Adopted children at home and at school

Wetensch. publicatieFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappe

Attachment and intervention in adoptive families with and without biological children

Wetensch. publ. refereedFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappe

The development and adjustment of 7-year old children adopted in infancy.

The present study (Nfl 159) provides evidence of an increased risk for behavior problems of infant-placed 7-year-old internationally, transracially adopted children in the Netherlands. However, parents reported more behavior problems for adopted boys than for adopted girls. Notably, about 30 % of the adopted children were classified as clinical on the CBCL scale for total problems, which is a much larger percentage than the 10 % found in the normative population. It was suggested that these results could be explained by the operation of multiple risk factors before and after adoption placement, e.g. the child’s genetic disposition, pre-natal and pre-adoption care, or the child’s cognitive understanding of adoption in middle childhood. Also, results suggest that maternal sensitive responsiveness in adoptive families declines in the transition from early to middle childhood. In contrast to the home setting, the adopted children showed favorable behavioral and socioemotional adjustment at school, while their academic achievement and intelligence were in the normal range or above average. In particular Korean children had high IQs: 31 % of these children obtained an intelligence score above 120. It was suggested that adoptive parents seem to offer their children sufficient or even more than average cognitive stimulation. Furthermore, adopte

Avondlycea 1968

Evening students / general characteristics / problems having a job / motivations / leisure activities / study: success and problems / comparison to day-school / social control / patterns of interest / self-evaluation / family background especially educational aspirations and interest of parents during upbringing / socialization / experience of the negative effects of upward social mobility / causes of success. Background variables: basic characteristics / characteristics of parental family/household / occupation / employment / income / capital assets / education / politic

Op weg naar de avonduniversiteit van Nederland 1975

Students following evening courses in Utrecht / motivations / conditions that have to be fulfilled / relation to day courses / perspectives / contacts / opinions about contents of course / relation of course to job / attitude to planned evening university in Utrecht / expected participation. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ place of work/ income/capital assets/ educatio

Studiestaken in het dag- en avondonderwijs voor volwassenen 1979-1980

Success of day schools and evening schools for MAVO, HAVO and VWO ( secondary education ) for adults. Type of education / subjects / study results / study problems / other problems. Background variables: basic characteristics / residence / occupation / employment / educatio

Herstelmogelijkheden voor verwaarloosde kinderen?

A large number of studies evaluating adoption of children have been done. We know that many foreign adopted children have been (severely) neglected before they got adopted. A next relevant step is to study ways of helping these children and their adoptive parents. The adoption of severely deprived children into well-functioning families can be seen as a natural experiment. In this paper the consequences of deprivation and the possibilities for recovery in a healthy environment are reviewed by describing three waves of a longitudinal study among Romanian adoptive children. The development and behavioral problems are discussed, as are the strategies of parents and teachers in dealing with the problems. Based on the results found, recommendations for practice are made