Focused Foster Care for Children with Serious Sexual Behavior Problems |
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Authors: | Robert J. Jones Mark A. Ownbey Julie A. Everidge Bonnie L. Judkins Gary D. Timbers |
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Affiliation: | (1) Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA;(2) Appalachian Family Innovations (formerly BIABH Study Center), 203 Avery Avenue, Morganton, NC 28655, USA |
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Abstract: | Properly implemented, foster family care may represent a uniquely appropriate placement/treatment alternative for young children with pronounced or dangerous sexual behavior problems. A few programs have reported preliminary but promising results with such children in fostering environments specifically designed to address their special problems. This study details the salient components of one such program that has proven successful over the past six years with most of thirty youthful clients referred to it facing few alternative placement options. Rankings by program staff and program parents of the relative importance of ten program components to client success are reported, and updates on previously published outcomes with the first six clients to enter the program are offered. Subjective but important “lessons learned” by staff and parents about working with this difficult population in the fostering environment are also discussed. |
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Keywords: | KeywordHeading" >: Foster care Children Sexual behavior problems |
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