Foster parents in Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care: How do they deal with implementing standardized treatment components?

Westermark, Pia Kyhle; Hansson, Kjell; Vinnerljung, Bo

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.10.003

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“…Det finns uppenbara gränser för de svårigheter ett »vanligt« familjehem rimligen kan förväntas klara. Under senare år har olika former av professionaliserad och mer eller mindre manualbaserad familjehemsvård vuxit fram som ett alternativ till placering i traditionell familjehemsvård (Chamberlain 1994, Kyhle Westermark et al 2007, men i vilken utsträckning den kan ersätta institutionsvård är osäkert.…”

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Social barnavård ur ett välfärdsperspektiv. Ekonomiska och materiella resurser, psykisk hälsa och tillgång till socialt stöd för ungdomar i familjehem och vid institutioner

Sallnäs¹,

Wiklund²,

Lagerlöf³

2016

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Social barnavård ur ett välfärdsperspektiv. Ekonomiska och materiella resurser, psykisk hälsa och tillgång till socialt stöd för ungdomar i familjehem och vid institutioner

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Lagerlöf³

2016

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“…2001, Orfirer & Kronstadt 2002, Timmer et al. 2006a, Westermark et al. 2007, McWey 2008, Wotherspoon et al.…”

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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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“…The OSLC model was regarded as providing an important 'common language', while the philosophy of 'finding the positives', if sometimes difficult, was seen as vital to its success. Interviewees' concerns that MTFC could be unduly prescriptive tended to be outweighed by the value of working to a clear, explicit template (Westermark et al, 2007). Adaptations, usually aimed at securing young people's engagement and motivation did not seem to have compromised the workings of the model in any significant way.…”

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“…These issues were, however, usually resolved fairly easily, with foster carers happy with their degree of discretion. Parental Daily Reports were sometimes seen as 'a chore' (Westermark et al, 2007), but almost universally valued for their capacity to concentrate minds on behaviours, to ensure daily contact between foster carers and the programme and help 'nip problems in the bud'. The data yielded were seen as useful for identifying trends and one-off or recurrent 'spikes' that might reveal behavioural triggers, such as contact visits or school events and as having a potential 'predictive' value for disruptions and optimal transition timing (Chamberlain et al, 2006).…”

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A Suitable Case?: Implementing Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care in an English Local Authority

Kirton

Thomas

2011

Adoption & Fostering

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This article by Derek Kirton and Cliff Thomas draws from a local evaluation of a multidimensional treatment foster care (MTFC) programme in England, focusing particularly on issues of implementation. These include experiences of working with the Oregon Social Learning model on which MTFC is based, its theory, philosophy and practices. The article also considers the translation of this model into a UK context and the associated questions of adaptation and fidelity. The challenges of multidisciplinary teamwork and interagency collaboration within MTFC are explored, along with the latter's place within wider child welfare provision. Particular challenges highlighted are those of transitions into and from MTFC and the role of children's social workers. Albeit from a small-scale study and with inevitable variation in outcomes, it was found that MTFC achieved significant gains for a number of young people with complex needs and often troubled histories. This, in turn, raises questions about how far its theory and practice could or should be extended within foster care provision.

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Foster parents in Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care: How do they deal with implementing standardized treatment components?

Cited by 14 publications

References 21 publications

Social barnavård ur ett välfärdsperspektiv. Ekonomiska och materiella resurser, psykisk hälsa och tillgång till socialt stöd för ungdomar i familjehem och vid institutioner

Social barnavård ur ett välfärdsperspektiv. Ekonomiska och materiella resurser, psykisk hälsa och tillgång till socialt stöd för ungdomar i familjehem och vid institutioner

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

A Suitable Case?: Implementing Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care in an English Local Authority

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