A paradigm shift in responding to children who have experienced trauma: The Australian treatment and care for kids program

Lynne McPherson, Kathomi Gatwiri, Joe Tucci, Janise Mitchell and Noel Macnamara

Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 94, issue C, 525-534

Abstract: There is now considerable evidence to suggest that children placed in foster care experience greater levels of adversity compared to those in the general population. Early adversity has been shown to continue across the lifespan: those who have experienced the sustained trauma of threat or deprivation have a range of poor life outcomes including homelessness, poor mental health, and over-representation in the criminal justice system and low educational attainment.

Keywords: Therapeutic care; Foster care; Children and trauma; Adverse childhood experiences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.08.031

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