Pre-placement risk and longitudinal cognitive development for children adopted from foster care.
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.
Jill M
JM
Waterman
Erum
E
Nadeem
Emilie
E
Paczkowski
Jared Cory
JC
Foster
Justin A
JA
Lavner
Thomas
T
Belin
Jeanne
J
Miranda
D000300:Adoption / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D016014:Linear Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange / Q000187:drug effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors