adolescence

Minn-LInK Research Brief – Issue No. 65, Spring 2024
Authors: Cho, M., Flanagan, S. K., & Haight, W.

In this study, our goal was to identify underlying patterns of early risk factors in youth with high-incidence disabilities (HID). We also investigated the association between identified patterns of early risk factors and juvenile justice outcomes. Due to the relative invisibility of HID, the behavioral challenges of youth with HID can be misinterpreted as disobedience or deviance. Notably, HID are identified as the most common special education diagnosis for youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

Readers are introduced to the complexities often present when working with adolescents in foster care. Solutions and innovations for improving practice are provided.

This issue of CW360° explores permanency and supporting transitions to adulthood for youth in foster care. The issue provides updates to our 2009 issue, titled Permanency or Aging Out: Adolescents in the Child Welfare System. The current issue highlights ways in which our knowledge has grown and evolved over the past decade while also identifying areas still requiring our attention and continued examination.

This study examined whether children who experience homelessness are at higher risk for school disciplinary outcomes (i.e., out-of-school suspensions) across time.