne Tiko and Koidu Saia

Statewide dissemination of trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) pp. 1023-1029

Benjamin A. Sigel, Teresa L. Kramer, Nicola A. Conners-Burrow, Janice K. Church, Karen B. Worley and Nicholas A. Mitrani

Assigning volunteer tasks: The relation between task preferences and functional motives of youth volunteers pp. 1030-1040

Jurgen Willems and Marlene Walk

Volume 35, issue 5, 2013

Juvenile life without the possibility of parole: Constitutional but complicated pp. 743-752

Christopher A. Mallett

Typologies of substance use and illegal behaviors: A comparison of emerging adults with histories of foster care and the general population pp. 753-761

Susan M. Snyder and Rose Anne Medeiros

“It is difficult to be here with my sister but intolerable to be without her”: Intact sibling placement in residential care pp. 762-770

Judy Leichtentritt

The Brief Assessment Checklists (BAC-C, BAC-A): Mental health screening measures for school-aged children and adolescents in foster, kinship, residential and adoptive care pp. 771-779

Michael Tarren-Sweeney

Economic abuse, physical violence, and union formation pp. 780-786

Chien-Chung Huang, Judy L. Postmus, Juliann H. Vikse and Lih-Rong Wang

Implementing a case management initiative in high-need schools pp. 787-796

Rebecca Wells and Elizabeth J. Gifford

Children with disabilities in out-of-home care: Perspectives on organisational collaborations pp. 797-805

Jenny Ziviani, Yvonne Darlington, Rachel Feeney, Pamela Meredith and Brian Head

Substance use among adolescent mothers: A review pp. 806-815

Shawna L. Carroll Chapman and Li-Tzy Wu

Preschool attendance and school-age profiles: A revision pp. 816-825

Fernando Borraz and Alejandro Cid

The relationship of placement experience to school absenteeism and changing schools in young, school-aged children in foster care pp. 826-833

Catherine S. Zorc, Amanda L.R. O'Reilly, Meredith Matone, Jin Long, Caroline L. Watts and David Rubin

Preventing hepatitis C virus transmission among young people in the justice system pp. 834-836

Emily Lenton, Bethany White, Campbell Aitken, Margaret Hellard and Peter Higgs

The role of parental work schedule in CPS involvement pp. 837-847

Wen-Jui Han, Chien-Chung Huang and Margaret Williams

School as haven: Transforming school environments into welcoming learning communities pp. 848-855

Virletta C. Bryant, Corey Shdaimah, Rebecca L. Sander and Llewellyn J. Cornelius

Academic engagement and performance: Estimating the impact of out-of-home care for maltreated children pp. 856-864

Sarah Font and Kathryn Maguire-Jack

Communicative competence and the facilitating and perturbing factors in the socialisation of immigrant students pp. 865-870

Juan Manuel Moreno-Manso, Ma José Godoy-Merino, Ángel Suárez-Muñoz and Ma Elena García-Baamonde

Is program structure related to stigma and community acceptance of justice-involved adolescents? pp. 871-876

Craig S. Schwalbe, Rawan W. Ibrahim, Kathryne B. Brewer, Michael J. MacKenzie and Robin E. Gearing

“Draw me everything that happened to you”: Exploring children's drawings of sexual abuse pp. 877-882

Carmit Katz and Liat Hamama

Didn't we just see you? Time to recurrence among frequently encountered families in CPS pp. 883-889

Saijun Zhang, Tamara Fuller and Martin Nieto

Program features and developmental experiences at a camp for youth with cancer pp. 890-898

Ann Gillard and Clifton E. Watts

Doing time, filling time: Bureaucratic ritualism as a systemic barrier to youth reentry pp. 899-907

Jamie J. Fader and Christopher P. Dum

Sources of parenting support in early fatherhood: Perspectives of United States Air Force members pp. 908-915

Shawna J. Lee, Tova B. Neugut, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Richard M. Tolman, Wendy J. Travis and Margaret H. Walker

Gender differences in perceptions of aftercare supports and services pp. 916-922

Jacqueline Huscroft-D'Angelo, Alexandra Trout, Michael Epstein, Kristin Duppong-Hurley and Ron Thompson

Volume 35, issue 4, 2013

Children placed in long-term family foster care: A longitudinal study into the development of problem behavior and associated factors pp. 587-593

Johan Vanderfaeillie, Frank Van Holen, Femke Vanschoonlandt, Marijke Robberechts and Tim Stroobants

Organizational climate and burnout among home visitors: Testing mediating effects of empowerment pp. 594-602

Eunju Lee, Nina Esaki, Jeehoon Kim, Rose Greene, Kristen Kirkland and Susan Mitchell-Herzfeld

Psychopathology, physical complaints and health risk behaviors among youths who were victims of childhood maltreatment: A comparison between home and institutional interventions pp. 603-610

