Evidence Based Practices

Location:

Home-based

Length of Care:

Weekly sessions lasting 10 to 20 weeks

Expected Outcomes:

• Decrease in youth's disruptive behaviors
• Increased parenting skills and appropriate disciplining
• Improvement in youth's academic and social skills
• Increased supportive family communication
• Reduction in youth substance use
• Increased placement stability

General Capacity to Support a Safety Plan:

Medium - Provided in the home, provider reviews the safety plan each week, no after-hours support for the family

Decision Points:

• Adult caregiver and youth must be able to consistently participate in the service. Other family members can be involved when another adult(s)'s involvement is needed to solve the problem.
• Youth must be in the home for at least six months
• Youth cannot be on the run.
• Helpful for high conflict situations.
• Cannot be involved in other family therapies.

Parent Handouts:

• English
• Spanish

Restrictions:

• Not for addressing sexual behaviors
• Participants with moderate or severe cognitive impairment

Program Supports:

No after-hours support

Service Elements:

Youth and family therapy

Field of Services:

• Sessions are weekly and typically last 10 to 20 weeks.
• Comprehensive assessment of child and family functioning at the beginning and end of the service.
• For caregivers who would benefit from individualized parenting plan.
• Program delivery is flexible based on the family's needs. 

Additional Links:

• Functional Family Therapy website

Decision Points:

• For children at imminent risk of placement where services can manage threats in the family home.
• For children who are scheduled to reunify within seven days.

Parent Handouts:

• Parent handout

Restrictions:

None

Program Supports:

• Average of $500 concrete funds goods and services
• Can provide assistance with family and individual tasks associated with safety plan

Service Elements:

Family Needs

• Needs support managing difficult child and teenage behaviors, some monitoring and safety concerns.

Family Discipline

• Caregiver(s) not effectively monitoring pre/teenage youth.
• Moderate to high family conflict, youth is displaying high-risk behaviors.

Child Functioning

Child and/or youth has behavior problems

• Self-destructive behavior
• Provokes dangerous reactions in caregiver

Field of Services:

• Sessions are multiple times weekly with phone contact between sessions.
• Initial contact within 24 hours of receipt of referral confirmation.
• Final service summary within 10 days of service completion.

Additional Links:

• Institute for Family Development website

Age of Child:

• Baby: Birth to 9 months old
• Toddler: 9 months to 3 years old
• Preschool: 3 to 6 years old
• School Age: 6 to 12 years old

Reason to Refer:

• Family Needs
  • Parents in need of positive, nurturing, non-violent parenting strategies.
  • Parents to learn developmental milestones and safe home environment.
  • Needs support managing difficult child behaviors.
• Family Discipline
  • Concerns about parent-child relationships.
  • Caregiver(s) frustrated but uses self-control, discipline may be inconsistent, lacks effective management.
• Child Functioning
  • Child has behavior problems. Child provokes dangerous reactions in caregivers.

Location:

Classroom (Virtual and in-person group setting or in-home)

Length of Care:

• Baby: Eight to 11 weeks
• Toddler: 12 to 17 weeks
• Preschool: 18 to 21 weeks

*For the classroom client must complete 80% of the classes for successful completion

Expected Outcomes:

• Increase appropriate parenting skills
• Increase appropriate parental discipline
• Improve parent-child relationship
• Decrease in child behavior problems

General Capacity to Support a Safety Plan:

Low - No after-hours support for the family

Decision Points:

• Okay that parent is coached without the child.

Parent Handouts:

• Parent handout

Restrictions:

• Participants cannot be registered sex offenders

Program Supports:

• No after-hours support
• Provides transportation to families

Service Elements:

Group-based parent training

Field of Services:

• Initial contact within three days of receipt of referral
• Classes are weekly
• If engaged in a group, the provider contacts the family at least once per week outside the group session
• Monthly service summary reports to social worker
• Three types of IY classes: Baby, Basic Toddler, Basic Preschool, and School Age

Additional Links:

• Incredible Years Website
• Video Testimonials

Age of Child:

Ages 2 to 7

Reason to Refer:

• Family Needs
  • Needs one-on-one parenting coaching on a weekly basis.
  • Parents in need of positive, nurturing, non-violent parenting strategies.
  • Needs support managing difficult child behaviors.
• Family Discipline
  • Caregiver(s) frustrated but uses self-control.
  • May have negative feelings toward child.
  • May use violence or threats to control behavior, lacks effective management.
• Child Functioning
  • Child has behavior problems.
  • Child provokes dangerous reactions in caregivers.

Location:

Office-based and home-based

Length of Care: 

Weekly sessions lasting 12 to 16 weeks

Expected Outcomes:

• Increase appropriate parenting skills
• Increase appropriate parental discipline
• Improve parent-child relationship
• Decrease in child behavior problems
• Reduce recurring physical abuse reports

General Capacity to Support a Safety Plan:

Low - Office-based

Medium Low - Home-based, no after-hours support for the family

Decision Points:

• Parent has access to their child to practice skills in between sessions.

