Intervention Development and Pilot for Foster Care Youth
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Child Abuse
In brief
The purpose of this study is to develop, standardize and provide a preliminary test of a novel intervention for preadolescent maltreated youth in out-of-home care. It is hypothesized that the preventive intervention, which is known as Fostering Healthy Futures (FHF) and which consists of therapeutic skills groups and mentoring, will improve mental health, social, academic and behavioral functioning and reduce youths' initiation of, and participation in, problem behaviors.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00809315
- Run by
- University of Colorado, Denver
- People needed
- 152
- Starts
- 2002-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-03-23
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-06-25
Who can join
Age: 9 and older, up to 11. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All of the 9-11-year-old children court-ordered into out-of-home care (as a result of maltreatment) over the prior year in participating counties, including:
- Youth placed in group homes, foster homes, and with kin
- Youth with significant behavior problems
- Youth who meet criteria for mental health diagnoses or dual diagnosis
- Youth with mild cognitive impairment
You may not qualify if…
- Youth who reunify before the beginning of the intervention
- Youth with significant cognitive, behavioral, and/or mental health impairment that interfered with either with their ability to benefit from the prevention program or to participate safely
- Youth who were not proficient enough in English to participate
- Youth who lived too far from sites where groups were hel
- When siblings were both eligible, only one sibling was randomly selected to participate in the study, and the other(s) was excluded
Where it is running
- University of Colorado, Denver — Aurora, Colorado, United States
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