Ricardo J. Pinto and Ângela C. Maia

Making complex decisions: Child protection workers' practices and interventions with families experiencing intimate partner violence pp. 611-617

Judy Hughes and Shirley Chau

The role of social relationships in the association between adolescents' depressive symptoms and academic achievement pp. 618-625

Laura K. Maurizi, Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, M. Teresa Granillo and Jorge Delva

Describing the context and nature of emotional maltreatment reports in children pp. 626-633

Cassandra Simmel and Svetlana Shpiegel

When practice and policy collide: Child welfare workers' perceptions of investigation processes pp. 634-641

Shawna J. Lee, Joanne L. Sobeck, Valentina Djelaj and Elizabeth Agius

Effectiveness and implementation of evidence-based practices in residential care settings pp. 642-656

Sigrid James, Qais Alemi and Veronica Zepeda

Intention to leave in social workers and educators employed in voluntary child welfare agencies pp. 657-663

Wendy Zeitlin Schudrich, Aries Liao, Catherine Lawrence, Charles Auerbach, Anne-Marie Gomes, Gretta Fernandes, Brenda McGowan and Nancy Claiborne

Socioemotional characteristics of minors in foster care: A comparison between the estimation of parents, teachers and children pp. 664-667

Mª Dolores Gil Llario, Roberta Ceccato, Rosa Molero Mañes and Rafael Ballester Arnal

Explaining heterogeneity in the child poverty rate among immigrant families: Differences by parental citizenship pp. 668-677

Myungkook Joo

Long-term changes in parenting and child behavior after the Home-Start family support program pp. 678-684

Jo M.A. Hermanns, Jessica J. Asscher, Bonne J.H. Zijlstra, Peter J. Hoffenaar and Maja Dekovič

A qualitative study investigating adolescents' understanding of aggression, bullying and violence pp. 685-693

Lisa Hopkins, Laura Taylor, Erica Bowen and Clare Wood

Foster care in India: An exploratory survey of the community perceptions and prospects for implementation of foster care in a developing nation: A study in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India pp. 694-706

Ian Anand Forber-Pratt, Stephanie Loo, Sara Price and Jyoti Acharya

Engagement in child protective services: Parent perceptions of worker skills pp. 707-715

Jill C. Schreiber, Tamara Fuller and Megan S. Paceley

Externalizing problems in young foster children: Prevalence rates, predictors and service use pp. 716-724

Femke Vanschoonlandt, Johan Vanderfaeillie, Frank Van Holen, Skrällan De Maeyer and Marijke Robberechts

Propensity to perpetrate abusive behaviors: Internet survey of the role of gender, childhood maltreatment, and perception of maltreatment in Nigeria pp. 725-733

Sunday B. Fakunmoju and Funmi O. Bammeke

Motivating child welfare case managers: An application and extension of feedback information theory pp. 734-741

Mark S. Preston

Volume 35, issue 3, 2013

Adult well-being of foster care alumni: Comparisons to other child welfare recipients and a non-child welfare sample in a high-risk, urban setting pp. 367-376

Joshua P. Mersky and Colleen Janczewski

Integrating creative art into a community-based mental health program for Asian American transition age youth pp. 377-383

Angela W.Y. Shik

The Assessment Checklist for Adolescents — ACA: A scale for measuring the mental health of young people in foster, kinship, residential and adoptive care pp. 384-393

Michael Tarren-Sweeney

Re-examining child welfare's response to ICWA: Collaborating with community-based agencies to reduce disparities for American Indian/Alaska Native children pp. 394-401

Marian Bussey and Nancy M. Lucero

The role of identity-based motivation and solution-focus brief therapy in unifying accounts and financial education in school-related CDA programs pp. 402-410

William Elliott and Johnny S. Kim

Increasing access to quality child care for children from low-income families: Families' experiences pp. 411-419

Shannon T. Lipscomb

The elementary-school functioning of children with maltreatment histories and mild cognitive or behavioral disabilities: A mixed methods inquiry pp. 420-428

Wendy Haight, Misa Kayama, Tamara Kincaid, Kelly Evans and Nam Keol Kim

Is relationship and marriage education relevant and appropriate to child welfare? pp. 429-438

David G. Schramm, Ted G. Futris, Adam M. Galovan and Kimberly Allen

Delinquent and aggressive behaviors in early-adopted adolescents: Longitudinal predictions from child temperament and maternal sensitivity pp. 439-446

Anja van der Voort, Mariëlle Linting, Femmie Juffer, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg and Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

Developing youth workers: Career ladders for sector stability pp. 447-452

Ashleigh Thompson and Carrie Shockley

Probability of living through a period of economic instability pp. 453-460

William Elliott, Terri Friedline and Ilsung Nam

The effects of economic instability on children's educational outcomes pp. 461-471

