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EBP in Foster Parent Training and Supportcare, and the impacts of fostering and adopting on the foster family. All sessions utilize lectures,group discussion and sharing, role-playing exercises, and guided imagery as learning techniques.Participants are encouraged to share their own experiences and to learn from each other.Handouts and homework assignments are distributed at each session. The home-studycomponent includes completion of an extensive family profile, examination of family strengthsand needs, and assessment of abilities for foster care.MAPP is rated as an emerging practice. Although several studies have been conducted totest its effectiveness, none have found MAPP to produce the desired results (Lee & Holland,1991; Puddy & Jackson, 2003; and Rhodes, Orme, Cox, & Buehler, 2003). Additionally, familieswith psychosocial problems and less resources express greater likelihood of not continuing fostercare after completing this pre-service training (Rhodes et al., 2003). The benefit of this practiceis questionable for TFC foster parents.Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care is a model of treatment foster care for children12-18 years old with severe emotional and behavioral challenges and/or severe delinquency(Chamberlain, 2003). MTFC aims to create opportunities for youths to successfully live infamilies rather than in group or institutional settings, and to simultaneously prepare their parents(or other long-term placement) to provide youth with effective parenting (CEBC, 2008c). MTFCincludes four key elements of treatment: 1) providing youths with a consistent reinforcingenvironment where he or she is mentored and encouraged to develop academic and positiveliving skills, (2) providing daily structure with clear expectations and limits, with well-specifiedCenter for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.edu 19
EBP in Foster Parent Training and Supportconsequences delivered in a teaching-oriented manner, (3) providing close supervision of youths'whereabouts, and (4) helping youth to avoid deviant peer associations while providing them withthe support and assistance needed to establish pro-social peer relationships.MTFC is designed to be used for training groups of foster parents (less than 10participants per group) over a period of six to nine months (CEBC, 2008c). Foster parentstypically are contacted a minimum of seven times per week. These contacts consist of five 10-minute contacts, one two-hour group contact, and additional contacts based on the amount ofsupport or consultation required. For the youth in treatment, two contacts per week (consisting ofa weekly individual one-hour therapy and weekly two-hour individual skills training) occur.Biological parents (or other long-term placement resource) experience one contact per week inthe form of a one-hour family therapy session.MTFC is rated as an effective practice and has been associated with less delinquency, runaways, violent behavior, and incarceration for TFC youth (Chamberlain, Leve, & DeGarmo,2007; Chamberlain & Moore, 1998; Chamberlain & Reid, 1998; Eddy & Chamberlain, 2000;Eddy, Whaley, & Chamberlain, 2004, 2004b; Harmon, 2005; Leve & Chamberlain, 2005, 2007;and Leve, Chamberlain, & Reid, 2005). Additionally, components of the MTFC are highly ratedby foster parents (Kyhle, Hansson, & Vinnerljung, 2007). MTFC is a highly appropriate trainingfor TFC foster parents.Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW)University of Minnesota School of Social WorkContact: Kristine N. Piescher, Ph.D. kpiesche@umn.edu 20
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