Identifying, attracting and retaining successful foster parents.

该研究项目将改善澳大利亚的寄养系统。通过开发工具，以确定，吸引和留住成功的养父母更有效地，我们将解决寄养机构面临的两个关键问题：养父母的数量减少和越来越多的“安置故障”。这些因素的改善将（1）使寄养儿童有一个更积极和更健康的生活开端;（2）减少寄养儿童产生反社会和情感依恋问题的程度;（3）减少寄养儿童中犯罪和反社会行为的发生率;从而（4）对澳大利亚的社会结构产生积极的长期影响。

This research project will improve Australian foster care systems. By developing tools to identify, attract and retain successful foster parents more effectively we will address two critical problems facing foster care organisations: decreasing numbers of foster parents and increasing numbers of 'placement breakdowns'. Improvements of these factors will (1) give foster children a more positive and healthier start to life; (2) reduce the extent to which foster children develop antisocial and emotional attachment problems; (3) reduce the incidence of criminal and antisocial behaviours among foster children; and consequently (4) have a positive long-term effect on the social fabric of Australia.