Enhancing usual practice Treatment Foster Care: Findings from a randomized trial on improving youth outcomes

摘要

ObjectivesThis article reports the initial findings from a randomized trial to enhance Treatment Foster Care (TFC) in “usual care” agencies. The intervention, Together Facing the Challenge, was built upon a combination of practice-based elements from a prior descriptive study of TFC and selected elements from Chamberlain’s evidence-based model (MTFC) to fill conspicuous gaps in usual practice. The study was designed to examine whether additional training and consultation to staff and treatment parents improved outcomes for youth.