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Question 1

1800s

Answer 1

increase in orphaned children due to industrial revolution & massive immigration; orphan trains- sent children west to provide free care on farms; systems functioned more to protect community from bad children

Question 2

early 1900s

Answer 2

formal agencies for local foster care

Question 3

1980

Answer 3

Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act

-GOAL of permanent placement or timely return to biological parents

Question 4

1997

Answer 4

Adoption and Safe Families Act; serving “best interest” of the child

Question 5

permanent placement

Answer 5

live wit foster family who could turn int adoption family or return to biological parents

Question 6

out of home care

Answer 6

• unrelated foster parent: sign up take in children, receive a stipend, not permanent; 48%
• kinship caregiver: fam member; 26%
• adoptive parent; (11% other category)
• residential treatment center: more like a mental psychiatric center for children that need more help; 15%

Question 7

birth parent rights

Answer 7

prioritized over adoption; still have rights even when child is in foster care

Question 8

what factors influence whether a child will be placed in care?

Answer 8

• prior victims more than 2times more likely than 1st time victims
• children younger than 4, more vulnerable
• victims of sexual abuse, less likely since it is often not the primary caregiver inflicting harm

Question 9

ultimate goal

Answer 9

reunification with birth parent; in 2010, 51%–high rate

Question 10

length of time in foster care

Answer 10

45% less than a yr; data is skewed a bit bc some spend more time than others; laws to ensure that these children don’t have to spend their whole lives in foster care system

Question 11

factors that influence reunification

Answer 11

• placement w/ kinship, less likely
• placement due to neglect, less likely
• more mental health or developmental problems, less likely –at higher risk for maltreatment

Question 12

challenges for children

Answer 12

• developmentally children expect a primary caregiver–some one that will protect them, keep them safe, etc
• instability, disruptions in care–multiple caregivers
• lack of support for aging out

Question 13

challenges for foster parents

Answer 13

“temporary” told not to get too attached which obviously has effects on the child

Question 14

foster parent commitment

Answer 14

• strong emotional investment in child
• evidence of “psychological adoption”
• consideration of the child as one’s own

Question 15

“This is my Baby” (TIMB) Interview

Answer 15

8 questions for foster parents to get a better sense of their feelings about the relationship

Question 16

parents who foster____, are more likely to express commitment

Answer 16

fewer children

Question 17

parents who express higher commitment demonstrate ____ in their children during play interactions

Answer 17

more positive affect

Question 18

children who have foster parents with higher commitment show _____

Answer 18

higher self-esteem & better social/emotional functioning & less behavior problems & more placement stability