Intervening to improve outcomes for siblings in foster care: Conceptual, substantive, and methodological dimensions of a prevention science framework

Bowen McBeath; Brianne H. Kothari; Jennifer Blakeslee; Emilie Lamson-Siu; Lew Bank; L. Oriana Linares; Jeffrey Waid; Paul Sorenson; Jessica Jimenez; Eva Pearson; Aron Shlonsky

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.12.004

Intervening to improve outcomes for siblings in foster care: Conceptual, substantive, and methodological dimensions of a prevention science framework

Bowen McBeath, Brianne H. Kothari, Jennifer Blakeslee, Emilie Lamson-Siu, Lew Bank, L. Oriana Linares, Jeffrey Waid, Paul Sorenson, Jessica Jimenez, Eva Pearson, Aron Shlonsky

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In recent years, the child welfare field has devoted significant attention to siblings in foster care. Policymakers and practitioners have supported efforts to connect siblings via shared foster placements and visitation while researchers have focused on illuminating the empirical foundations of sibling placement and sibling intervention in child welfare. The current paper synthesizes literature on sibling relationship development and sibling issues in child welfare in the service of presenting a typology of sibling-focused interventions for use with foster youth. The paper provides two examples of current intervention research studies focused on enhancing sibling developmental processes and understanding their connection to child welfare outcomes. The paper concludes by presenting an emerging agenda informing policy, practice, and research on siblings in foster care.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Children and Youth Services Review
Volume	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.12.004
State	Published - Apr 2014

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Funding Information:
Research support is gratefully acknowledged from the National Institute of Mental Health for the project, “Evaluation of Intervention for Siblings in Foster Care,” ( R01 MH085438 , Lew Bank, PI) and from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control ( R01 CE001378 , L. Oriana Linares, PI). The information reported herein reflects solely the positions of the authors.

Keywords

Child welfare
Foster care
Intervention
Prevention
Sibling relationship
Siblings

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McBeath, B., Kothari, B. H., Blakeslee, J., Lamson-Siu, E., Bank, L., Linares, L. O., Waid, J., Sorenson, P., Jimenez, J., Pearson, E., & Shlonsky, A. (2014). Intervening to improve outcomes for siblings in foster care: Conceptual, substantive, and methodological dimensions of a prevention science framework. Children and Youth Services Review, 39, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.12.004

McBeath, B, Kothari, BH, Blakeslee, J, Lamson-Siu, E, Bank, L, Linares, LO, Waid, J, Sorenson, P, Jimenez, J, Pearson, E & Shlonsky, A 2014, 'Intervening to improve outcomes for siblings in foster care: Conceptual, substantive, and methodological dimensions of a prevention science framework', Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 39, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.12.004

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