The current study used a resilience framework to describe youth experiences with their caseworkers, examine the association of youth–caseworker relationship quality with school engagement, and to examine the differential impact of youth–caseworker relationships on youth school engagement by level of youth risk (i.e. posttraumatic symptoms). Secondary data collected from youth in foster care were analyzed via descriptive statistics, correlations, and linear regression with moderation. On average, youth reported relatively high relationship quality with caseworkers. There was substantial variation and developmental differences in youth–caseworker relationship quality. Additionally, current findings suggest that positive youth–caseworker relationships can bolster school engagement. Finally, the study provided support for differential impact theory whereby the influence of youth–caseworker relationships on youth school engagement was stronger for youth with fewer posttraumatic symptoms. Implications for research, intervention efforts, policy, and practice in child welfare, education, and mental health are discussed.

当前的研究使用了复原力框架来描述青年与个案工作人员的经历，研究青年与个案工作人员之间的关系质量与学校参与的关系，并根据青年风险水平（即，青年与个案工作人员之间的关系对青年学校参与的不同影响）进行调查（即创伤后症状）。通过描述性统计，相关性和适度线性回归分析从寄养儿童中收集的次要数据。平均而言，青年人报告与案例工作者的关系质量相对较高。青年与工作人员之间的关系质量存在很大的差异和发展差异。此外，目前的发现表明，青年与个案工作者之间的积极关系可以促进学校的参与。最后，这项研究为差异影响理论提供了支持，在该理论中，创伤事件后症状较少的青年对青年与工作人员的关系对青年学校参与的影响更大。讨论了对儿童福利，教育和心理健康的研究，干预措施，政策和实践的意义。