Evidence-based practice for youth in supervised out-of-home care: a framework for development, definition, and evaluation.
Adolescents comprise more than half 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, 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; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012946:Social Welfare