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EBP in Foster Parent Training and Supportfoster child attitudes, behavior, and mental health (Bickman, Smith, Lambert, & Andrade, 2003;Bruns, Rast, Peterson, Walker, & Bosworth, 2006; Carney & Butell, 2003; Crusto et al., 2008;Myaard, Crawford, Jackson, & Alessi, 2000). Wraparound has also been associated withimproved educational outcomes for foster youth (Carney & Butell, 2003; Hyde, Burchard, &Woodworth, 1996), less restrictive placements (Bruns et al., 2006; Hyde et al., 1996), andreduced criminal activity (Pullman et al., 2006). Treatment foster parents may benefit from theinvolvement in service planning and collaboration with other team members using this approach.Family-Centered Intensive Case Management (FCICM)Family-Centered Intensive Case Management is a model of wraparound thatacknowledges that families need a comprehensive array of services and supports to help themkeep their children at home (Evans et al., 1994; Armstrong, Dollard, Evans, Armstrong, &Kuppinger, 1996). It has an emphasis on the family’s central role in accomplishing treatmentgoals for the child. The model uses an in-home approach to service delivery, with both a casemanager and a parent advocate offering regular in-home services. The team works with amaximum of eight families at any time. The parent advocate is a parent of a child who has or hashad SED. The team's goals are to 1) keep the child at home and in school, and 2) provide thefamily with the resources and supports to make this possible. Teams are available 24 hours a day,seven days a week. Each cluster of eight families has two respite families available to provideboth planned and emergency out-of-home, short-term respite care as needed. Respite familiesreceive training, supervision, and support from a therapeutic foster family program. FCICM alsoallocates flexible service dollars and behavior management skills training to biological parents.Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.edu 115
EBP in Foster Parent Training and SupportFCICM is rated as an efficacious wraparound practice. Children in FCICM have showna significant decrease in mental health symptoms and problem behaviors after receiving one yearof services (Evans, Armstrong, & Kuppinger, 1996). Children in FCICM also improved onbehavior, moods, emotions and role performance. Preliminary estimates indicate that FCICMchildren are doing as well or better than children who were assigned to New York’s model ofTFC. Future studies of this model may indicate which children are best served by TFC asopposed to those best served by wraparound (in-home) supports.Fostering Individualized Assistance Program (FIAP)The Fostering Individualized Assistance Program was developed at the University ofSouth Florida to provide individualized wraparound supports and services to foster children withemotional and/or behavioral disturbance (EBD) and their families, including biological,adoptive, and foster families (Clark & Boyd, 1992). The goals of FIAP are to 1) stabilizeplacement in foster care and develop viable permanency plans, and 2) improve foster children’sbehavior and emotional adjustment. These goals are achieved through four major interventioncomponents: strength-based assessment, life-domain planning, clinical case management, andfollow-along supports and services - natural supports found within families’ homes, schools, andcommunity settings. FIAP is rated as a promising practice and is associated with improvementsin children’s behavior, reductions in delinquent behavior, and placement stability (Clark &Prange, 1994).Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.edu 116
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