In Foster Care, Serious Emotional Disturbance
Conditions
Keywords
Serious emotional disturbance, foster care, child protective services
Brief summary
The intervention provides services to children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) who are in foster care and to their parent(s) to prepare the families for reunification.
Detailed description
The intervention provide services to children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) who are in foster care and to their birth parents to prepare the families for reunification. The evaluation follows a randomized design. The pretest will assess the procedures and instruments for collecting data on child, youth, and family functioning. Ultimately, after the pretest is complete, the data collected through the evaluation will provide information on the extent to which the intervention achieved its goal of improving parenting skills and enhancing readiness for reunification among the families who received the services.
Interventions
OTHERParent Management Training - Oregon Model (PMTO)
Evidence-based, behavioral parent management training model, Parent Management Training - Oregon Model (PMTO) tailored to address permanency barriers of parents of children with SED.
Sponsors
Children's Bureau ACYF
Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation
University of Kansas School of Social Welfare
Westat
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Years to 16 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Children age 3-16 with severe emotional disturbances * In foster care and their families (parents).
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Time to stable permanence | Measured from the date of random assignment to the discharge date or to the end of the study period for cases that did not discharge | Measured by administrative data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) |
| Positive parenting behaviors | Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months | Measured by administering two standardized instruments: 1) the Caregiver Wish List (CWL); and, 2) the Family Interaction Task (FIT). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Improve parent mental health & Substance Abuse | Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months | Measured by the relevant items on the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R). |
| Child behavior | Intake & every 6-months post intake | Measured with Social Skills Improvement System rating scales (SSIS). |
| Child functioning | Intake & every 6-months post intake | Measured by assessing the child's functioning with the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) for school-aged children and the Preschool and Early Childhood Functional Assessment Scale (PECFAS) for preschool-aged children. |
| Reunification | 18 months post intervention start date | Measured using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS. |
| Use of community resources & social supports | Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months | Measured by observing the results of a subscale of a standardized instrument, the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R). The subscale is identified as social/community life. |
| Stable permanency | Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care | Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS. |
| Child safety | Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care | Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS. |
| Coercive parenting practices | Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months | Measured by administering two standardized instruments: 1) the Caregiver Wish List (CWL); and, 2) the Family Interaction Task (FIT). |
| Long-term foster care | Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care | Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS. |
| Readiness for Reunification | Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months | Measured by the readiness for reunification subscale of the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R). |
Outcome results
None listed