RCT of a mentoring and skills group program: placement and permanency outcomes for foster youth.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the impact of a mentoring and skills group intervention for preadolescent children in foster care on placement stability and permanence at 1-year postintervention.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 9- to 11-year-old children who were maltreated and placed in foster care (n = 54 control; n = 56 intervention). State child welfare records provided information on number of placement changes, placement in residential treatment, and case closure (ie, permanency). Rates of adoption and reunification were also examined. Analysis was by intention to treat.

Results

After controlling for baseline functioning and preintervention placement history, intervention youth were 71% less likely to be placed in residential treatment (odds ratio

SUBMITTER: Taussig HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3382920 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature