title: Sudanese refugee youth in foster care: the "lost boys" in America.
abstract: This study examined the resettlement experiences of unaccompanied Sudanese refugee youth placed in foster care from the perspectives of the youth, foster parents, and agency caseworkers. Youth experienced considerable success. The challenges of adjusting to school and family life, however, suggest a need for funding to support more intensive educational services, more cultural training and support for foster parents and school personnel, and flexibility to provide services in more culturally appropriate modalities.
authors.affiliation: University-Community Partnerships, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Luster
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rehagen
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D012947:Social Work; D013397:Sudan / Q000208:ethnology; D013534:Survival