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Kerryn Boland NSW Children’s Guardian

Kerryn Boland NSW Children’s Guardian. Presentation to ACWA 12 Conference August 2012. Out Soon. Accomplishing Permanency: Reunification Pathways and Outcomes for Foster Children A/Prof Elizabeth Fernandez School of Social Sciences  University of New South Wales.

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Kerryn Boland NSW Children’s Guardian

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  1. Kerryn BolandNSW Children’s Guardian Presentation to ACWA 12 Conference August 2012

  2. Out Soon Accomplishing Permanency: Reunification Pathways and Outcomes for Foster Children A/Prof Elizabeth Fernandez School of Social Sciences  University of New South Wales

  3. A Comprehensive Program for Abused/Neglected Infants and Toddlers in Foster Care Charles H. Zeanah, Jr., M.D. Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Tulane University School of Medicine

  4. Treatment Goals and Predictors of Recidivism • Accept responsibility for child(ren)’s maltreatment and need to change their own behaviour • Acknowledge longstanding psychiatric, substance use and/or relationship difficulties • Place needs of child ahead of their own needs • Capacity for change and willingness to try different approaches within a reasonable time frame • Work constructively with involved professionals • Make use of available community resources

  5. Strongest Predictors of Termination of Parental Rights • History of abuse as a child • History of psychiatric treatment • History of substance abuse

  6. Questions • Did we change type of permanent plan implemented? • Did we reduce the length of time in foster care? • Did we reduce maltreatment recidivism rates?

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