William Elliott

Moderating effects of race on internalizing and externalizing behaviors among children of criminal justice and child welfare involved mothers pp. 472-481

Keva M. Miller and Lewis Bank

Identity status differences among Italian adolescents: Associations with time perspective pp. 482-487

Fiorenzo Laghi, Roberto Baiocco, Francesca Liga, Angela Guarino and Emma Baumgartner

Attachment in adopted adolescents. National adoption in Chile pp. 488-492

María Josefina Escobar and María Pía Santelices

The invisibility of adolescent sexual development in foster care: Seriously addressing sexually transmitted infections and access to services pp. 493-504

Roni Diamant Robertson

The relationship between problematic internet use and interpersonal cognitive distortions and life satisfaction in university students pp. 505-508

Çiğdem Berber Çelik and Hatice Odacı

Measuring youth connections: A component of relational permanence for foster youth pp. 509-517

Annette Semanchin Jones and Traci LaLiberte

Predictors of out-of-home placement following residential treatment pp. 518-524

Wendy den Dunnen, Shannon L. Stewart, Melissa Currie, Elizabeth Willits and Philip Baiden

Child center closures: Does nonprofit status provide a comparative advantage? pp. 525-534

Marcus Lam, Sacha Klein, Bridget Freisthler and Robert E. Weiss

Small-dollar accounts, children's college outcomes, and wilt pp. 535-547

William Elliott, Hyun-a Song and Ilsung Nam

Small-dollar children's saving accounts and children's college outcomes by race pp. 548-559

Terri Friedline, William Elliott and Ilsung Nam

Small-dollar children's savings accounts and children's college outcomes by income level pp. 560-571

William Elliott, Hyun-a Song and Ilsung Nam

Small-dollar children's savings accounts and children's college outcomes pp. 572-585

William Elliott

Volume 35, issue 2, 2013

Establishing a mental health service for young children in out-of-home care: The Gumnut Clinic for 0 to 5year olds in Western Sydney pp. 205-212

Romina Tucker and Sarah Mares

Understanding the risk of offending for the children of imprisoned parents: A review of the evidence pp. 213-217

Catherine Flynn

Transitioning youth: Policies and outcomes pp. 218-227

Tonia Stott

The place of “think family” approaches in child and family social work: Messages from a process evaluation of an English pathfinder service pp. 228-236

June Thoburn, Neil Cooper, Marian Brandon and Sara Connolly

The hidden curriculum of youth care interventions—A case study pp. 237-243

Marit Hopman, Micha de Winter and Willem Koops

Cost analysis of the strengthening families program in reducing time to family reunification among substance-affected families pp. 244-252

Michelle Johnson-Motoyama, Jody Brook, Yueqi Yan and Thomas P. McDonald

Suicidal behavior and associated factors in sexually abused adolescents pp. 253-257

Nusret Soylu and Ahmet Hamdi Alpaslan

Runaway behavior among adolescents in residential care: The role of personal characteristics, victimization experiences while in care, social climate, and institutional factors pp. 258-267

Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz

Evidence-based programs in children's services: A critical appraisal pp. 268-277

Nick Axford and Louise Morpeth

Beyond a bed: Support for positive development for youth residing in emergency shelters pp. 278-286

Hillary J. Heinze

Family group decision making: Measuring fidelity to practice principles in public child welfare pp. 287-295

Mary Elizabeth Rauktis, Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick, Nahri Jung and Joan Pennell

Factors predicting student intervention when witnessing anti-LGBTQ harassment: The influence of peers, teachers, and climate pp. 296-301

Laura J. Wernick, Alex Kulick and Marita H. Inglehart

Reducing youth's drug abuse through training social workers for cognitive–behavioral integrated treatment pp. 302-311

Chau-kiu Cheung and Steven Sek-yum Ngai

Social services for sexual minority youth: Preferences for what, where, and how services are delivered pp. 312-320

Elizabeth A. Wells, Kenta Asakura, Marilyn J. Hoppe, Kimberly F. Balsam, Diane M. Morrison and Blair Beadnell

A qualitative study on the pros and cons of ethnically matching culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) client families and child protection caseworkers pp. 321-331

Pooja Sawrikar

Public attitudes toward the identification and reporting of alleged maltreatment cases among social groups in Israel pp. 332-339

Rami Benbenishty and Hillel Schmid

Employment mobility or turnover? An analysis of child welfare and protection employee retention pp. 340-346

Kenneth Burns and Alastair Christie

Improved decision making about suspected child maltreatment: Results of structuring the decision process pp. 347-352

Leontien de Kwaadsteniet, Cora Bartelink, Cilia Witteman, Ingrid ten Berge and Tom van Yperen

Transactional stress and anxiety control beliefs among low-income early adolescents pp. 353-357

