Kinship Care Connection (KCC)

Children and their kin caregivers

The KCC, is an innovative school-based intervention designed to increase children's self-esteem and to mediate kin caregiver burden through the implementation and evaluation of support groups and case management services (including counseling, advocacy, and resource procurement) for caregivers and tutoring, mentoring, counseling, advocacy, and resource procurement for children.

Kerry Littlewood

• Email: aajresearch@gmail.com

Manual Information

There is a manual that describes how to deliver this program.

"What is included in the Relevant Published, Peer-Reviewed Research section?"

• Note: The following study was not included in rating Kinship Care Connection on the Scientific Rating Scale.

  Strozier, A. L., McGrew, L., Krisman, K., & Smith, A. (2005). Kinship care connection: A school-based intervention for kinship caregivers and the children in their care. Children and Youth Services Review, 27(9), 1011–1029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2004.12.026

  Summary:

  The purpose of the study was to test the efficacy of Kinship Care Connection (KCC), to increase children's self-esteem and to mediate kin caregiver burden. Participants received the KCC intervention. Measures utilized include the Hare Self-esteem Scale (HSS) and the Caregiver Self-Efficacy Scale (CSE). Results indicate that there was increased self-esteem in children and mediated kin caregiver burden for families participating in KCC. Limitations include a lack of randomization, lack of a control group, and lack of follow-up. Note: This article was not used in the rating process due to the lack of a control group.

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