Evidence-based practice for youth in supervised out-of-home care: a framework for development, definition, and evaluation.
Adolescents comprise a substantial portion of the children in child welfare supervised out-of-home care. This article considers the evidence base for an array of services to adolescents in out-of-home care and evaluates the existing research base for each program. This review advances a framework for considering the critical need to develop, define, and evaluate the essential elements of out-of-home care services for older foster youth. Policy, program, and evaluation recommendations are forwarded.
School of Social Work, University of Maryland, 525 W. Redwood St., Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. rbarth@ssw.umaryland.edu
Richard P
RP
Barth
Johanna K P
JK
Greeson
Sarah R
SR
Zlotnik
Laura K
LK
Chintapalli
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000379:methods; D016352:Group Homes; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012947:Social Work / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States