School may be the key to improvement for children in social care
Credit: Linköping University Children in social care have poorer mental health and perform worse in school than other children. But ...
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Not children, but ‘super-happy families’ the aim of assisted reproduction
Credit: Linköping University Researcher Judith Lind has studied how staff at fertility clinics view the assessments that childless couples and ...
Grandfamilies: New study uncovers common themes and challenges in kinship care
George Mason University study provides framework to help social workers and other practitioners develop best practices for working with growing ...
Self-care linked to greater confidence in parents of children with FASD
Credit: University of Rochester researchers Children diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)--caused by prenatal alcohol exposure--often face lifelong developmental, ...
Community-based counselors help mitigate grief among children orphaned in East Africa
Credit: Ace Africa A first-of-its-kind clinical trial involving more than 600 children in Kenya and Tanzania, in which community members ...
CDC funds University of Maryland initiative to address LGBTQ mental health
UMD Prevention Research Center is the only 1 nationwide focused on eliminating LGBTQ+ mental health disparitiesCredit: Lisa Helfert The University ...
Uninformed, overwhelmed clients; unrealistic agency expectations
Child welfare study examines challenges among therapists in contracted private agenciesCredit: Florida Atlantic University More than 1.2 million children in ...
Secure relationship with new parents reduces anxiety in adopted children
Strong adoptive parent-child bonds after institutional care promote children's mental health later in life by influencing brain development Philadelphia, April ...
LGBTQ youths are over-represented, have poorer outcomes in child welfare system
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youths are more likely to end up ...