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Published in: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 1/2012

Open Access 01-12-2012 | Research

Multidimensional treatment foster care for preschoolers: early findings of an implementation in the Netherlands

Authors: Caroline S Jonkman, Eva A Bolle, Robert Lindeboom, Carlo Schuengel, Mirjam Oosterman, Frits Boer, Ramon JL Lindauer

Published in: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health | Issue 1/2012

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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 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.

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Metadata
Title
Multidimensional treatment foster care for preschoolers: early findings of an implementation in the Netherlands
Authors
Caroline S Jonkman
Eva A Bolle
Robert Lindeboom
Carlo Schuengel
Mirjam Oosterman
Frits Boer
Ramon JL Lindauer
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health / Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1753-2000
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-2000-6-38

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