Publication year: 2011
Source: Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 February 2011
Sonya J., Leathers , Jill E., Spielfogel , Lorri S., McMeel , Marc S., Atkins
The development of effective interventions for foster children with behavior problems is essential given the consequences of behavior problems for children’s placement stability and permanency outcomes. This article presents findings from a pilot study of an intervention providing parent management training (PMT) and support to foster parents in groups and home visits. The intervention was an adaptation of the KEEP (Keeping Foster Parents Trained and Supported) group intervention, provided in a large urban child welfare agency serving predominantly African American foster parents. The study used an intent-to-treat design, with 25 foster parents of 31 children (age 4–12) in specialized foster…
Highlights: ►We conducted a pilot study of parent management training with foster parents. ►Outcomes were analyzed using random effect regression models. ►Over time, children’s behavior problems were significantly lower in the intervention group. ►Parents’ understanding of how to use intervention skills partially explained this change.