Starting Young: Improving the Health and Developmental Outcomes of Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System.

Silver, Judith; DiLorenzo, Paul; Zukoski, Margaret; Ross, Patricia E.; Amster, Barbara J.; Schlegel, Diane

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Publication Date: 1999

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Starting Young: Improving the Health and Developmental Outcomes of Infants and Toddlers in the Child Welfare System.

Silver, Judith; DiLorenzo, Paul; Zukoski, Margaret; Ross, Patricia E.; Amster, Barbara J.; Schlegel, Diane

Child Welfare, v78 n1 p148-65 Jan-Feb 1999

Describes a collaborative, multidisciplinary developmental follow-up program for infants and toddlers who have been in out-of-home care. The program builds on the community-based family support model described in the Family to Family Foster Care Reform Initiative. Highlights the children's health and developmental status and program effectiveness. (Author)

Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Development, Child Health, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Family Programs, Foster Care, Foster Children, Foster Family, Infants, Outcomes of Treatment, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Toddlers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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