Research Review: Parents' service experience - A missing element in research on foster care case outcomes

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-366

  Alpert, Lily T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth parents; Case outcome; Family focused casework; Foster care; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844528039     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2005.00387.x     Document Type: Review

References (28)

1. Adoption and Safe Families Act (1997) US Public Law 105-89.
2. Baistow, K. & Hetherington, R. (1998) Parents' experiences of child welfare interventions: an Anglo-French comparison. Children and Society, 12, 113-124.
3. Colton, M., Drakeford, M., Roberts, S., Scholte, E., Casas, F. & Williams, M. (1997) Social workers, parents and stigma. Child and Family Social Work, 2, 247-257.
4. Diorio, W.D. (1992) Parental perceptions of the authority of public child welfare caseworkers. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 73, 222-235.
5. Farmer, E. (1996) Family reunification with high risk children: lessons from research. Children and Youth Services Review, 18, 403-424.
6. Festinger, T. (1996) Going home and returning to foster care. Children and Youth Services Review, 18, 383-402.
7. Finkelhor, D. & Wells, M. (2003) Improving data systems about juvenile victimization in the United States. Child Abuse and Neglect, 27, 77-102.
8. Forest, C. (2003) Empowerment Skills for Family Workers: The Comprehensive Curriculum of the Cornell Family Development Credential. Family Development Press, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
9. Haight, W.L., Black, J.E., Mangelsdorf, S., Giorgio, G., Tata, L., Schoppe, S.J. & Szewczyk, M. (2002) Making visits better: the perspectives of parents, foster parents, and child welfare workers. Child Welfare, 81, 173-202.
10. Harris, M.S. & Courtney, M.E. (2003) The interaction of race, ethnicity, and family structure with respect to the timing of family reunification. Children and Youth Services Review, 25, 409-429.
11. Hunter, T.N. (2003) Child welfare and alcohol and other drug treatment (AOD): Bridging the gap to comprehensive services. Journal of Family Social Work, 7, 63-73.
12. Jones, J. & Gupta, A. (1998) The context of decision-making in cases of child neglect. Child Abuse Review, 7, 97-110.
13. Jones, L. (1998) The social and family correlates of successful reunification of children in foster care. Children and Youth Services Review, 20, 305-323.
14. Kapp, S.A. & Propp, J. (2002) Client satisfaction methods: input from parents with children in foster care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 19, 227-245.
15. Kapp, S.A. & Vela, R.H. (2004) The unheard client: Assessing the satisfaction of parents of children in foster care. Child and Family Social Work, 9, 197-206.
16. Kortenkamp, K., Geen, R. & Stagner, M. (2004) The role of welfare and work in predicting foster care reunification rates for children of welfare recipients. Children and Youth Services Review, 26, 577-590.
17. Lu, Y.E., Landsverk, J., Ellis-Macleod, E., Newton, R., Ganger, W. & Johnson, I. (2004) Race, ethnicity, and case outcomes in child protective services. Children and Youth Services Review, 26, 447-461.
18. Maluccio, A.N. (1981) Casework with parents of children in foster care. In: Parents of Children in Placement: Perspectives and Programs (eds P.A. Sinanoglu & A.N. Maluccio), pp. 15-25. Child Welfare League of America, New York.
19. McMurtry, S.L. & Lie, G.Y. (1992) Differential exit rates of minority children in foster care. Social Work Research and Abstracts, 28, 42-48.
20. Pecora, P.J., Whittaker, J.K., Maluccio, A.N., with Barth, R.P. & Plotnick, R.D. (1992) The Child Welfare Challenge: Policy, Practice, and Research. Aldine De Gruyter, New York.
21. Spratt, T. & Callan, J. (2004) Parents' views on social work interventions in child welfare. British Journal of Social Work, 34, 199-224.
22. Stanley, N., Penhale, B., Riordan, D., Barbour, R.S. & Holden, S. (2003) Child Protection and Mental Health Services: Interprofessional Responses to the Needs of Mothers. The Policy Press, Bristol.
23. Terling, T. (1999) The efficacy of family reunification practices: Reentry rates and correlates of reentry for abused and neglected children reunited with their families. Child Abuse and Neglect, 23, 1359-1370.
24. United States General Accounting Office (2003a) Child Welfare: States face challenges in developing information systems and reporting reliable child welfare data. Retrieved 27 August 2004 from http://www.gao.gov/new.items/ d04267t.pdf.
25. United States General Accounting Office (2003b) Foster Care: States focus on finding permanent homes for children, but long-standing barriers remain. Retrieved 30 August 2004 from http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03626t.pdf.
26. Walton, E. (1998) In-home, family-focused reunification: a six-year follow-up of a successful experiment. SocialWork Research, 22, 205-214.
27. Wells, K. & Guo, S. (1999) Reunification and reentry of foster children. Children and Youth Services Review, 21, 273-294.
28. Wells, K. & Guo, S. (2003) Mothers' welfare and work income and reunification with children in foster care. Children and Youth Services Review, 25, 203-224.