Abstract Although children who have been adopted are referred for mental health services more often than their non-adopted peers and might be overrepresented within residential treatment centers (RTCs), little is known about adoptive families' experiences with RTCs. The present study sought to understand the experiences of families whose children were placed in residential treatment facilities after a finalized adoption. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a total of ten families who had adopted 21 children. Of these, 13 children had been placed in an RTC after the finalized adoption. Most of the children in the sample were between zero and five years of age at placement. Adoptive families reported the need for in-the-trenches training and community-based services that could provide ongoing support post-adoption. Implications from these findings include increasing in-home services and other options within the adoptive families' own communities. Future research could incorporate a larger sample to assess whether the experiences of families in this study are similar to other adoptive families.

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从收养到住院治疗中心

摘要 尽管被收养的儿童比未收养的同龄人更常被转介到心理健康服务，并且在住院治疗中心 (RTC) 中的人数可能过多，但人们对收养家庭与 RTC 的经历知之甚少。本研究旨在了解孩子在最终收养后被安置在住院治疗设施中的家庭的经历。对收养了 21 名儿童的 10 个家庭进行了定性访谈。其中，13 名儿童在最终收养后被安置在 RTC 中。样本中的大多数儿童在安置时年龄在 0 至 5 岁之间。收养家庭报告说，需要在收养后提供持续支持的战壕培训和基于社区的服务。这些发现的含义包括在收养家庭自己的社区内增加家庭服务和其他选择。未来的研究可以纳入更大的样本，以评估本研究中家庭的经历是否与其他收养家庭相似。