TY - JOUR
T1 - Multidimensional treatment foster care for preschoolers: early findings of an implementation in the Netherlands
AU - Jonkman, Caroline S.
AU - Bolle, Eva A.
AU - Lindeboom, Robert
AU - Schuengel, Carlo
AU - Oosterman, Mirjam
AU - Boer, Frits
AU - Lindauer, Ramón J. L.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - ABSTRACT: Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) has been shown to be an evidence based alternative to residential rearing and an effective method to improve behavior and attachment of preschool foster children in the US. This preliminary study investigated an application of MTFC for preschoolers (MTFC-P) in the Netherlands focusing on behavioral outcomes in course of the intervention. To examine the following hypothesis: "the time in the MTFC-P intervention predicts a decline in problem behavior, as this is the desired outcome for children assigned to MTFC-P", we assessed the daily occurrence of 38 problem behaviors via telephone interviews. Repeated measures revealed significant reduced problem behavior in course of the program. MTFC-P promises to be a treatment model suitable for high-risk foster children, that is transferable across centres and countries.Trial registrationNetherlands Trial Register: 1747
AB - ABSTRACT: Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) has been shown to be an evidence based alternative to residential rearing and an effective method to improve behavior and attachment of preschool foster children in the US. This preliminary study investigated an application of MTFC for preschoolers (MTFC-P) in the Netherlands focusing on behavioral outcomes in course of the intervention. To examine the following hypothesis: "the time in the MTFC-P intervention predicts a decline in problem behavior, as this is the desired outcome for children assigned to MTFC-P", we assessed the daily occurrence of 38 problem behaviors via telephone interviews. Repeated measures revealed significant reduced problem behavior in course of the program. MTFC-P promises to be a treatment model suitable for high-risk foster children, that is transferable across centres and countries.Trial registrationNetherlands Trial Register: 1747
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-2000-6-38
DO - https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-2000-6-38
M3 - Article
C2 - 23216971
SN - 1753-2000
VL - 6
SP - 38
JO - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
JF - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
IS - 1
ER -