This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
Child Welfare Outcomes: Permanency and child/family well-being.
Type of Maltreatment: Emotional abuse, Exposure to domestic violence, Physical abuse, Physical neglect, and Sexual abuse
Target Population: Boys and girls, 12-18 years old with severe delinquency and/or severe emotional and behavioral disorders. These youth were in need of out-of-home placement and could not be adequately served in lower levels of care.
Brief Description:
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Placement Stabilization. MTFC is a model of treatment foster care for children 12-18 years old with severe emotional and behavioral disorders and/or severe delinquency. MTFC aims to create opportunities for youths to successfully live in families rather than in group or institutional settings, and to simultaneously prepare their parents (or other long-term placement) to provide youth with effective parenting. Four key elements of treatment are (1) providing youths with a consistent reinforcing environment where he or she is mentored and encouraged to develop academic and positive living skills, (2) providing daily structure with clear expectations and limits, with well-specified consequences delivered in a teaching-oriented manner, (3) providing close supervision of youths' whereabouts, and (4) helping youth to avoid deviant peer associations while providing them with the support and assistance needed to establish pro-social peer relationships.
Contact name: Patricia Chamberlain
Affiliation/Agency: Center for Research to Practice/ Oregon Social Learning Center
Email: pattic@oslc.org
Phone: 541-485-2711
Fax: 541-485-7087
Website: http://www.mtfc.com
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