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Intervening to Improve Outcomes for Siblings in Foster Care: Conceptual, Substantive, and Methodological Dimensions of a Prevention Science Framework
Children and Youth Services Review (2014)
  • Bowen McBeath, Portland State University
  • Brianne Kothari, Portland State University
  • Jennifer E. Blakeslee, Portland State University
  • Emilie Lamson-Siu, Portland State University
  • Lew Bank, Portland State University
  • Lourdes Oriana Linares
  • Jeffrey Waid, Portland State University
  • Paul Sorenson, Portland State University
  • Jessica Jimenez
  • Eva Pearson
  • Aron Shlonsky, University of Toronto
Abstract
In recent years, the child welfare field has devoted significant attention to siblings in foster care. Policymakers and practitioners have supported efforts to connect siblings via shared foster placements and visitation while researchers have focused on illuminating the empirical foundations of sibling placement and sibling intervention in child welfare. The current paper synthesizes literature on sibling relationship development and sibling issues in child welfare in the service of presenting a typology of sibling-focused interventions for use with foster youth. The paper provides two examples of current intervention research studies focused on enhancing sibling developmental processes and understanding their connection to child welfare outcomes. The paper concludes by presenting an emerging agenda informing policy, practice, and research on siblings in foster care.
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Publication Date
2014
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Copyright (2014) Elsevier
Citation Information
Bowen McBeath, Brianne Kothari, Jennifer E. Blakeslee, Emilie Lamson-Siu, et al.. "Intervening to Improve Outcomes for Siblings in Foster Care: Conceptual, Substantive, and Methodological Dimensions of a Prevention Science Framework" Children and Youth Services Review Vol. 39 Iss. 1 (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer_blakeslee/9/