Pre-placement risk and longitudinal cognitive development for children adopted from foster care. Article

Waterman, JM, Nadeem, E, Paczkowski, E et al. (2013). Pre-placement risk and longitudinal cognitive development for children adopted from foster care. . CHILD WELFARE, 92(4), 9-30.

cited authors

  • Waterman, JM; Nadeem, E; Paczkowski, E; Foster, JC; Lavner, JA; Belin, T; Miranda, J

authors

abstract

  • 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.

publication date

  • January 1, 2013

published in

start page

  • 9

end page

  • 30

volume

  • 92

issue

  • 4