title: A profile of the child likely to experience unstable foster care.
abstract: A core problem of professionals working in the foster care system is finding ways to minimize re-placement, or the movement of children from foster home to foster home. Drawing on past research, this paper develops a profile of the foster child likely to experience multiple re-placement or unstable care. Based on this profile, possible strategies for reducing movement in care are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005190:Family; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D012917:Social Adjustment