Psychology & Psychiatry
New open-source program aims to help parents of children in foster care
The first time Alise Hegle saw her daughter again after her birth was 11 months later at a court-ordered, supervised visit.
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Health
Cost of meeting basic needs rising faster than wages in Washington state
A Washington family of four must spend 46 percent more on average to make ends meet today than 13 years ago, according to a new report from the University of Washington.
Nov 20, 2014
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Pediatrics
Unstable child care can affect children by age four
A new study from UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG) reveals that disruptions in child care negatively affect children's social development as early as age 4. However, the study also shows that the ...
Nov 20, 2014
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Health
How terminally ill kids and their parents can plan for a better death
The diagnosis of a palliative illness in a child or adolescent is devastating for all involved: parents, family members and the children themselves, as they grieve for life they had planned and believed they would have. The ...
Nov 5, 2014
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Health
One-third of foster kids returned to their family are abused again
One in three children who have been reunified with their families after being placed in foster care will be maltreated again, according to a study into Quebec's youth protection system by Marie-Andrée Poirier and Sonia Hélie ...
Oct 27, 2014
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Pediatrics
Professionals "need common approach to children"
The agencies that provide services to young children will be far more effective when the education that professionals receive to prepare them for practice has a common, national approach, a Flinders academic says.
Oct 27, 2014
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Health
Research team makes progress on system to screen for trauma in foster youths
Researchers in the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare have completed initial efforts to learn more about adoption and the foster care system in Kansas, particularly about the challenges and facilitators of successful ...
Oct 24, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Adopting Older Children offers guide to parents thinking about adopting
The authors of the new book, Adopting Older Children: A Practical Guide to Adopting and Parenting Children over Age Four (New Horizon Press), hope to help guide parents through the process of adopting an older child.
Oct 20, 2014
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Pediatrics
SMoms who choose to breastfeed older babies motivated by health, nutrition benefits
Mothers who decide to breastfeed their children beyond 1 year of age consider their child's physical and social development to be most important, while the advice of health care professionals, family and friends are least ...
Oct 10, 2014
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Pediatrics
Computerized surveillance system quickly detects disease outbreaks among preschoolers
A web-based system that allows preschools and child care centers to report illnesses to local public health departments could improve the detection of disease outbreaks and allow resources to be mobilized more quickly, according ...
Oct 10, 2014
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