Behavior Analysis in Child Welfare: Competency Training Caseworkers to Manage Visits Between Parents and Their Children in Foster Care

Kessler, Maria Lynn; Greene, Brandon F.

doi:10.1177/104973159900900202

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“…One described a programme to promote child stability and function by focusing on the relationships between birth and foster care parents, ensuring that this connection facilitated the child’s visitation with birth parents (Sanchirico & Jablonka 2000). Another evaluated the home visit skills of their case workers (Kessler & Greene 1999).…”

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Common needs but divergent interventions for U.S. homeless and foster care children: results from a systematic review

Zlotnick¹,

Tam²,

Zerger³

2012

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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What is known about the topic • U.S. Homeless and foster children both suffer from trauma and health manifestations of that trauma.• Mental health and case management services have been identified as vital services for both U.S. homeless and foster care children.• A subset of children may be in both homeless and foster populations during their childhood. What this paper adds• A systematic literature view of both (separate) bodies of literature (i.e. homeless children and foster care children in the U.S.) involving promising or evidence-based practices applicable to both populations.• The acknowledgement and background demonstrating the two overlapping U.S. populations of homeless and foster children.• Identifying and describing through the reviews of the overlapping needs and potentially relevant EBPs for these populations. AbstractMany children living in homeless situations in the U.S. have temporary stays in foster care, and both populations suffer disproportionately higher rates of physical, psychological and social difficulties compared with other children. However, very little is known about which specific interventions achieve the best outcomes for children in these overlapping transitional living situations. To address this gap, we review existing literature to identify the most promising practices for children living in transition. A standardised vocabulary specific to each of three electronic databases (i.e. Medline, PsychINFO and CINAHL) was employed to identify studies that described an intervention specifically targeting foster care or homeless children and families. Separate systematic searches were conducted for homeless and foster children, and only studies published in English between January 1993 and February 2009 were selected. The final sample (n = 43) of articles described interventions that fell into two categories: mental health (n = 17) and case management (n = 26). No article included a sample containing both homeless and foster care children, and most studies on homeless children used case management interventions while most studies on foster care children focused on mental health interventions. Few articles employed rigorous study designs. Although repeatedly studies have demonstrated the overlap between populations of homeless and foster care children, studies focused on one population or the other. Virtually all studies on both homeless and foster children devised interventions to reduce trauma and family instability; yet, no evidence-based practice addresses the overlapping needs and potentially relevant evidence-based practice for these two populations. An important and vital next step is to establish an effective evidence-based intervention that reduces the impact of trauma on both U.S. populations of children living in transition.

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“…1997, Klee et al. 1997, Landy & Munro 1998, Kessler & Greene 1999, Hobbie et al. 2000, Sanchirico & Jablonka 2000, McDonald et al.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Common needs but divergent interventions for U.S. homeless and foster care children: results from a systematic review

Zlotnick¹,

Tam²,

Zerger³

2012

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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“…In an analogous fashion, staff members in institutions have been trained to use rein forcement contingencies to manage urinary incontinence in elderly residents (Pinkston, Howe, & Blackman, 1987) and to reduce delusional verbalizations and disruptive behavior (Wong, Woolsey, & Gallegos, 1987), to restore appropriate conversational speech (Wong & Woolsey, 1989), and to improve grooming skills and personal hygiene (Wong, Flanagan, et aI., 1988) in chronic mental patients. Behavioral procedures have also been utilized to teach technical skills to professional staff or interns such as facilitative and supportive ut terances during family therapy (Galant, Thyer, & Bailey, 1991), clinical interviewing skills (Iwata, Wong, Riordan, Dorsey, & Lau, 1982;Schinke, Gilchrist, Smith, & Wong, 1978), management of visits between parents and children in foster care (Kessler & Greene, 1999), behavior management skills to staff in group homes for persons with mental retardation (Schinke & Wong, 1977) and adult day care centers (DeRoos & Pinkston, 1997), and be havior analysis skills to graduate social work students (Dillenburger, Godina, & Burton, 1997).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Wong

2008

Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare

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“…Despite there being clear evidence that family time is a crucial part of the family reunification process and it being a central mechanism for maintaining parent-child bonds and attachment, there is little guidance for family time supervisors on how to facilitate the quality family time that leads to positive interactions between parents, caregivers, and children ( Nesmith, 2013 ). In fact, carefully planned and executed family time can provide support and insight into a number of critical areas such as: maintaining and improving family relationships, identifying areas in which the parent might need support in their parenting, providing data regarding parenting abilities, and encouraging the support and cooperation of caregivers ( Kessler & Greene, 1999 ).…”

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Responding to COVID-19’s impact on supervised family time: The supportive virtual family time model

Orlando¹,

Rousson

Barkan³

et al. 2021

Developmental Child Welfare

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COVID-19 has put child wellbeing at risk, perhaps especially, for children and youth involved in the foster care system. For these children and youth, any stability they may have experienced since entering care has been disrupted and their contact with parents limited. A sudden shift to virtual only contact meant both parents and caregivers were in need of support to navigate these changes. This study reports on the rapid development and implementation of an eLearning and structured practice guide for visitation supervisors to help them facilitate virtual visits that promote parent-caregiver collaboration in support of the child. Over a four month period, April to August 2020, 140 people registered for the Supportive Virtual Family Time training. Of these participants, 101 (72%) completed a post-training survey which included an evaluation of the eLearning and assessment of the feasibility of implementing the model. Overall, participants were satisfied with the training content and delivery, agreed the training helped them develop new skills for interacting with parents and caregivers, and planned to start using the model right away. Given the ongoing and dynamic nature of the pandemic, there is likely continued need for virtual family time and training and support for supervisors who facilitate these interactions. It is critical these supports are timely, easily accessible, and include practice guidelines and resources that help practitioners facilitate and maintain youths’ critical attachments to their families. Given the potential benefits of supporting parent-caregiver collaboration, the model and accompanying materials address an overarching need in the field and remain relevant even after a return to in-person visitation.

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Behavior Analysis in Child Welfare: Competency Training Caseworkers to Manage Visits Between Parents and Their Children in Foster Care

Cited by 14 publications

References 4 publications

Common needs but divergent interventions for U.S. homeless and foster care children: results from a systematic review

Common needs but divergent interventions for U.S. homeless and foster care children: results from a systematic review

Operant Learning Theory

Responding to COVID-19’s impact on supervised family time: The supportive virtual family time model

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