The need for educational assessment of children entering foster care.
Comprehensive medical and mental health evaluations of children in foster care are recommended within 30 days of entering care. What constitutes a comprehensive evaluation has yet to be established. This study examines the need to include educational assessment as a component of the comprehensive evaluation. Rates of achievement and language problems for Arkansas school-age children are compared with rates of medical and psychiatric disorders to assess the relative need for including educational assessment.
Evans
Larry D
LD
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, 72202, USA.
Scott
Susan S
SS
Schulz
Eldon G
EG
D001131:Arkansas; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male