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Cascading implementation of a foster and kinship parent intervention.

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Most foster parents in the United States are required to participate in training, yet no empirical support exists for the training's effectiveness. During the past two decades, high-quality clinical trials have documented that parent management training (PMT) programs produce positive outcomes for children and families in clinical and school settings; yet, these advances have not transferred to foster/kinship parents. Here, we describe a randomized control trial testing the effectiveness of a PMT-based treatment with 700 foster/kinship parents in San Diego County. The collaborative processes to engage stakeholders, the strategies for involving parents, and the results of two levels of developer involvement in training and supervision on child behavioral outcomes are also described.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Patricia Chamberlain, Joseph Price, John Reid, John Landsverk

Institution: Oregon Social Learning Center

Language: English

Topic: Child Welfare and Adoption

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Awards: Pathways Home: Reducing Risk in the Child Welfare System, Community Implementation of KEEP: Fidelity & Generalization of Parenting Effects, Preventing Behavior and Health Problems in Foster Teens