The Foster Care Research Project: clinical impressions.
A two-year prospective study compared individual and group models of support for foster parents. Results showed greater foster parent satisfaction with the group model. An independent critique identified methodological flaws that would preclude further differentiation of the models and suggested that clinical impressions and trends in favor of the group model be given credibility. Operation of the group model is described, and reasons for the differences between clinical and experimental findings are discussed.
Steinhauer
P D
PD
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.
Johnston
M
M
Hornick
J P
JP
Barker
P
P
Snowden
M
M
Santa-Barbara
J
J
Kane
B
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012106:Research; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012934:Social Isolation; D012944:Social Support; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric