(From MedPageToday.com) A combination of mentoring and training in coping skills can improve mental health and satisfaction with life among abused children in foster care, according to a small randomized trial. The randomized trial, conducted among more than 150 children placed in foster care, found that children had fewer mental health problems six months after completing a nine-month program that included skills building and mentoring, compared with children who did not get the intervention, according to Heather Taussig, PhD, and Sara Culhane, PhD, JD, both of the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Children assigned to the intervention also reported a better quality of life, as well as other improvements in functioning, Taussig and Culhane reported in the August issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. Read more.

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Abused Children Benefit from Skills Training