The association between length of stay in residential care and educational achievement: Results from 5- and 16-year follow-up studies

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 974-980

  Ringle, Jay L ^a   Ingram, Stephanie D ^a   Thompson, Ronald W ^a  

^a Boys Town National Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk youth; Follow up studies; Length of stay; Out of home care; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952881130     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Achenbach T.M., Rescorla L.A. Manual for ASEBA school-age forms & profiles 2001, University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, & Families, Burlington, VT.
2. Adair V.C. Poverty and the (broken) promise of education. Harvard Educational Review 2001, 71:217-239.
3. Alexander K.L., Entwisle D.R., Kabbani N.S. The dropout process in life course perspective: Early risk factors at home and school. Teachers College Record 2001, 103:760-822.
4. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 1987, American Psychiatric Association, Author, Washington, DC. 3rd ed.
5. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders 1994, American Psychiatric Association, Author, Washington, DC. 4th ed.
6. Bachman J.G. Dropouts are losers, says who?. Today's Education 1972, 61:27-31.
7. Burley M. Educational attainment of foster children: 2006 results 2008, Washington State Institute for Public Policy, Olympia, WA, (Document No. 08-03-3901, pp. 1-26).
8. Burley M., Halpern M. Educational attainment of foster youth: Achievement and graduation outcomes for children in state care 2001, Washington State Institute for Public Policy, Olympia, WA, (Document No. 01-11-3901, pp. 1-37).
9. Coalition for Juvenile Justice Abandoned in the back row: New lessons in education and delinquency prevention 2001, Office on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Washington, DC.
10. Cohen M.A., Piquero A.R. New evidence on the monetary value of saving a high risk youth. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 2009, 25:25-49.
11. Courtney M.E., Dworsky A. Early outcomes for young adults transitioning from out-of-home care in the USA. Child and Family Social Work 2006, 11:209-219.
12. Daly D.L., Ringle J.L. Quality residential care: A great return on investment. Rapport 2009, 13(1):13-15. (Winter).
13. Daly D.L., Thompson R.W., Coughlin D.D. The relationship between length of stay and outcomes of residential care: A longitudinal study. Paper presented at the 7th FMHI Annual Research Conference, Tampa, FL 1994.
14. Daly D.L., Friman F.C., Larzelere R.E., Smith G., Osgood D.W., Thompson R.W. Educating out-of-home adolescents: A longitudinal analysis of length of stay in residential care 1997, Boys Town National Research Institute for Child and Family Studies, Boys Town, NE, (Tech. Rep. No. 010-97).
15. Davis J., Daly D.L. Girls and Boys Town long-term residential program: Training manual 2003, Boys Town Press, Boys Town, NE. 4th ed.
16. Deviney F. The high cost of dropping out: How many? How come? How much? 2006, Center for Public Policy Priorities, Austin, TX, Retrieved May 28, 2008 from http://www.cppp.org/files/10/TKC_Report(S)%20-%20FINAL.pdf.
17. Fortin L., Marcotte D., Potvin P., Royer E., Joly J. Typology of students at risk of dropping out of school: Description by personal, family and school factors. European Journal of Psychology of Education 2006, 21:363-383.
18. Garnier H.E., Stein J.A., Jacobs J.K. The process of dropping out of high school: A 19-year perspective. American Educational Research Journal 1997, 17:395-419.
19. Harlow C.W. Education and correctional populations 2003, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, DC, (NCJ Publication No. 195670, pp. 1-11).
20. Hoagwood K., Cunningham M. Outcomes of children with emotional disturbance in residential treatment for education purposes. Journal of Child and Family Studies 1992, 1:129-140.
21. Hoffmann J. The community context of family structure and adolescent drug use. Journal of Marriage and the Family 2002, 64:314-330.
22. Huefner J.C., Ringle J.L., Ingram S.D., Chmelka M.B. Breaking the abuse cycle: The long-term impact of a residential care program. ChildAbuse and Neglect 2007, 32:857-864.
