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Catalogue by countries / Children who wait: long term foster care or adoption?

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ISS/IRC Code	TOOL-ADOPT US-048
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Title	Children who wait: long term foster care or adoption?
Author	SCHMIDT-TIESZEN Ada
Generic unit	Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 20, n° 1/

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Date published/issue	00-00-1998
Date received	00-00-0000
Place published
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Publisher	Duncan Lindsey, School of Public Policy , University of California, Los Angeleshttp://www.childwel
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Page	pp.
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Type of material	Monograph
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Document description	Research
Country concerned	UNITED STATES
Index	Family-origin Foster-care Adoption Adoptability-child Foster-care-long-term
Free text	Study focused on children who have been freed for adoption. Researchers examined case records of 147 children in state custody in an attempt to identify child characteristics that distinguish between those children whose social service goal was long term foster care and those whose goal was adoption. Results obtained through logistic regression indicated that a model including the variables of race, age, developmental disabilities of the child, and genetic or family history that puts the child at risk for medical intervention is significantly predictive of the social service goal. Children who were not European-American, were older, and had developmental disabilities were more likely to have the case plan of long term foster care, while the presence of genetic or family risk factors increased the chances that adoption would be planned. The authors discuss the implication for child welfare policy and practice.