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This demonstration project tested the degree to which a short-term, competence-oriented service delivery model prepared 31 older adolescents to move into responsible independent living upon termination of foster home placement. The adolescents achieved significant growth as measured by independent living, employment, and social network skills but not in level of psychosocial functioning.
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Timberlake, E.M., Pasztor, E., Sheagren, J. et al. Adolescent emancipation from foster care. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 4, 116–129 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756462
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