Kansas Intensive Permanency Project

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Serious Emotional Disturbance; In Foster Care
• Interventions: Other: Parent Management Training - Oregon Model (PMTO)

• Registration Number: NCT02152618
• Lead Sponsor: Westat

Brief Summary

The intervention provides services to children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) who are in foster care and to their parent(s) to prepare the families for reunification.

Detailed Description

The intervention provide services to children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) who are in foster care and to their birth parents to prepare the families for reunification. The evaluation follows a randomized design. The pretest will assess the procedures and instruments for collecting data on child, youth, and family functioning. Ultimately, after the pretest is complete, the data collected through the evaluation will provide information on the extent to which the intervention achieved its goal of improving parenting skills and enhancing readiness for reunification among the families who received the services.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-09
• Study First Submitted: 2014-04-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-05-28
• Study First Posted: 2014-06-02
• Primary Completion: 2015-11
• Study Completion: 2015-11
• Status Verified: 2019-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-22
• Last Update Posted: 2019-03-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1652

Inclusion Criteria

• Children age 3-16 with severe emotional disturbances
• In foster care and their families (parents).

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment	Parent Management Training - Oregon Model (PMTO)	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to stable permanence	Measured from the date of random assignment to the discharge date or to the end of the study period for cases that did not discharge	Measured by administrative data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)
Positive parenting behaviors	Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months	Measured by administering two standardized instruments: 1) the Caregiver Wish List (CWL); and, 2) the Family Interaction Task (FIT).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Readiness for Reunification	Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months	Measured by the "readiness for reunification" subscale of the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R).
Long-term foster care	Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care	Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
Child safety	Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care	Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
Use of community resources & social supports	Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months	Measured by observing the results of a subscale of a standardized instrument, the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R). The subscale is identified as "social/community life."
Improve parent mental health & Substance Abuse	Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months	Measured by the relevant items on the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R).
Child behavior	Intake & every 6-months post intake	Measured with Social Skills Improvement System rating scales (SSIS).
Child functioning	Intake & every 6-months post intake	Measured by assessing the child's functioning with the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) for school-aged children and the Preschool and Early Childhood Functional Assessment Scale (PECFAS) for preschool-aged children.
Reunification	18 months post intervention start date	Measured using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
Stable permanency	Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care	Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.
Coercive parenting practices	Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months	Measured by administering two standardized instruments: 1) the Caregiver Wish List (CWL); and, 2) the Family Interaction Task (FIT).