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Evidence-Based Practice in Foster Parent Training and Support:Implications for Treatment Foster Care ProvidersIntroductionThe report on Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in foster parent training and support isintended to assist Foster Family-Based Treatment Association (FFTA) foster care agenciesidentify the most effective practices of foster parent training and support, as determined by thestate of current empirical research. This report is based on a comprehensive review of publishedempirical literature conducted by the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) atthe University of Minnesota’s School of Social Work. The report was developed under theauspices of Federal Title IV-E Funding, the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare, andthe Foster Family-Based Treatment Association (FFTA) as part of the Technical Assistance toFFTA Project.The report is organized into two main sections: 1) Evidence-Based Practice in FosterParent Training; and 2) Evidence-Based Practice in Foster Parent Support. Included in eachsection are comprehensive literature reviews and annotated bibliographies. The review ofliterature on evidence-based practice in foster parent training outlines pre-service foster parenttraining models, parenting programs for foster parents, specialized foster parent trainings, andalternate training modalities. The review of literature on evidence-based practices in foster parentsupport describes a variety of services that may support foster parents, including benefits (healthinsurance, service provision, and stipends), foster parent collaboration with agency staff andbiological families, level of care, respite, support from agency workers and community members,support inventories, and integrated models of support and training. The sections are then1
EBP in Foster Parent Training and Supportfollowed by a bibliographic list of all references used in creating the report. A Quick ReferenceGuide, which provides key findings and empirically-based relationships among evidence-basedpractices in foster parent training and support, and key child welfare outcomes, accompanies thisreport (see Appendix I).Search MethodologyThe search for empirical research was conducted between May 20, 2008 and August 15,2008 using the following databases:University of Minnesota Libraries• Child Abuse, Child Welfare, and Adoption Database (1965 to December 2007)• Family and Society Studies Worldwide Database (1970 to July 2008)• PsychArticles (1988 to July 2008)• Social Sciences Citation Index (1975 to August 2008)• Social Services Abstracts (1980 to July 2008)• Social Work Abstracts (1977 to July 2008) 1World Wide Web• Cochrane Library (1996 to August 15, 2008) athttp://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane• Campell Collaboration at http://www.campbellcollaboration.org• Google Academic1 Includes Medline 1950 – July 2008; PsycInfo 1856 – July 2008; and Social Work Abstracts 1977 – June2008)Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.edu 2
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