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- Title: Failure and Success in Foster Care Programs.
- Author : North American Journal of Psychology
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 199 KB
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The purpose of the current study was to classify types of services provided for youth in one sample (N=208) of children in foster care. A comparison review of average Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) scores on these youth in pre and post intervention groups showed an 14% reduction in average score of impairment of functional status in the post intervention group. CAFAS scores for each class of service were presented. A review of utilization trends and omissions in service suggests that even though some youth and their families benefit slightly from prevention efforts, 82% of the cases in the post intervention group of this sample still have clinically significant elevations in CAFAS scores following provision of services. Considering the persistence of elevated CAFAS scores, it appears that satisfactory services for youth referred for child abuse and neglect are not readily apparent for all children in need. For decades, the number of children in foster care has steadily increased (Courtney, Piliavin, Grogan-Kaylor, & Nesmith, 2001). These children have remained in the foster care system for longer periods of time (Clark et al., 1994), and the long term outcome of the care they received is not systematically monitored or reported (Galaway, Nutter, & Hudson, 1995; Reddy & Pfeiffer, 1997). Some of these children carry the effects of child abuse and trauma, while others are diagnosed with a variety of physical, emotional, behavioral and mental handicaps. Local service agencies are required to adapt, alter and expand the types of services available in the community while budgets and other resources are shrinking.