Prevention of Placement: Critical Factors in Program Success

• NCJ Number: 109572
• Journal: Child Welfare Volume: 67 Issue: 1 Dated: (January/February 1988) Pages: 25-36
• Author(s): W J Reid; R M Kagan; S B Schlosberg
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 12 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Initial studies of home-based family counseling programs have demonstrated success in keeping children out of institutional placements: little is known, however, about the characteristics of families or children or service utilization that might predict program success.

Abstract

This study of families where placement was avoided and families where a child ended up in placement throws light on the issue. (Publisher abstract)