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EBP in Foster Parent Training and Supportattainment had a negative effect on both the quality of involvement in serviceplanning and job satisfaction. Respondents who cared for special needs childrenreported a lower quality of involvement in service planning than those who had notcared for such children.Limitations: The low response rate threatens internal validity of the study due tothe possibility that respondents differed from non-respondents in ways that mayhave been influenced in the findings. The data were obtained from a surveyconducted in a single state.Shared Family Foster Care Emerging PracticeBarth, R. P., & Price, A. (1999). Sharedfamily care: Providing services to parentsand children placed together in out-of-homecare. Child Welfare, 78, 88-107.Population: Family-based foster care(including TFC)Method: The National Abandoned Infants Assistance (AIA) Resource Center atthe School of Social Welfare of the University of California at Berkeley hasdeveloped Shared Family Care Program Guidelines and has helped to establish anadditional seven pilot programs to determine if shared family foster care canbecome a viable alternative to traditional family foster care. Results are yet to bepublished.Findings: SFFC is not appropriate for everyone although it shows promise inprotecting children and preserving families.Limitations: Parents must demonstrate a real desire to care for their children and areadiness to participate in the plan to improve their parenting skills and lifesituation. Parents who are actively using drugs, involved in illegal activity, violent, orseverely mentally ill (and not receiving treatment) are unlikely to benefit. Parents inrecovery, those with developmental disabilities, those who are socially isolated andthose with poor parenting skills, are good candidates for SFFC. Mentors must be ofhigh quality and well-matched with their foster parents. Family services andsupports should remain in place for the parents. Costs are higher than traditionalFC but less than TFC.Shared Parenting Emerging PracticeLandy, S., & Munro, S. (1998). Shared Method: This study attempted to (1) assess the effectiveness of the Sharedparenting: Assessing the success of a Parenting Project, a model of family reunification, which united the role of parentfoster parent program aimed at family aide and foster parent; and (2) determine which characteristics of the families withCenter for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.edu 133
EBP in Foster Parent Training and Supportreunification. Child Abuse and Neglect, 22305-318.children in care were associated with reunification. Participants were recruited fromfive child protection agencies in Ontario, Canada. Foster parents were to act asextended family rather than as a substitute family. Because of strict criteria, only 13families were eligible to participate (n=13).Findings: Very few families who met the program criteria could be reunited. Only31% of families completed the entire program. Permanency planning wassuccessful for 50% of other cases. More stable families were more likely to havesuccess.Limitations: The authors suggest that the program may not work for many familiesbecause of their high number of risk factors. Parents were reluctant to participate inthe study.Implication and Limitations: The sample was only 13 families (of which only fourfamilies were actually successfully reunified). The literature review was thoroughand listed many good sources on studies of parental involvement while children arein out-of-home-care.Level of CarePositive Peer Culture (PPC) Efficacious PracticeLeeman, L. W., Gibbs, J.C., & Fuller, D.(1993). Evaluation of a multi-componentgroup treatment program for juveniledelinquents. Aggressive Behavior, 19, 281-292.Population: Youth (mean age = 16 years)admitted to a medium-security correctionalfacilityMethod: This study utilized an RCT to evaluate the efficacy of the PPC in readyingyouth who were admitted to a medium-security correctional facility for a lower levelof care. A total of 57 youth (mean age = 16 years) were randomly assigned toreceive the EQUIP program, based on the Positive Peer Culture model, or one oftwo control conditions. Simple control youths were told that measures were beingused for research on delinquency. Motivational control youths were given a 5-minute motivational induction urging them to help other inmates.PPC is a peer-helping model designed to improve social competence and cultivatestrengths in troubled and troubling youth. Rather than demanding obedience toauthority or peers, PPC demands responsibility. PPC assumes that as groupmembers learn to trust, respect, and take responsibility for the actions of others,norms can be established. These norms then serve to extinguish antisocial conductCenter for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.edu 134
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