OUTCOMES OF 2 INTENSIVE SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN

该项目的具体目标是建立一种新的项目模式， 纽约三个农村地区以家庭为中心的强化病例管理(FCICM) 州(NYS)县，并将该计划的结果与 基于家庭的治疗(FBT)，纽约的治疗性寄养模式。FCICM 提供密集服务，包括家长教育、暂缓和 24小时危机干预服务自然家庭严守 情感障碍儿童(SED)在家中，而FBT使用专业人员 父母有责任为自闭症儿童提供照顾。这项研究使用了积极的 多个观察的随机对照研究设计，分配 6-12岁的儿童被转介到以下两个之一接受治疗性寄养 治疗条件。该评估检查提供者行为(即， 所提供的服务)、家庭结果(例如，适应性和凝聚力、 育儿技能和自我效能感)、子女结果(例如，学校、家庭和 社区功能)和系统结果(例如，成本和服务 网络变化)。

The specific aims of this project are to establish a new program model, Family-Centered Intensive Case Management (FCICM) in three rural New York State (NYS) counties, and to compare the program's outcomes with those of Family-Based Treatment (FBT), NYS's model of therapeutic foster care. FCICM provides intensive services, including parent education, respite and 24-hour crisis intervention services to natural families to keep seriously emotionally disturbed children (SED) at home, while FBT uses professional parents to provide care for SED children. The research uses a positive controlled randomized study design with multiple observations, assigning children ages 6 - 12 referred for therapeutic foster care to one of two treatment conditions. The evaluation examines provider behavior (i.e., services provided), family outcomes (e.g., adaptability and cohesion, parenting skills and self-efficacy), child outcomes (e.g., school, home and community functioning), and system outcomes (e.g., costs and service network changes).