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Treatment Foster Care Services: A Research Agenda for Child Welfare.
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Meadowcroft, Pamela; And Others – Child Welfare, 1994
Noting that treatment foster care is a recent and expanding multisystem service, this article summarizes the empirical literature on treatment foster care and offers suggestions for future research directions. Results from program evaluations and experimental research suggest that treatment foster care is an effective alternative to residential…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Foster Care, Foster Children
Research Priorities for Residential Group Child Care.
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Whittaker, James K.; Pfeiffer, Steven I. – Child Welfare, 1994
Provides a selective review of relevant research on developmental psychopathology and its relevance for group care programming; a summary overview of major themes in residential care outcome research; and suggestions for future research on group care with implications for direct practice, service organization, and policy. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children, Emotional Disturbances