The Effects Of Adoption And Foster Care On Cognitive...

In a compilation of seven studies, a range of experiments were completed to see what kind of effects prolonged foster care had on a child, effects from adoption had on a child, and a comparison to between the two. Some studies also compared both to the norm population to give a better understanding of the effects. The studies that will be explored also go into finding differences between the children as well as why those differences may have occurred if any existed. It can be hypothesized that those differences are significant, and while. Effected areas ranged from educational outcomes, behaviors, brain activity, and even birth issues later in life, while reasons for those effects ranged from environmental, biological, and in between. A good majority of researchers focus on negative outcomes, while some look for more positive outcomes. Other researchers looked at the likelihood of a child being adopted or staying in prolonged care for varying reasons. A few of these articles focused on the effects of adoption and foster care on cognitive behavior, emotions, education, and etcetera. One particular article concentrated on the whole of development. In 2011, Lloyd and Barth completed a study on developmental outcomes. The study was based on a comparison between 353 children who spent five years in foster care, and after those five years, returned home from care, were adopted, or stayed in the foster home. The children were less than 13 months old at the beginning of the study,