A Pilot Study of the Adoption and Guardianship Enhanced Support (AGES) Program: Preventing Discontinuity by Walking Alongside Adoptive and Guardianship Families Who are Struggling.

Kerrie OcasioNancy RolockJoan BlakeyRoni Diamant-WilsonFrances BassJonelle BromAllison BudzinskiRonald HermesDanielle KarnoppKatie SepnieskiLixia ZhangRowena FongMonica FaulknerLaura Marra

Published in: Journal of evidence-based social work (2019) (2023)

The approach utilized by AGES workers, one that walked alongside families and provided flexible responses to identified needs, showed promise for adoptive and guardianship families. Replication and additional research are needed to assess the program with a larger sample and more rigorous methods.

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