%0 Journal Article
%T Placement in Care in Early Childhood and School Readiness: A Retrospective Cohort Study
%A Elizabeth Wall-Wieler
%A Janelle Boram Lee
%A Leslie L. Roos
%A Marcelo L. Urquia
%A Marni Brownell
%A Noralou P. Roos
%A Sharon Bruce
%J Child Maltreatment
%@ 1552-6119
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1077559518796658
%X The current study examined school readiness for children placed in care of child protection services before age 5. This association was assessed using a population-based cohort of children born in Manitoba, Canada, between 2000 and 2009 (n = 53,477) and subcohorts of discordant siblings (one sibling taken into care, one sibling not taken into care; n = 809) and discordant cousins (n = 517). In the population analysis, children placed in care were significantly less likely to be ready for school; this difference was not seen in the discordant sibling or cousin analysis. The findings suggested that differences in school readiness for children placed in care are a result of broader social factors affecting families, not placement into care
%K child welfare services/child protection
%K cohort studies
%K database review
%K epidemiology
%K family
%K school performance
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077559518796658