Supporting foster families with a high risk on unplanned termination. A Randomized Controlled Trial study (RCT) of Parent Management Training Oregon (PMTO)

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON29011

Enrollment

Registered

2013-11-28

Start date

2010-12-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Behavior problems, mental health problems, parenting skills: parenting stress

Interventions

The intervention group receives the Parent Management Training Oregon (PMTO). PMTO is an ambulant intervention program aimed at the parents of children (4-12 years old) with behavior problems. PMTO is

Patterson, 2005), which emphasizes the importance of the social context in the development of children. The model specifies that parents mediate the effect of contextual factors, such as stress, pover

observing and recording behavior

communication. While all parents start with learning to use and practice clear instructions, skill encouragement and setting limits, the other strategies do not have a standardized moment in the progr

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Foster parents of long term foster children aged 4-12 with heightened problem behavior (SDQ >= 14 and PDR> 5), willingness to be randomly assigned

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: foster parents already received PMTO training, crisis or short term placements

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Parenting skills	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Child behavior, parenting stress, well-being parents, placement disruption	—

Contacts

Public ContactAnne Maaskant

Child Development and Education Faculteit der Maatschappij en Gedragswetenschappen Universiteit van Amsterdam Postbus 15780

a.m.maaskant@uva.nl

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)