Impact of intensive family support programs: a synthesis of evaluation studies

Family Preservation: Cost Avoidance and Child and Family Service Review Outcomes

“…Findings of these early studies were equivocal (Dagenais, Begin, Bouchard, & Fortin, 2004) possibly because of differences in intervention fidelity or research design limitations. Research by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (2006) found that greater adherence to the HOMEBUILDERS model was associated with the reduction in placement into OOHC and recurrence of child abuse and neglect, with non HOMEBUILDERS models having no effects on outcomes.…”

Familienorientierte Psychotherapie bei vernachlässigten Kindern

“…Nicht weniger skeptisch lässt die Lektüre der Metaanalyse von Dagenais et al [7] zurück, in der nach definierten Güte-kriterien (Implementierung der Maßnah-me, Kontrollgruppendesign, statistische Evaluation) insgesamt 38 Studien zu 27 verschiedenen Maßnahmen identifiziert werden konnten. Zwar erwies sich eine ganze Reihe von Maßnahmen noch gemäß den Kriterien der statistischen Signifikanz als erfolgreich, dennoch waren die Effektstärken insgesamt vernachlässigbar niedrig.…”

Utilising Group Work in the Implementation of Family Preservation Services: Views of Child Protection Social Workers

“…This view correlates with findings in the literature as being one of the primary goals of family preservation services in maintaining and strengthening family bonds. Services therefore include the whole family and extended family to enhance the utilisation of resources within the family :1472, Dagenais et al, 2004Mullins et al, 2012:265).…”

“…Individual interviews are seen as a way to stabilise the crisis situation and to focus on specific stressors experienced by the family, stressors that contribute to the crisis situation when having to render family preservation services :1472, Dagenais et al, 2004Mullins et al, 2012:265).…”