Leslie D. Leve|Gordon T. Harold|Patricia Chamberlain|John Landsverk|Philip A. Fisher|Panos Vostanis
Practitioner Review: Children in foster care – vulnerabilities and evidence?based interventions that promote resilience processes
Oregon Social Learning Center|University of Leicester|Oregon Social Learning Center|Health Services Research & Development|University of Oregon|Oregon Social Learning Center|University of Leicester
background increasing number children placed foster care ie kin nonkin family home biological parent due experiences physical sexual emotional psychological abuse andor neglect children foster care increased risk host negative outcomes encompassing emotional behavioral neurobiological social realms methods areas risk vulnerability among foster children described including emotional behavioral deficits impaired neurobiological development social relationship deficits evidence suggesting significance family placement changes prenatal exposure substances contributing mechanisms presented based systematic search psycinfo database march 2012 eight efficacious evidencebased interventions foster families summarized findings although development evidencebased interventions improve outcomes foster children lagged behind delivery interventions service sectors eg mental health educational sectors several interventions across childhood adolescence offer promise service system constraints offer challenges opportunities routine implementation evidencebased interventions conclusions given increased likelihood poor outcomes foster children increased efforts understand pathways vulnerability implement interventions shown effective remediating risks improving outcomes population indicated evaluation efficacious interventions countries outside united states also needed