Based on Research Conducted at OSLC
A study of whether parent management training could improve parenting practices, decrease out-of-home placements, and improve child functioning.
Project Overview
Children in foster care are at high risk for an array of current and future difficulties. The foster parents who are caring for these children often find themselves in the position of trying to help without enough training or support. This study examined whether providing foster and kinship parents with parent management training could:
- Improve child functioning
- Decrease child placement failure rates
- Improve foster and kin parents’ parenting practices
- Decrease the number of out-of-home placements
The study also focused on what it takes to transfer a successful program model from one community to another. The study was a collaboration between researchers at the Oregon Social Learning Center, the Child and Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC), and the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA).
Year Project Began: 2000Funder: National Institute of Mental Health