Why are Multiple Placements for Children in Foster Care High in a Southern Minnesota County and What are Some Strategies for Limiting Multiple Placements?
Location
CSU 253/4/5
Start Date
6-4-2010 8:30 AM
End Date
6-4-2010 1:30 PM
Student's Major
Social Work
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Laura Strunk
Mentor's Department
Social Work
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Why are multiple placements for children in foster care high in a southern Minnesota county and what are some strategies of limiting multiple placements? Multiple placements, also referred to as placement instability or placement disruption, is when more than two placements occur in one year while a child is placed in foster care. Research has shown several ways to prevent multiple placements from happening include, but are not limited to, placing children with kin, children, parents, and foster parents receiving more services, involving children and parents in case planning, and workers having more frequent contact with birth parents. Research has been conducted by interviewing foster parents, researching scholarly journals and reports, and collecting data regarding multiple placements in several counties. Research is in progress and the results will be available at a later date.
Why are Multiple Placements for Children in Foster Care High in a Southern Minnesota County and What are Some Strategies for Limiting Multiple Placements?
CSU 253/4/5
Why are multiple placements for children in foster care high in a southern Minnesota county and what are some strategies of limiting multiple placements? Multiple placements, also referred to as placement instability or placement disruption, is when more than two placements occur in one year while a child is placed in foster care. Research has shown several ways to prevent multiple placements from happening include, but are not limited to, placing children with kin, children, parents, and foster parents receiving more services, involving children and parents in case planning, and workers having more frequent contact with birth parents. Research has been conducted by interviewing foster parents, researching scholarly journals and reports, and collecting data regarding multiple placements in several counties. Research is in progress and the results will be available at a later date.
Recommended Citation
Larsen, Sheryl. "Why are Multiple Placements for Children in Foster Care High in a Southern Minnesota County and What are Some Strategies for Limiting Multiple Placements?." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 6, 2010.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2010/poster-session-C/1
