Matching Process Concerning Children With Disabilities in Family Foster Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6417853 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristina Engwall (0000-0002-2480-7074, Department of Social Work Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden, corresponding author), Miia Bask (0000-0003-4749-8750, Department of Sociology Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden), Ann‐sofie Bergman (0000-0001-5202-0722, Department of Social Work Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden), Ulrika Järkestig Berggren (0000-0002-1325-9965, Department of Social Work Linnaeus University Kalmar Sweden) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 557-566 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child & Family Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cfs.13201 |
| OpenAlex | W4397013883 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 30 |
Children with disabilities are over‐represented in foster care and exposed to more disruptions. This is unfortunate because they need long‐term relationships and predictability, as well as access to special schools and health care. Disruption can be the result of a poor match between the child and the foster family. In this article, we focus on the matching process in relation to children with disabilities. Zeijlmans et al. describe matching as the process by which social workers move from principles of good matching to realistic matching, depending on existing premises. Using their model, we analyse the matching process for children with disabilities in Sweden. The study is based on 31 individual interviews and six group interviews with social workers and social work managers. They describe how they take into account the family climate, family composition and prior knowledge and/or experience of disability in the foster home. However, disruptions occur even when these conditions are met. Stable placements seem to be more related to the fostered child's progress when the family's efforts are rewarded. We also address the complex issue of what disability actually means in the context of foster care, given the interrelatedness of trauma, maltreatment and impairment
Developmental psychology · Foster care · Foster parents · Matching (statistics · Process (computing · Programming language · Child Welfare and Adoption · Computer Science · Family and Disability Support Research · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies
Child abuse, child protection and disabled children
Mental disorders in foster children
Scandinavian disability policy
Breaking the silence on special needs children in foster care
Changing considerations of matching foster carers and children
Matching children with foster carers
ADHD and social work with children and adolescents
Navigations between regulations and gut instinct
Nothing goes as planned”
Matching children and substitute homes
Theorizing disability in child protection
Matches and Mismatches
A National Comparative Study over One Decade of Children with Intellectual Disabilities Living Away from Their Natural Parents
Are We Ignoring Youths with Disabilities in Foster Care? An Examination of Their School Performance
Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
Techniques to Identify Themes
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |