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EBP in Foster Parent Training and SupportStrozier, A. L., Elrod, B., Beiler, P., Smith,A., & Carter, K. (2004). Developing anetwork of support for relativecaregivers. Children and Youth ServicesReview, 26, 641-656.Population: Kinship foster careUrquhart, L. R. (1989). Separation andLoss: Assessing the impacts on fosterparent retention. Child and AdolescentSocial Work, 6, 193-209.Population: Family-based foster careWarde, B., & Epstein, I. (2005). Urbanminority kinship and non-kinship fosterparents: A multivariate analysis of factorscontributing to role satisfaction. DoctoralDissertation, City University of New York,family retention. Relatively few of the comparisons made indicated statisticallysignificant differences between continuing, planning to quit, and former fosterparents. NSC&FPP used a retrospective rather than prospective research design.Method: This study utilized a pre-test/post-test design to evaluate the efficacy of anon-line training program to improve self-efficacy, enhance career skills, augmentsocial support, and increase confidence in kinship foster carers ability to helpeducate the children in their care. 46 kinship foster carers participated in the study.Findings: Kinship foster care providers made significant gains in self-efficacy,computer skills, confidence to educate the children in their care. Additionally,kinship foster carers developed social support networks consisting of their peers inthe program, and learned to access social support using on-line methods (i.e.,message boards, email, etc.).Limitations: A small sample size and researcher-created measures were utilized inthis study.Method: A comparative census survey of statewide foster parent population wasconducted. Currently licensed homes were compared with those previouslylicensed on factors pertaining to the separation and loss experience. A total of 376foster parents participated in the study, 275 (43% response rate) from open homesand 101 (15% response rate) from closed homes. All foster parents are or werelicensed in the state of New Mexico.Findings: Significant differences were found in two major dimensions: 1) trainingand 2) agency services and supports. Both dimensions were indicated to bevaluable factors of foster parent retention.Limitations: There was a low response rate of closed homes, and reliance on selfreportedsurvey measures in this study. Additionally, the survey was constructed inan “always” or “never format.Method: This dissertation examined the satisfaction of minority kinship and nonkinshipfoster parents in a single foster agency in New York City. 172 urban fosterminority kinship (n=74) and non-kinship (n=98) foster parents who had at least onechild placed in their foster home for a continuous six months period during January2001 and December 2003 participated in the study.Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.edu 145
EBP in Foster Parent Training and SupportNew York City.Population: Family-based (minoritykinship and non-kinship) foster careFindings: Both urban minority kinship and non-kinship foster parents' rolesatisfaction was associated with the support they perceived from the foster careagency and their caseworker. No statistically significant differences were foundbetween urban minority kinship and non-kinship foster parents in their responses tothe four rating scales used in the study, (role satisfaction, perceived agencysupport, perceived casework support and role perception). Nonetheless, thefindings suggest that both kinship and non-kinship foster parents are generallydissatisfied with the level of agency support received, particularly with regard to theprovision of respite services and transportation to and from the foster child'smiscellaneous appointments. Conversely, both kinship and non-kinship fosterparents generally reported high levels of perceived casework support.Limitations: This study is limited by a small sample, and differences in the ethnicrepresentation of the two groups (kinship vs. non-kinship). Additionally, allparticipants were from the same agency and the author was the director of theagency.Support InventoriesCasey Foster Family Assessments Emerging PracticeOrme, J. G., Cherry, D. J., & Rhodes, K. W. Method: This descriptive study included a sample of 304 foster mothers and 111(2006). The help with fostering inventory. foster fathers as a means of testing the reliability of the Help with FosteringChildren and Youth Services Review, 28, Inventory.1293-1311.Findings: The subscale on worship group support had excellent reliability for fostermothers and fathers; the subscale on professional support was not tested onfathers but found good reliability for mothers; and the subscale on kinship supportfound adequate reliability for mothers but only marginal reliability for fathers. Themeasure could be used to help foster parents think deliberately about who mightPopulation: Family-based foster care provide them with support and how to identify additional support.Orme, J. G., Cuddeback, G. S., Buehler, C.,Cox, M. E., & Le Prohn, N. S. (2007).Measuring foster parent potential: CaseyFoster Parent Inventory- Applicant Version,Research on Social Work Practice, 17, 77-92.Method: This study describes the reliability and validity of the Casey FosterApplicant Inventory – Applicant Version (CFAI-A) -a new standardized self-reportmeasure designed to assess the potential to foster parent successfully using datafrom a sample of 304 foster mothers from 35 states.Findings: 6 CFAI-A subscales were identified and internal consistency reliability forthese subscales ranged from .64 to .95. The construct validity of all but one ofCenter for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.edu 146
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