Therapeutic foster care - Berry Street Childhood Institute

Appendix 1
Website references
The internet provides copious information relating to
therapeutic foster care. The following list provides a
small sample of useful websites for further exploration.
http://www.cwti.org/
Child Welfare Training Institute website. Provides
training to carers and professionals and online
training resources.
http://www.oslccp.org/
This is the home page of the Oregon Social Learning
Center Community Programs, known for its
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)
programs.
http://ntuplc.org/
Progressive Life Center (PLC). This organisation has
developed a TFC program that adopts culturally
competent therapeutic techniques and a spiritual and
cultural framework referred to as NTU.
http://www.peopleplaces.org/services.htm
People Places program is a family-based treatment
foster care program. The program adopts a
behavioural intervention approach in which parent
skills training is provided to treatment foster parents.
http://www.futurefamilies.org/
Future Families provides an intensive foster care
treatment program. Treatment carers are expected to
accompany children to treatment sessions twice
weekly, attend regular support group meetings and
specialised training.
http://www.namasteinc.org/
Home page of a treatment foster care program with a
specific attachment-based approach to intervention.
http://www.gccs.gla.ac.uk/pages/publications.htm
This is the home page for the Glasgow Centre for the
Child & Society (publications). Free access is provided
to the evaluation of the Community Alternative
Placement Scheme (CAPS) program based in Scotland.
This program is also well known for the publication of
their book, “Testing the Limits of Foster Care”, by
Moira Walker, Malcolm Hill and John Triseliotis.
http://www.acrf.org/
Home page of the Alaska Center for Resource Families
(ACRF). Provides training, support and information
to Alaska licensed foster and adoptive parents. ACRF
offers a variety of educational opportunities to carers
that include onsite and distance delivery training
programs. ACRF also provides some interesting
online courses for foster carers from a cultural (Native
Indian) perspective.
http://www.childtraumaacademy.com
This is an excellent website that provides an online
course developed by Bruce Perry for foster carers or
professionals to complete on bonding and attachment
in maltreated children.
http://www.ffta.org/
This is the website for the Foster Family-Based
Treatment Association (a peak body for TFC
programs in North America). The site provides
articles and research in TFC, facilitates conferences,
and newsletters. The FFTA has also developed
standards for treatment foster care programs.
http://www.caseyfamilyservices.org
Casey Family Services, located in several U.S. states,
is a large non-government welfare organisation
devoted to foster care and adoption. They provide a
range of innovative programs, including therapeutic
foster care.
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