Pre-placement Risk and Longitudinal Cognitive Development for Children Adopted from Foster Care

Overview

Journal Child Welfare

Specialties Health Services
Pediatrics

Date 2014 May 24

PMID 24851473

Citations 2

Authors

Jill M Waterman

Erum Nadeem

Emilie Paczkowski

Jared Cory Foster

Justin A Lavner

Thomas Belin

Jeanne Miranda

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Abstract

This study examined the trajectory of cognitive development over the first five years of adoptive placement among children adopted from foster care and how pre-adoption risk factors relate to this development. Overall, children's cognitive scores increased significantly, with the most rapid improvement occurring in the first year post-placement. By five years post-placement, children's mean cognitive and achievement scores were in the average range. Adoption is a positive intervention for children's cognitive development.

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