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RE: Foster Care vs. Group Homes
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I get the impression a lot of group care is based on a presumption of delinquency in the youth in such care, and I see the lumping-together of phrases like "emotional disturbance," "behaviorally disordered," "antisocial behavior," "delinquent and neglected" with very little effort (it often seems) to get beyond that lumping. I remember seeing reference to a Connecticut study that found the majority of youth in group care settings were identified as having "behavioral disorders" and/or attention disorders--but there was a sizeable number for whom the primary issues were (in, I think, descending order) mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and an assortment of less frequently diagnosed conditions. The major group care provider in my state relies heavily on a treatment protocol that apparently has a fairly strong research basis--for adults with borderline personality disorder. <BR>
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Sheri McMahon<BR>
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Subject: RE: Foster Care vs. Group Homes<BR>Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:13:24 -0600<BR>From: Mark-Chaffin@ouhsc.edu<BR>To: child-maltreatment-research-l@list.cornell.edu<BR><BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=EC_960081000-15122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Check the work done on the Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) model, out of the Oregon Social Learning Center (Chamberlain and colleagues). In general, I think many people who follow the research on aggregate residential placements vs. family type placements would probably view moving away from the group home model (at least in part) as reasonable based on the available science. Of course, one has to factor the quality of either type of placement into the equation.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=EC_960081000-15122007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>MC</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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