title: Intervening to Improve Outcomes for Siblings in Foster Care: Conceptual, Substantive, and Methodological Dimensions of a Prevention Science Framework.
abstract: In recent years, the child welfare field has devoted significant attention to siblings in foster care. Policymakers and practitioners have supported efforts to connect siblings via shared foster placements and visitation while researchers have focused on illuminating the empirical foundations of sibling placement and sibling intervention in child welfare. The current paper synthesizes literature on sibling relationship development and sibling issues in child welfare in the service of presenting a typology of sibling-focused interventions for use with foster youth. The paper provides two examples of current intervention research studies focused on enhancing sibling developmental processes and understanding their connection to child welfare outcomes. The paper concludes by presenting an emerging agenda informing policy, practice, and research on siblings in foster care.
authors.affiliation: Portland State University School of Social Work & Oregon Social Learning Center, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207.
authors.forename: Bowen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McBeath
authors.affiliation: Portland State University School of Social Work & Oregon Social Learning Center.
authors.forename: Brianne H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Kothari
authors.affiliation: Portland State University School of Social Work.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blakeslee
authors.affiliation: Portland State University School of Social Work.
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lamson-Siu
authors.affiliation: Portland State University School of Social Work & Oregon Social Learning Center.
authors.forename: Lew
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bank
authors.affiliation: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.
authors.forename: L Oriana
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Linares
authors.affiliation: Portland State University School of Social Work.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waid
authors.affiliation: Portland State University School of Social Work.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sorenson
authors.affiliation: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jimenez
authors.affiliation: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.affiliation: University of Toronto School of Social Work & University of Melbourne School of Health Sciences.
authors.forename: Aron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shlonsky
keywords: Siblings; child welfare; foster care; intervention; prevention; sibling relationship