Treatment Foster Care for improving outcomes in children and young people

Abstract

However, the generalisability of findings is limited. The total number of included studies was small and the profile of participants quite mixed. The evidence may be subject to bias given the involvement of programme developers in the research teams responsible for all included studies. On the basis of this review, nothing can be said about the costs and benefits of what is a relatively costly service. Furthermore, it is not possible to make statements about TFC effectiveness vis-a-vis other composite interventions.Future research should seek to test the generalisability of findings from these studies by replicating the studies using independent research teams. Studies need to be conducted in different locations, with different groups of young people, of different ages and more diverse ethnicity, and with a range of clearly specified problem profiles (e.g. psychological disorders; delinquency), and with follow-up periods longer than two years.

Predictors of Social Service Contact among Teenagers in England

“…The significant increase of social service contact for young people in foster care (in comparison with living with natural parents) fits with previous evidence of behavioural difficulties among fostered children, often linked to traumatic experiences in birth families, which has fed into the development of targeted interventions (Macdonald and Turner, 2008).…”

Predictors of Social Service Contact among Teenagers in England

“…The significant increase of social service contact for young people in foster care (in comparison with living with natural parents) fits with previous evidence of behavioural difficulties among fostered children, often linked to traumatic experiences in birth families, which has fed into the development of targeted interventions (Macdonald and Turner, 2008).…”

A Systematic Review of the Juvenile Justice Intervention Literature

“…The findings of these studies, both those that were conducted before and after the last comprehensive meta-analysis of MST (Littell, Popa, & Forsythe, 2005) and MTFC (MacDonald & Turner, 2007), were consistent with previous findings.…”

“…It is an intervention that provides foster placement in a home with highly trained foster parents along with the provision of multiple services as needed by each individual youth. Four of the 21 quality studies assessed MTFC with juvenile-justice-involved youth and found positive effects on recidivism, similar to previous work, although, similar to earlier criticisms (MacDonald & Turner, 2007), all of the studies were conducted by researchers associated with the design of the program (Chamberlain & Reid, 1998;Leve & Chamberlain, 2007;.…”

Effects of psychosocial interventions on behavioural problems in youth: A close look at Cochrane and Campbell reviews

“…The only study included in Littell et al that did not find evidence of efficacy on any outcome was conducted by an independent evaluator. All studies (5 of 5) were done by programme developers in MacDonald and Turner (). A high rate of studies with research allegiance was also found in other reviews (at least 6 of 11 in Montgomery et al, , and at least 5 of the 8 studies in Woolfenden et al, ).…”

“…Some reviews explicitly assessed the extent of research allegiance in the primary studies (Armelius & Andreassen, ; Furlong et al, ; Littell et al, ; MacDonald & Turner, ). Two reviews stated that the review authors themselves were involved in some of the primary studies included (Furlong et al, ; Turner et al, ).…”

Predictors of Social Service Contact among Teenagers in England

“…The significant increase of social service contact for young people in foster care (in comparison with living with natural parents) fits with previous evidence of behavioural difficulties among fostered children, often linked to traumatic experiences in birth families, which has fed into the development of targeted interventions (Macdonald and Turner, 2008).…”

A Systematic Review of the Juvenile Justice Intervention Literature

“…The findings of these studies, both those that were conducted before and after the last comprehensive meta-analysis of MST (Littell, Popa, & Forsythe, 2005) and MTFC (MacDonald & Turner, 2007), were consistent with previous findings.…”

“…It is an intervention that provides foster placement in a home with highly trained foster parents along with the provision of multiple services as needed by each individual youth. Four of the 21 quality studies assessed MTFC with juvenile-justice-involved youth and found positive effects on recidivism, similar to previous work, although, similar to earlier criticisms (MacDonald & Turner, 2007), all of the studies were conducted by researchers associated with the design of the program (Chamberlain & Reid, 1998;Leve & Chamberlain, 2007;.…”

Effects of psychosocial interventions on behavioural problems in youth: A close look at Cochrane and Campbell reviews

“…The only study included in Littell et al that did not find evidence of efficacy on any outcome was conducted by an independent evaluator. All studies (5 of 5) were done by programme developers in MacDonald and Turner (). A high rate of studies with research allegiance was also found in other reviews (at least 6 of 11 in Montgomery et al, , and at least 5 of the 8 studies in Woolfenden et al, ).…”

“…Some reviews explicitly assessed the extent of research allegiance in the primary studies (Armelius & Andreassen, ; Furlong et al, ; Littell et al, ; MacDonald & Turner, ). Two reviews stated that the review authors themselves were involved in some of the primary studies included (Furlong et al, ; Turner et al, ).…”

Predictors of Social Service Contact among Teenagers in England

“…The significant increase of social service contact for young people in foster care (in comparison with living with natural parents) fits with previous evidence of behavioural difficulties among fostered children, often linked to traumatic experiences in birth families, which has fed into the development of targeted interventions (Macdonald and Turner, 2008).…”

A Systematic Review of the Juvenile Justice Intervention Literature

“…The findings of these studies, both those that were conducted before and after the last comprehensive meta-analysis of MST (Littell, Popa, & Forsythe, 2005) and MTFC (MacDonald & Turner, 2007), were consistent with previous findings.…”

“…It is an intervention that provides foster placement in a home with highly trained foster parents along with the provision of multiple services as needed by each individual youth. Four of the 21 quality studies assessed MTFC with juvenile-justice-involved youth and found positive effects on recidivism, similar to previous work, although, similar to earlier criticisms (MacDonald & Turner, 2007), all of the studies were conducted by researchers associated with the design of the program (Chamberlain & Reid, 1998;Leve & Chamberlain, 2007;.…”

Effects of psychosocial interventions on behavioural problems in youth: A close look at Cochrane and Campbell reviews

“…The only study included in Littell et al that did not find evidence of efficacy on any outcome was conducted by an independent evaluator. All studies (5 of 5) were done by programme developers in MacDonald and Turner (). A high rate of studies with research allegiance was also found in other reviews (at least 6 of 11 in Montgomery et al, , and at least 5 of the 8 studies in Woolfenden et al, ).…”

“…Some reviews explicitly assessed the extent of research allegiance in the primary studies (Armelius & Andreassen, ; Furlong et al, ; Littell et al, ; MacDonald & Turner, ). Two reviews stated that the review authors themselves were involved in some of the primary studies included (Furlong et al, ; Turner et al, ).…”