Kansas Intensive Permanency Project

In Foster Care Clinical Trial

— PIIKIPP  

Official title:

Permanency Innovations Initiative- Kansas Intensive Permanency Project

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02152618
• Other study ID #: HHSP23320095655WC-KS
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2010
• Est. completion date: November 2015

Study information

• Verified date: March 2019
• Source: Westat
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The intervention provides services to children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) who are in foster care and to their parent(s) to prepare the families for reunification.

Description:

The intervention provide services to children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) who are in foster care and to their birth parents to prepare the families for reunification. The evaluation follows a randomized design. The pretest will assess the procedures and instruments for collecting data on child, youth, and family functioning. Ultimately, after the pretest is complete, the data collected through the evaluation will provide information on the extent to which the intervention achieved its goal of improving parenting skills and enhancing readiness for reunification among the families who received the services.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1652
• Est. completion date: November 2015
• Est. primary completion date: November 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 3 Years to 16 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children age 3-16 with severe emotional disturbances

• In foster care and their families (parents).

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Affective Symptoms
• In Foster Care
• Serious Emotional Disturbance

Intervention

Other:
• Parent Management Training - Oregon Model (PMTO)
Evidence-based, behavioral parent management training model, Parent Management Training - Oregon Model (PMTO) tailored to address permanency barriers of parents of children with SED.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Westat	Children's Bureau ACYF, Office of Policy Research and Evaluation ACYF, University of Kansas School of Social Welfare

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Time to stable permanence	Measured by administrative data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)	Measured from the date of random assignment to the discharge date or to the end of the study period for cases that did not discharge
Primary	Positive parenting behaviors	Measured by administering two standardized instruments: 1) the Caregiver Wish List (CWL); and, 2) the Family Interaction Task (FIT).	Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months
Secondary	Use of community resources & social supports	Measured by observing the results of a subscale of a standardized instrument, the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R). The subscale is identified as "social/community life."	Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months
Secondary	Readiness for Reunification	Measured by the "readiness for reunification" subscale of the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R).	Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months
Secondary	Improve parent mental health & Substance Abuse	Measured by the relevant items on the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale, General and Reunification services (NCFAS-G+R).	Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months
Secondary	Child behavior	Measured with Social Skills Improvement System rating scales (SSIS).	Intake & every 6-months post intake
Secondary	Child functioning	Measured by assessing the child's functioning with the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) for school-aged children and the Preschool and Early Childhood Functional Assessment Scale (PECFAS) for preschool-aged children.	Intake & every 6-months post intake
Secondary	Reunification	Measured using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.	18 months post intervention start date
Secondary	Long-term foster care	Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.	Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care
Secondary	Stable permanency	Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.	Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care
Secondary	Child safety	Measured by using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.	Measured at 6 and 12 months post entry into foster care
Secondary	Coercive parenting practices	Measured by administering two standardized instruments: 1) the Caregiver Wish List (CWL); and, 2) the Family Interaction Task (FIT).	Pre intervention, post intervention and at 12-months