The study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation says the "pervasive belief"that reunion with their families is good for children has rarely beentested. Indeed, few studies have investigated the health, psychosocial,behavioural and developmental outcomes for children reunited with theirfamilies compared to similar children who remain in care.
There is also a need to know more about what children think about beingreturned to their families, adds the research.
- See NCB Now, p27.
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