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Physical and Emotional Well‐Being: Court Performance Measures for Children and Youth in Foster Care
Author(s) -
Sydow Nora E.,
Flango Victor E.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.2012.01081.x
Subject(s) - jurisdiction , mental health , foster care , psychology , set (abstract data type) , physical health , nursing , medicine , political science , psychiatry , law , computer science , programming language
Given that courts have the responsibility to ensure the state is providing proper care to children in its custody, courts need to consider whether those children over whom they have jurisdiction are receiving a quality education and are physically and emotionally healthy. Court well‐being measures were not developed when the safety, permanency, timeliness, and due process measures were established. However, there have been recent efforts to address this void. This article describes the newly developed set of well‐being measures for courts to track success in improving well‐being outcomes in the areas of physical health, mental health, maintaining permanent relationships, transition to adulthood, and enhanced family capacity to provide for their children's needs.