Is there a need for residential care or not?

Autor/in	Henderson, Bruce B.
Titel	Is there a need for residential care or not?
Quelle	In: European journal of social work, 28 (2025) 6, S. 1375-1385 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben; Anmerkungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1369-1457; 1468-2664
DOI	10.1080/13691457.2025.2486555
Schlagwörter	Psychologie; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ressource; Jugendhilfe; Erziehungsheim; Fremdplatzierung; Heimkind; USA
Abstract	Yes, we do need high-quality residential care as one option for children and youth who need a home. The modern bias against residential care comes largely from research on infants and young children reared in extremely unstimulating environments. Sources of support for residential care as an option come from alumni surveys, direct comparisons of residential care with alternative forms of care, and from evidence of increased psychological well-being while in care. Children and youth who have been in multiple family foster care placements can experience stable relationships with adults, peers, and educators in good residential care and can have a respite from the constant change of home and neighbourhood so typical in the world's welfare systems. In good residential care, children and youth have access to adults who have therapeutic and educational expertise they need. Most children and youth do not need to be in residential care for many years, but a time in high-quality residential care can make it more likely they make successful transitions back to their families of origin, to adoption, to life in a foster family, or to independent living.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2026/3