Expediting permanent placement from foster care systems: The role of family group decision-making

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• 作者：Eugene W. Wang^a ; ^{eugene.wang@ttu.edu} ; Matthew C. Lambert^b ; ^{mlambert2@unlnotes.unl.edu} ; Leah E. Johnson^c ; ^{johnsol@ipfw.edu} ; Brock Boudreau^d ; ^{brock.boudreau@dfps.state.tx.us} ; Rebecca Breidenbach^d ; ^{rebecca.breidenbach@dfps.state.tx.us} ; Donald Baumann^e ; ^{donalb@stedwards.edu}
• 关键词：Family Group Decision-Making ; Family Group Conferences ; Foster care system ; Permanent placement ; Discrete-time survival analysis
• 刊名：Children and Youth Services Review
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：13_01907409
• 类别：psy
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：34
• 期：4
• 页码：845-850
• 文件大小：230 K

摘要

This research focused on the impact of Family Group Decision-Making on expediting youths' exits from the foster care system through family reunification, permanent placement with relatives, or adoption using a sample of youths (N = 80,690) in foster care in the state of Texas. The results from a discrete-time survival analysis indicated that Family Group Conferences after removal increased the odds of achieving the desired outcome of placement with family (reunification with family or placement with relatives) compared to adoption. Results also indicated that, although Family Group Conferences after removal did not decrease time to permanency, neither did they significantly increase time to permanency.