Child Welfare Information Gateway
Online Digest
October 2008
- Resources
Evidence-Based Practice in Treatment Foster Care
A new resource guide by the Foster Family-Based Treatment Association (FFTA) provides valuable tools and resources to help treatment foster care (TFC) providers implement evidence-based practices in their service settings. The guide includes:
- An overview of evidence-based practice in child welfare
- Tools for assessing and screening mental health to help TFC providers identify children in need of more services
- Descriptions of evidence-based psychosocial interventions for psychiatric disorders
- Psychopharmacologic approaches for children requiring medication
- A guide for comprehensive interventions at multiple levels of a child’s life
- Parent engagement and youth support strategies
- Guidance on implementing evidence-based practices in an organizational context
Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Treatment Foster Care: A Resource Guide is available for download on the FFTA website:
www.ffta.org/publications/EBPguideFinalWeb.pdf (1,049 - KB)
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