Williams Charles A
Drexel University, USA.
Child Welfare. 2011;90(1):59-74.
Youth in foster care face significant life challenges that make it more likely that they will face negative outcomes (i.e., school failure, homelessness, and incarceration). While the reason(s) for out-of-home placement (i.e., family violence, abuse, neglect and/or abandonment) provide some context for negative outcomes, such negative outcomes need not be a foregone conclusion. In fact, interventions created to serve at-risk youth could ostensibly address the needs of youth in foster care as well, given that they often face similar social, emotional, and other challenges. Specifically, the author posits that supporting foster care youth through the use ofmentoring and social skills training could reduce the negative outcomes far too common for many of these youth.
寄养青年面临重大的生活挑战，这使得他们更有可能面临负面后果（即学业失败、无家可归和监禁）。虽然家庭外安置的原因（即家庭暴力、虐待、忽视和/或遗弃）为负面后果提供了一些背景信息，但这些负面后果并非必然。事实上，为服务高危青年而设计的干预措施表面上也可以满足寄养青年的需求，因为他们往往面临类似的社会、情感和其他挑战。具体而言，作者认为，通过使用指导和社交技能培训来支持寄养青年，可以减少许多这类青年中常见的负面后果。