23. Huefner J.C., James S., Ringle J.L., Thompson R.W. Patterns of movement for youth through a limited residential continuum. Children and Youth Services Review 2010, 32:857-864.
24. Jimerson S., Egeland B., Sroufe L.A., Carlson B. A prospective longitudinal study of high school ropouts examining multiple predictors across development. Journal of School Psychology 2000, 38:525-549.
25. Kaminski I. An assessment of young men previously in residential treatment. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth 1998, 16(2):67-82.
26. Kingsley D., Ringle J.L., Thompson R.W., Chmelka B., Ingram S. Cox Proportional Hazards Regression analysis as a modeling technique for informing program improvement: Predicting recidivism in a Boys Town five-year follow-up study. The Journal of Behavior Analysis of Offender and Victim Treatment and Prevention 2008, 1:82-97.
27. Larzelere R.E., Daly D.L., Davis J.L., Chmelka M.B., Handwerk M.L. Outcome evaluation of the Girls and Boys Town family home program. Education & Treatment of Children 2004, 27:130-149.
28. Lehr C.A., Johnson D.R., Bremer C.D., Cosio A., Thompson M. Increasing rates of school completion: Moving from policy to research to practice 2004, Minneapolis, MN, National Center on Secondary Education and Transition.
29. Lyons J.S., Terry P., Martinovich Z., Peterson J., Bouska B. Outcome trajectories for adolescents in residential treatment: A statewide evaluation. Journal of Child and Family Studies 2001, 10:333-345.
30. McNeal R.B. Parental involvement as social capital: Differential effectiveness on science achievement, truancy, and dropping out. Social Force 1999, 78:117-144.
31. Menard S. Applied logistic regression analysis. Sage University Paper series on Quantitative Analysis in the Social Sciences, 07-106 1995, Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA.
32. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Model Programs Guide, nd. Retrieved March 1, 2010 from The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website: http://www2.dsgonline.com/mpg/mpg_program_detail.aspx?ID=99&title=Boys%20Town.
33. Pecora P.J., William J., Kessler R.C., Hiripi E., O'Brien K., Emerson J., et al. Assessing the educational achievements of adults who were formerly placed in family foster care. Child and Family Social Work 2006, 11:220-231.
34. Pong S.L., Ju D.B. The effects of change in family structure and income on dropping out of middle and high school. Journal of Family Issues 2000, 21:147-169.
35. Ringle J.L., Ingram S., Newman V., Thompson R.W., Waite T. Preparing youth for the transition into adulthood: A process description. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth 2007, 24:231-242.
36. Shaffer D., Fisher P., Dulcan M.K., Davies M. The NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version 2.3 (DISC-2.3): Description, acceptability, prevalence rates, and performance in the MECA study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 1996, 35:865-877.
37. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Halfway there: A prescription for continued progress in preventing teen pregnancy 2001, Author, Washington D.C.
38. Thompson R.W., Smith G.L., Osgood D.W., Dowd T.P., Friman P.C., Daly D.L. Residential care: A study of short and long-term educational effects. Children and Youth Services Review 1996, 18:221-242.
39. Thompson R.W., Huefner J.C., Ringle J.L., Daly D.L. Adult outcome of Girls and Boys Town youth: A follow-up report. The 17th Annual Research Conference Proceedings: A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base 2005, 529-534. University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health, Tampa. C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, R.M. Friedman (Eds.).
40. Trout A.L., Hagaman J., Casey K., Reid R., Epstein M.H. The academic status of children and youth in out-of-home care: A review of the literature. Children and Youth Services Review 2008, 30:979-994.
41. Educational attainment-People 18years old and over, by total money earnings in 2005, age, race, Hispanic origin, and sex 2006, U. S. Census Bureau, Author, Washington, DC, Retrieved May 16, 2008 from http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/perinc/new04_001.htm.