Parent Handouts:

• Parent handout

Restrictions:

None

Program Supports:

• No after-hours support
• No travel support for office-based service delivery
• Up to $500 in concrete goods

Service Elements:

Parent training 

Field of Services:

• Initial contact within three business days of receipt of receiving the referral
• Initial in-person visit within one week of receiving the referral (excluding weekends and holidays)
• Reports
  • Initial Contact Report within two weeks of the initial appointment;
  • Service Update within 30 days of the fourth coaching session;
  • Service update within 30 days of the 10th coaching session; and
  • Service Summary within 30 days of the end of the case.
• Final Service summary

Additional Links:

• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) website

Age of Child:

Ages 2 to 16

Reason to Refer:

• Family Needs
  • Needs individualized support managing typical developmental transitions and/or dealing with significant behavioral challenges.
  • May need improvements in the parent-child relationship.
• Family Discipline
  • Caregiver(s) frustrated, may occasionally lose self-control, discipline may be inconsistent, and lacks effective management.
  • May use violence or threats to control behavior.
• Child Functioning
  • Range from typical developmental challenges to behavioral problems.
  • Provokes dangerous reactions in caregivers.

Location:

Primarily in the home, also can be done in the community or office-based

Length of Care:

Weekly sessions lasting one to 15 weeks

Expected Outcomes:

• Increase appropriate parenting skills
• Increase appropriate parental discipline and behavior management
• Improve parent-child relationship
• Decrease in child behavior problems

General Capacity to Support a Safety Plan:

Low (Office-based)

Medium (Home-based)

Decision Points:

• Child has just returned to the family home after being in out of home placement for a period time
• Parents are in need of parenting help to increase safety and prevent out of home placement
• Child is between the ages of 18 months and 17 years old

Parent Handouts:

• Parent handout

Restrictions:

• Caregivers need to be able to participate in 10-15 weeks of the program (i.e., no upcoming moves or family transitions), no major psychopathology on the part of the caregivers that would interfere with their ability to participate in the program (e.g., actively psychotic, debilitating depression)
• Child has significant developmental delays

Program Supports:

Can be offered in the home, community, or clinic setting

Service Elements:

Parent Training

Field of Services:

• Sessions are weekly and typically last 10 to 15 weeks.
• Comprehensive front-end assessment of child and family functioning.
• Appropriate for caregivers who would benefit more from individualized parenting plan.
• Program delivery can be very flexible, based on the family's needs.

Additional Links:

• Triple P website

Age of Child:

Birth to 5 years

Reason to Refer:

• Concerns about quality of parent-child relationship
• Child is being reunified after being out the parent's care for a period of time
• Parent needs information about infant and toddler social and emotional development
• Parent needs help developing and expressing empathy towards their young child

Location:

This service is provided in the family's home

Length of Care:

• 10-14 weekly sessions
• Session are approximately 60 minutes each week

Expected Outcomes:

• Parent has increased understanding of infant and toddler social and emotional health and development
• Parent has increased capacity to reflect on their own feelings and their child's feeling in order to provide empathetic, compassionate care for their child
• Increased positive relationship between the parent and the child

General Capacity to Support a Safety Plan:

Medium - This service is provided in the home, and the counselor will check in with the family weekly about the safety plan

Decision Points:

• Ages- 0 to 5 years old
• Reunification of a young child with a parent
• Parent is need of help to build a positive relationship with their young child

Parent Handouts:

• Parent handout

Additional Links:

• Training and Research

Age of Child:

Birth to 5

Reason to Refer:

• Family Needs
  • Parents need help creating and maintaining a safe home environment.
  • Needs to learn how to care for the children when sick or injured.
  • Parents in need of basic parenting skills/support.
• Family Discipline
  • Families experiencing neglect related issues such as medical neglect or environmental neglect.
  • Parents learn basic parent-child interaction skills and providing children with rules and consequences.
• Child Functioning
  • Targets typically developing children exhibiting none or mild behavior problems.

Location:

Home-based

Length of Care:

Weekly sessions lasting 18 to 20 weeks

Expected Outcomes:

• Increase parents' understanding and management of child illness and injuries.
• Increase home safety.
• Improve and enhance safe parenting skills.

General Capacity to Support a Safety Plan:

Medium - Provided in the home, provider reviews the safety plan each week, no after-hours support for the family

Decision Points:

• Caregiver predominantly needs services to treat neglect. Children who were neglected are in the 0 to 5 years-old age range. 

Parent Handouts:

• Parent handout

Restrictions:

None

Program Supports:

• No after-hours support
• $500 of Concrete funds

Service Elements:

Parent training with a focus on neglect related issues

Field of Services:

• Sessions are weekly
• Initial contact within 48 hours of receipt of referral
• Initial in-home visit within five business days of receipts of referral (excluding weekends and holidays)
• Monthly service summaries
• Final Service summary

Additional Links:

• National SafeCare Training and Research Center