RCT of a mentoring and skills group program: Placement and permanency outcomes for foster youth

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Taussig, Heather N ^a   Culhane, Sara E ^a   Garrido, Edward ^a   Knudtson, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse and neglect; Child welfare; Clinical trial; Foster care

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; FOSTERING HEALTH FUTURES PROGRAM; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; COLORADO; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863526310     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3447     Document Type: Article

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