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Section 6
Abuse in Out-of-Home Care

Question 6 | Test | Table of Contents

Child Welfare Information Gateway
Legislative Analyst's Office

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- Child Welfare Information Gateway. Out-of-Home Care. Child Welfare Information Gateway, August 2018, p. 1.

- Child Welfare Information Gateway. Overview Out-of-Home Care. Child Welfare Information Gateway, August 2018, p. 1.

- Legislative Analyst's Office. Child Abuse and Neglect in California Part III. Legislative Analyst's Office, January 1996, p. 1-6.
Reviewed 2023

Update
COVID-19 and the unseen pandemic of child abuse

Park, W. J., & Walsh, K. A. (2022). COVID-19 and the unseen pandemic of child abuse. BMJ paediatrics open, 6(1), e001553. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001553

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Ehrensaft, M. K., Knous-Westfall, H. M., Cohen, P., & Chen, H. (2015). How does child abuse history influence parenting of the next generation? Psychology of Violence, 5(1), 16–25. 

Heyman, R. E., Snarr, J. D., Slep, A. M. S., Baucom, K. J. W., & Linkh, D. J. (2020). Self-reporting DSM–5/ICD-11 clinically significant intimate partner violence and child abuse: Convergent and response process validity. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(1), 101–111.

Murray, K. J., Sullivan, K. M., Lent, M. C., Chaplo, S. D., & Tunno, A. M. (2019). Promoting trauma-informed parenting of children in out-of-home care: An effectiveness study of the resource parent curriculum. Psychological Services, 16(1), 162–169.

Sousa, C., Mason, W. A., Herrenkohl, T. I., Prince, D., Herrenkohl, R. C., & Russo, M. J. (2018). Direct and indirect effects of child abuse and environmental stress: A lifecourse perspective on adversity and depressive symptoms. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(2), 180–188. 

QUESTION 6
What are the four possible settings Children may live in out-of-home care? To select and enter your answer go to Test.