Interventions in foster and kinship care: A systematic review

Kinsey, Debbie; Schlösser, Annette

Abstract

Foster care is a complex setting in which to provide therapeutic interventions due to the high rates of difficulty, poor outcomes and high numbers of professionals and carers involved. This systematic review aims to examine interventions that have been empirically assessed in foster care. Thirty papers describing 20 interventions were included. It was found that there was good support for wraparound services and relational interventions, but little support for widely used carer training programmes. A need was identified to further research and implement wraparound services within the UK, and to empirically test interventions which may be efficacious with a foster care population.

Citation

Kinsey, D., & Schlösser, A. (2013). Interventions in foster and kinship care: A systematic review. Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 18(3), 429-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104512458204

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 11, 2012
• Online Publication Date: Oct 11, 2012
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: May 11, 2018
• Journal: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
• Print ISSN: 1359-1045
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 429-463
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104512458204
• Keywords: Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health; Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental health; General Medicine
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/826202
• Publisher URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1359104512458204