Treatment foster care programs: A review of evaluation research and suggested directions

Hudson, Joe; Nutter, Richard; Galaway, Burt

doi:10.1093/swr/18.4.198

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“…(Romanelli et al, 2008, p. 6) TFC has been referred to by a number of different titles, including Foster Family-Based Treatment, Therapeutic Foster Care, Family-Based Residential Treatment, Foster Family Care, Wraparound Foster Care, and Multidimensional Foster Care (Reddy & Pfeiffer, 1997;Turner & Macdonald, 2011). TFC models in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom include MTFC, Permanency Foster Care, Kent Family Placement, Alberta Family Counselors, the Parent Therapist Program, PR-TFC (Hudson, Nutter, & Galaway, 1994), and Together Facing the Challenge (Farmer, Burns, Wagner, Murray, & Southerland, 2010), among others.…”

Section: Tfc Servicesmentioning

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Outcomes of an Agency-Developed Treatment Foster Care Model for Adolescents

Bishop-Fitzpatrick

Jung

Nam

et al. 2014

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

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Adolescents constitute a large proportion of youth in foster care, but few foster care models specifically concentrate on their developmental or treatment needs. This study examined outcomes for an agency-developed, theoretically based treatment foster care (TFC) model using de-identified administrative data from 612 youth discharged from care over a 3-year period using a structural equation modeling path analysis. Results indicate that youth enrolled in Pressley Ridge Treatment Foster Care (PR-TFC) improve in functioning from entry to discharge and that, overall, youth in PR-TFC treatment typically improve in day-to-day functioning as they age, and youth who enter the PR-TFC homes at an older age generally function better at discharge than younger youth who stayed comparable amounts of time. Additional results indicate that older youth, youth with a greater number of clinical diagnoses, youth with a lower pre-test Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) score, and youth of color spent more time in care, while older youth, youth with fewer clinical diagnoses, youth with lower pre-test CAFAS scores, and European American youth had lower post-test CAFAS scores, indicating better functioning at discharge. This article also provides an example of how administrative data can be used to develop practice-based evidence for a treatment model.

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Outcomes of an Agency-Developed Treatment Foster Care Model for Adolescents

Bishop-Fitzpatrick

Jung

Nam

et al. 2014

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

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“…While research into TFC has often been criticised on methodological grounds (such as lack of control groups or reliance on 'soft', subjective data), MTFC has almost invariably been treated as an 'honourable exception', due to the OSLC's use of randomised controlled trials and rigorous methodologies (Hudson et al, 1994;Curtis et al, 2001;Cross et al, 2004;Dore and Mullin, 2006;Lee and Thompson, 2008). Its studies have consistently shown a range of favourable (and cost-effective, Aos et al, 2006) outcomes for MTFC relative to residential or institutional settings, with for instance, greater placement stability and lower rates of reoffending or early pregnancy (Chamberlain and Reid, 1998;Chamberlain et al, 2007;Westermark et al, 2008;Kerr et al, 2009).…”

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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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“…However, despite efforts deployed by management and caseworkers to promote this kind of intervention, several authors have noted contradictions between policies or values espoused by practitioners and the reality of practice itself (Hudson et al. 1994; Pouliot & Saint‐Jacques 2005).…”

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Stepfather involvement in social interventions made by youth protection services in stepfamilies

Parent

Saint‐Jacques

Beaudry

et al. 2007

Child & Family Social Work

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A B S T R AC TDespite efforts made by management and caseworkers to promote active parental participation in the protective context, fathers or other male figures are often brushed aside from intervention. This paper presents the results of qualitative research on methods used by youth protection caseworkers (n = 22) working with stepfather families. The main objective is to identify items that encourage or discourage stepfather involvement in psychosocial interventions. Results showed that certain items do not apply solely to stepfathers, but influence youth protection caseworker decision-making from a broader perspective. Particular characteristics associated with being a stepfather significantly influence involvement practices espoused by caseworkers, notably the absence of legal status and biological connection with the mother's children.

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Treatment foster care programs: A review of evaluation research and suggested directions

Cited by 27 publications

References 5 publications

Outcomes of an Agency-Developed Treatment Foster Care Model for Adolescents

Outcomes of an Agency-Developed Treatment Foster Care Model for Adolescents

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

Stepfather involvement in social interventions made by youth protection services in stepfamilies

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