Understanding the effects of a family preservation program for parents with intellectual disability

项目总结 智障父母的子女在儿童福利中的比例不成比例 设置。与之相比，他们的寄养安置和父母权利终止的比率更高 没有身份证的父母的孩子。尽管研究记录了负面的轨迹和结果 对于患有智障的父母的孩子，对儿童福利干预措施的研究有限，这些干预措施在 防止在这一人群中虐待儿童。我们的长期目标是确定有效的干预措施，以 减少有ID父母的家庭虐待儿童的情况，改善长期健康和社会状况 给孩子们的机会。此应用程序的总体目标是确定项目的程度 Impact是一项家庭保护计划，旨在满足患有ID的父母的特定需求 儿童福利参与在减少寄养安置方面是有效的。中心假设是，该项目 影响将有效地减少参与的家庭的寄养安置。这个假设一直是 根据调查人员于2019年完成的初步研究制定。这样做的理由是 项目是，需要证据来确定这一创新计划在多大程度上有效 防止虐待儿童，以及随后的寄养安置。如果确定该程序 是有效的，这将是美国为此而开发和实施的第一个有效计划 高危人群。预期结果包括可用于支持计划复制的发现， 其他严格的研究，并提交给循证信息交换中心，包括那些由 家庭第一预防服务法。目标1将评估参与项目的程度 Impact有效地减少了有儿童福利参与的家庭的寄养安置， 与父母拥有ID并从事非专业家庭的家庭相比，父母有ID 保护计划。目标2将评估参与项目影响的有效程度 减少涉及儿童福利的家庭的寄养安置，其中父母的身份进行了比较 对于父母有身份证且没有参与任何家庭保护计划的家庭。这项研究 我将使用倾向得分分析来得出参与计划和寄养之间的因果关系 在计划终止后的一年内安排就业。治疗组的数据将来自Project 2006至2018年间开始服务的客户的Impact临床数据记录；匹配的未治疗 样本将从受限的国家虐待和忽视儿童数据系统儿童档案中提取 同样的年份。这项拟议的研究具有创新性，因为它将第一次确定 为有儿童福利参与的有身份证的父母设计的计划。拟议中的项目意义重大 因为患有智障的父母的孩子特别容易出现破坏性的儿童福利轨迹 结果。

PROJECT SUMMARY Children of parents with intellectual disabilities (ID) are disproportionately represented in child welfare settings. They experience higher rates of foster care placement and termination of parental rights compared to children of parents without ID. Despite research documenting negative trajectories and outcomes for children of parents with ID, there is limited research focused on child welfare interventions that are effective in preventing child maltreatment in this population. Our long-term goal is to identify effective interventions to reduce child maltreatment in families with parents with ID and improve long-term health and social opportunities for children. The overall objective in this application is to determine the degree to which Project IMPACT, a family preservation program designed to meet the specific needs of parents with ID who have child welfare involvement, is effective at reducing foster care placement. The central hypothesis is that Project IMPACT will be effective at reducing foster care placement for participating families. The hypothesis has been formulated based upon preliminary studies completed by the investigators in 2019. The rationale for this project is that evidence is needed to determine the degree to which this innovative program is effective at preventing child maltreatment and, subsequently, foster care placement. If it is determined that this program is efficacious, it will be the first effective program developed and implemented in the U.S. designed for this high-risk population. Expected outcomes include findings that can be used to support program replication, additional rigorous study, and submissions to evidence-based clearinghouses including those supported by the Family First Prevention Services Act. Aim 1 will assess the degree to which participation in Project IMPACT is effective at reducing foster care placement for families with child welfare involvement in which a parent has ID compared to families in which a parent has ID and are engaged in a non-specialized family preservation program. Aim 2 will assess the degree to which participation in Project IMPACT is effective at reducing foster care placement for families with child welfare involvement in which a parent has ID compared to families in which a parent has ID and are not engaged in any family preservation program. This research will use propensity score analysis to draw causal inference between program participation and foster care placement in the year after termination from the program. Data for the treated group will come from Project IMPACT clinical data records for clients beginning service between 2006 and 2018; the matched untreated samples will be drawn from the restricted National Child Abuse and Neglect Data Systems Child Files in the same years. The proposed study is innovative because it will be the first to determine the efficacy of a program designed for parents with ID with child welfare involvement. The proposed project is significant because children of parents with ID are at particularly high-risk for disruptive child welfare trajectories and outcomes.