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WVU study: Keep children in family environment
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A team of sociologists and social workers from West Virginia University are urging legislators to take steps to serve children with behavioral problems in some sort of family environment, and to only use institutions as a last resort.
The researchers told a joint health committee on Tuesday that if a child's parents are not a viable option some sort of family-based foster care is preferable to residential treatment.
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WVU study: Keep children in family environment
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A team of sociologists and social workers from West Virginia University are urging legislators to take steps to serve children with behavioral problems in some sort of family environment, and to only use institutions as a last resort.
The researchers told a joint health committee on Tuesday that if a child's parents are not a viable option some sort of family-based foster care is preferable to residential treatment.
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