Program Profile: Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care-Adolescents

This is a behavioral treatment alternative to residential placement for adolescents with antisocial behavior, emotional disturbance, and delinquency.

Evidence Rating: Effective | More than one study

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This is a behavioral treatment alternative to residential placement for adolescents with antisocial behavior, emotional disturbance, and delinquency. The program is rated Effective. Treatment group boys showed a statistically significant drop in criminal referral rates, criminal activities, and days spent in lock up, compared with comparison group boys. Treatment group girls showed a statistically significant reduction in delinquency, compared with comparison group girls.

An Effective rating implies that implementing the program is likely to result in the intended outcome(s).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes at least one high-quality randomized controlled trial.

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes either 1) one study conducted in multiple sites; or 2) two or three studies, each conducted at a different site. Learn about how we make the multisite determination.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 12 - 17

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Hispanic, American Indians/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Other

Geography: Suburban Rural

Setting (Delivery): Residential (group home, shelter care, nonsecure)

Program Type: Alternatives to Detention/Jail, Alternatives to Incarceration/Prison, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment, Family Therapy, Mentoring, Parent Training, Residential Treatment Center, Wraparound/Case Management

Targeted Population: Children Exposed to Violence, Families, Young Offenders

Current Program Status: Active

Program Developer:
Patricia Chamberlain
Oregon Social Learning Center

10 Shelton McMurphey Boulevard
Eugene, OR 97401
United States

Phone: 541.485.2711
Website(link is external)
Email

Training and TA Provider:
Gerard J. Bouwann
President
TFC Consultants

1163 Olive Street
Eugene, OR 97401
United States

Phone: 541.343.2388
Email