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Resources

New Information from FFTA

Implementing Evidence-based Practice in Treatment Foster Care: A Resource Guide

Withstanding the Test of Time: What We Know About Treatment Foster Care, A monograph on Treatment Foster Care

Considering Evidence-based Practice in Treatment Foster Care

Using Outcomes Data in Treatment Foster Care Program Planning - A Presentation at FFTA’s 18th Annual Conference on Treatment Foster Care (PowerPoint Presentation)

Assessing Various Aspects of Foster Care

The Odyssey Project: A Descriptive and Prospective Study of Children and Youth in Residential Group Care and Therapeutic Foster Care

Assessing the Effects of Foster Care: Early Results from the Casey National Alumni Study

Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Conditions of Youth Preparing to Leave State Care from Chapin Hall Center for Children

The Future of Children: Children, Families and Foster Care

How are Children in Foster Homes Fairing? – Child Trends Research Brief

Treatment Foster Care: A Qualitative Study – From Casey Family Services

Foster Care Dynamics in Urban and Non-Urban Counties-a Paper from Chapin Hall Center for Children

Improving Family Foster Care: Findings From The Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study

Administrative Aspects of Outcomes/Evaluation

Integrating Research and Practice from the Children and Family Research Center, School of Social Work at the University of IL at Urbana-Champaign

Paper on Concept Mapping from Casey Family Services

The Need for Self-Evaluation. Using Data to Guide Policy and Practice – From the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Tools for Rebuilding Foster Care

Program Evaluation Practice in the Nonprofit Sector

Alliance for Children and Families’ Magazine Article on utilizing universities in research efforts

A Framework for Quality Assurance in Child Welfare-From the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement

Preparing a Poster Presentation

FFTA’s Guidelines for Constructing and Presenting a Poster

Also, visit the following websites for more information on posters:
http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Dept/Tips/present/posters.htm#space
http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/Poster_Presentations/PstrStart.html
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/ppt/ppframe.htm


Mental/Behavioral Health Issues & Children and Youth in Care

Analyzing Mental Health Issues in States’ Child and Family Service Reviews and Program Improvement Plans

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

Siblings

Siblings in Out of Home Care– From the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning

Sibling Relationship in Out-of-Home Care Literature Review – Children and Family Research Center, School of Social Work at the University of IL at Urbana-Champaign

Placement Stability

Placement Stability Measure and Diverse Out-of-Home Care Populations – Report from CWLA’s National Working Group to Improve Child Welfare Data

Multiple Placements in Foster Care: Literature Review of Correlates and Predictors – Report from the Child and Family Research Center, School of Social Work, University of IL at Urbana-Champaign

Placement Stability Study – From the Children and Family Research Center, School of Social Work, University of IL at Urbana-Champaign

Miscellaneous

A Comparison of Foster Care Outcomes Across Four Child Welfare Agencies, Journal of Family Social Work 6(3), 2002

Foster Family Papers from the University of Tennessee and Casey Family Programs Collaborative

16th Annual Conference Proceedings (Chapter 5-Child Welfare & Foster Care) – A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base – FMHI, University of So. FL.

Therapeutic Foster Care for the Prevention of Violence A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services

The Challenge of Fostering: An investigation of factors related to the recruitment and retention of foster families in nine child protection agencies in southwestern Ontario

Educational Experiences of Children in Out-Of-Home Care-Report from Chapin Hall Center for Children

CWLA’s Proceedings of the Tools That Work Conference, November 2003

Data and Child Welfare – Practice Notes from the N.C. Division of Social Services and the Family and Children’s Resource Program

CWLA’s Annotated Bibliography on Treatment Foster Care (2002)



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