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Crisis placement
1Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Insights
This study examines factors affecting crisis placements for high-risk children. An intervention supports families to ensure child safety and permanence, reducing disruptions and multiple placements.
Area of Science:
- Child Welfare
- Family Support Services
- Risk Assessment in Child Protection
Background:
- High-risk children often face crisis placements, leading to instability.
- Current child protective service systems face barriers to effective risk-taking and decision-making.
- Unwarranted family disruption and repeated placements negatively impact child well-being.
Observation:
- Factors influencing crisis placements for high-risk children were reviewed.
- An intervention strategy was developed to enhance child safety and permanence.
- Barriers within child protective services were identified.
Findings:
- The intervention focuses on supporting biological and kinship families.
- Preventing unnecessary family disruption is a key component.
- Reducing the need for multiple child placements is an outcome.
Implications:
- Collaboration between child protection, health, and mental health professionals is crucial.
- Improved decision-making in child protective services can enhance permanency.
- This approach aims to ensure long-term safety and stability for vulnerable children.
Abstract:
This article reviews some factors that influence the crisis placements of high-risk children, and describes an intervention designed to ensure safety and permanence for children, by supporting biological and kinship families, preventing unwarranted family disruption, and reducing the need for multiple placements. Some of the barriers to thoughtful risk-taking and decision-making in child protective service systems are discussed and the importance of collaboration among child protection, health, and mental health professionals is emphasized.