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EBP in Foster Parent Training and SupportChamberlain & Moore, 1998; Chamberlain, Price, Reid, & Landsverk et al., 2008; Chamberlain& Reid, 1998; Eddy & Chamberlain, 2000; Eddy, Whaley & Chamberlain, 2004, 2004b; Fisheret al., 2000, 2005; Fisher & Kim, 2007; Harmon, 2005; Leve & Chamberlain, 2005, 2007; Leve,Chamberlain & Reid, 2005; Price et al., 2008). More importantly, these programs areconsistently linked with improvements in foster children’s behavior and placement permanency.These programs were also specifically designed to be implemented with children and youth withemotional and behavioral problems; the supports provided by these programs should help toalleviate some of the strains associated with providing care for TFC children and youth.Involvement in Program (Collaboration/Partnering)Treatment foster parents’ involvement in collaborating and/or partnering with others inthe treatment of foster care youth is viewed as highly important (Brown & Calder, 2002; Denby,Rindfleisch, & Bean, 1999; Hudson & Levasseur, 2002; Rhodes et al., 2001). Most often,collaboration occurs between treatment foster parents and foster care agencies or biologicalparents. This collaboration can take the form of involvement in service planning, parenting, andvisitation.One important aspect of collaborating with family members should be noted. Althoughkinship and non-kinship foster parents are similar in their perceptions of fostering rewards andstressors, and in their perceptions of factors that facilitate or inhibit successful fostering,differences regarding the birth family are more pronounced and complicated among kinshipfoster parents (Coakley, Cuddeback, Buehler, & Cox, 2007). Because kinship foster parentsCenter for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.edu 97
EBP in Foster Parent Training and Supportpossess knowledge about the birth families and are likely to have close dealings with them,training and services need to equip them to manage familial dynamics in ways that ensure thebest outcomes for the children in their care. Unlike foster parents, kinship foster parents often donot plan to foster, but do so after a family crisis has occurred. Thus, EBPs in foster parentinvolvement need to be tailored to these special cases. Several models of foster parentinvolvement exist.Co-ParentingCo-parenting is a two-component intervention for biological and foster parent pairswhich aims to improve parenting practices, co-parenting, and child externalizing problems(Linares, Montalto, Li, & Oza, 2006). The co-parenting intervention includes both a parentingand a co-parenting component. The parenting component is offered to groups of four to sevenparent pairs for 2-hr sessions using the manualized Parents and Children Basic Series Program(IY; Webster-Stratton, 2001). This course meets two days a week for a duration of 12 weeks.The co-parenting component is offered to individual families (biological and foster parent pairand target child) in a separate session using a curriculum developed by, and available from, L.Oriana Linares. During this session, parent pairs have the opportunity to expand their knowledgeof each other and their child, practice open communication, and negotiate inter-parental conflictregarding topics such as family visitation, dressing and grooming, family routines, anddiscipline.Co-parenting is rated as a promising practice. It has been associated with improvementsin positive parenting skills, clear expectations of children, and child externalizing problems(Linares, Montalto, Lee et al., 2006). Increases in parent-to-parent cooperation have been linkedCenter for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.edu 98
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