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Risk, Reinforcement, Retention in Treatment, and Reoffending for Boys and Girls in Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care

Dana K. Smith

Oregon Social Learning Center in Eugene, Oregon, danas{at}oslc.org

In this study, the author examined the impact of youth and family preplacement risk factors on multidimensional treatment foster care (MTFC) parent—youth interactions,youth treatment completion, and outcomes for boy and girl adolescents who have problems with chronic delinquency. In particular, she looked at (a) how levels of preplacement youth and family risk factors for chronically delinquent boys and girls who were treated with MTFC affect parent—youth interactions during treatment, (b) how these interactions and preplacement youth and family risk factors relate to treatment completion for boys and girls, and (c) how treatment completion for girls and boys affects reoffending behavior during the 12 months postplacement. As hypothesized, results indicated higher levels of preplacement youth and family risk for girls compared with boys; however, contrary to the author's hypothesis, levels of preplacement youth and family risk were not found to have a significant impact on MTFC parent—youth interactions.As expected, MTFC parent—youth interactions were significantly related to treatment completion, and treatment completion was significantly related to lower rates of reoffending behavior for both boys and girls.Treatment components specific to MTFC are reviewed and directions for future research are suggested.

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Vol. 12, No. 1, 38-48 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/10634266040120010501
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