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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 15
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Behavioral Parent Training in Child Welfare: Evaluations of Skills Acquisition
Van Camp, Carole M.; Vollmer, Timothy R.; Goh, Han-Leong; Whitehouse, Cristina M.; Reyes, Jorge; Montgomery, Jan L.; Borrero, John C.
Research on Social Work Practice, v18 n5 p377-391 2008
Objective: Behavioral parent training has been proven effective through years of research with a variety of groups. However, little research has been conducted to systematically evaluate the extent to which behavioral parent training may improve parenting skills of foster and other caregivers of dependent children. The Behavior Analysis Services Program (BASP) has been charged with providing behavioral parent training to foster parents and other caregivers of dependent children throughout the state of Florida through a variety of services focusing primarily on a group-class-based training curriculum. This article examines the extent to which behavioral parent training was effective in increasing skills of caregivers who were trained in 2001 and 2002. Methods: Study 1 evaluated skills acquisition via a large-scale analysis of precourse and postcourse assessments, as well as observations of in-home parent-child interactions. Study 2 assessed skills acquisition via controlled analyses using repeated measures and multiple baseline designs. Results: Results showed increases in parenting skills in both studies as a function of curriculum training. Discussion: Implications of the results, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Child Welfare, Caregivers, Child Rearing, Parenting Skills, Foster Care, Caregiver Training, Skill Development, Parent Education, Behavior Rating Scales, Minimum Competency Testing, Social Work
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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