Kristine E. Hickle and Elizabeth K. Anthony

Stability and sequence of center-based and family childcare: Links with low-income children's school readiness pp. 358-366

Arya Ansari and Adam Winsler

Volume 35, issue 1, 2013

Internalizing and externalizing symptoms among unaccompanied refugee and Italian adolescents pp. 7-10

S. Thommessen, F. Laghi, C. Cerrone, R. Baiocco and B.K. Todd

How different are their experiences and outcomes? Comparing aged out and other child welfare involved youth pp. 11-18

Jeffrey J. Shook, Sara Goodkind, David Herring, Ryan T. Pohlig, Karen Kolivoski and Kevin H. Kim

A statewide introduction of trauma-informed care in a child welfare system pp. 19-24

Teresa L. Kramer, Benjamin A. Sigel, Nikki A. Conners-Burrow, Patricia E. Savary and Ashley Tempel

Research in play therapy: A 10-year review in Taiwan pp. 25-32

Mei-Hsiang Tsai

Turning away from the public sector in children's out-of-home care: An English experiment pp. 33-39

Nicky Stanley, Helen Austerberry, Andy Bilson, Nicola Farrelly, Shereen Hussein, Cath Larkins, Jill Manthorpe and Julie Ridley

Characteristics related to family involvement in youth residential mental health treatment pp. 40-46

John Robst, Mary Armstrong, Norín Dollard, Lodi Rohrer, Patty Sharrock, Catherine Batsche and Steven Reader

Predictors of aggression among Palestinians in Israel and Gaza: Happiness, need to belong, and self-control pp. 47-55

Tammie Ronen, Izzeldin Abuelaish, Michael Rosenbaum, Qutaiba Agbaria and Liat Hamama

Therapeutic alliance between youth and staff in residential group care: Psychometrics of the therapeutic alliance quality scale pp. 56-64

Kristin Duppong Hurley, Matthew C. Lambert, Mark Van Ryzin, Justin Sullivan and Amy Stevens

Poverty, social disadvantage, and the black/white placement gap pp. 65-74

Fred Wulczyn, Robert Gibbons, Lonnie Snowden and Bridgette Lery

Training foster parents in loyalty conflict: A training evaluation pp. 75-81

Nirav Mehta, Amy J.L. Baker and Jeannette Chong

A latent class analysis of resilient development among early adolescents living in public housing pp. 82-90

Elizabeth K. Anthony and Danielle E. Robbins

Parent–child relationships, friendship networks, and developmental outcomes of economically disadvantaged youth in Hong Kong pp. 91-101

Steven Sek-yum Ngai, Chau-kiu Cheung, Siu-ming To, Ying Liu and Han-yu Song

Support for basic psychological needs in the context of HIV disclosure for older youth pp. 102-111

Ann Gillard and Mark F. Roark

Cyberbullying and subjective health pp. 112-119

Sara Brolin Låftman, Bitte Modin and Viveca Östberg

It takes a team: Improving placement stability among children and youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in care in Canada pp. 120-127

William Pelech, Dorothy Badry and Gabrielle Daoust

Are maternal and community risk factors associated with the presence of asthma among children placed in foster care? pp. 128-132

Jessica Hellyer, Edward F. Garrido, Christie L.M. Petrenko and Heather N. Taussig

Usual care for trauma-exposed youth: Are clinician-reported therapy techniques evidence-based? pp. 133-141

Cameo Borntrager, Bruce F. Chorpita, Charmaine K. Higa-McMillan, Eric L. Daleiden and Nicole Starace

Is there a (transracial) adoption achievement gap? pp. 142-150

Elizabeth Raleigh and Grace Kao

Actuarial risk assessment in child protective services: Construction methodology and performance criteria pp. 151-161

Carol Coohey, Kristen Johnson, Lynette M. Renner and Scott D. Easton

Evaluation of a group-based social skills training for children with problem behavior pp. 162-167

E.S. van Vugt, M. Deković, P. Prinzie, G.J.J.M. Stams and J.J. Asscher

Healthcare professionals' priorities for child abuse educational programming: A Delphi study pp. 168-173

Yi-Wen Chen, Susan Fetzer, Chiao-Li Lin, Joh-Jong Huang and Jui-Ying Feng

The influence of father involvement on child welfare permanency outcomes: A secondary data analysis pp. 174-182

Tanya M. Coakley

Risk-taking behavior and academic self-efficacy as variables accounting for problematic internet use in adolescent university students pp. 183-187

Hatice Odacı

Examining the equivalence of fidelity over two generations of KEEP implementation: A preliminary analysis pp. 188-193

Rohanna Buchanan, Patricia Chamberlain, Joseph M. Price and Peter Sprengelmeyer

Mental health and substance use disorders among foster youth transitioning to adulthood: Past research and future directions pp. 194-203

Judy R. Havlicek, Antonio R. Garcia and Douglas C. Smith