Foster Care

A Foster Home is a private home approved by child welfare services for the placement of children, and includes kinship care. Group and residential care are excluded.

Title Authors Yearsort icon Type of Publication
Developmental and Cultural Assets and Resilient Outcomes in First Nations Young People in Care: An Initial Test of an Explanatory Model

Filbert, Katharine
Flynn, Robert J.

 2010 Journal article
Early specialized foster care, developmental outcomes and home salivary cortisol patterns in prenatally substance-exposed infants

D'Angiulli, Amedeo
Sullivan, Richard

 2010 Journal article
A Breach of Trust: An Investigation Into Foster Home Overcrowding in the Saskatoon Service Centre

Bernstein, Marvin

 2009 Report
Children with disabilities: Problems faced by foster parents

Brown, Jason D.
Rodger, Susan

 2009 Journal article
Passion for Action in Child and Family Services: Voices from the Prairies

McKay, Sharon
Fuchs, Don
Brown, Ivan

 2009 Book
Passion for Those Who Care: What Foster Carers Need

Twigg, Robert C.

 2009 Book chapter
Children with FASD Involved with the Manitoba Child Welfare System: The Need for Passionate Action

Fuchs, Don
Burnside, Linda
Marchenski, Shelagh
Mudry, Andria

 2009 Book chapter
Foster-parent training and foster-child outcomes: An exploratory cross-sectional analysis

Nash, Jordanna
Flynn, Robert J.

 2009 Journal article
The SDQ as a mental health measurement tool in a Canadian sample of looked-after young people

Marquis, Robyn A.
Flynn, Robert J.

 2009 Journal article
The case for enhanced educational supports for children in public care: An integrative literature review of the educational pathway of children in care

Snow, Kim

 2009 Journal article
Why Addressing the Over-Representation of First Nations Children in Care Requires New Theoretical Approaches Based on First Nations Ontology

Blackstock, Cindy

 2009 Journal article
Benefits of Cultural Matching in Foster Care

Brown, Jason D.
George, Natalie
Sintzel, Jennifer
St. Arnault, David

 2009 Journal article
Foster parents' perceptions of factors needed for successful foster placements

Brown, Jason D.

 2008 Journal article
Supporting the social-emotional development of infants and toddlers in foster care

Wotherspoon, Evelyn
Petrowski, Nicole

 2008 Information sheet
Rewards of fostering children with disabilities

Brown, Jason D.

 2008 Journal article
A Management Review of the Alberta Child Welfare System

Crabtree, Cathy R.

 2008 Report
Alberta Foster Care Review Report 2008

Alberta Ministry of Children’s Services

 2008 Report
Children in Care in Newfoundland and Labrador: A Review of Issues and Trends with Recommendations for Programs and Services

Fowler, Ken

 2008 Report
Risk Factors for Dating Violence Among Teenage Girls Under Child Protective Services

Manseau, Hélène
Fernet, Mylène
Hébert, Martine
Collin-Vézina, Delphine
Blais, Martin

 2008 Journal article
(Ad)ministering Love: Providing Family Foster Care to Infants With Prenatal Substance Exposure

Marcellus, Lenora

 2008 Journal article