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Topic: Placement Stabilization

Scientific Ratings in this topic:
1 - Well-Supported by Research Evidence
2 - Supported by Research Evidence
3 - Promising Research Evidence
4 - Evidence Fails to Demonstrate Effect
5 - Concerning Practice
NR - Not able to be Rated
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Definition for Placement Stabilization:

Placement stabilization services generally seek to reduce the number and frequency of disruptive behaviors, particularly those behaviors most problematic to the caregiver. These services are typically offered to caregivers and help the caregiver develop proactive and reactive responses that reinforce positive behaviors. Services are designed to enhance the caregiver’s sense of competency in parenting the child, with the goals of stabilizing the placement, encouraging positive caregiver-child interactions, and providing a safe, nurturing environment for the child.

Why was Placement Stabilization chosen as a topic by the Advisory Committee? (Click for Answer)

Placement Stabilization was chosen by the Advisory Committee as an important area of focus, because there is an increasing body of knowledge on the impact of trauma on the brain development of children, especially on young children. Foster children are likely to have experienced trauma in-utero, and after birth through exposure to abuse, neglect, and violence. Removal of a child from an unsafe home reduces the risk of further abuse and neglect, but at a cost. Every placement change requires a child to adapt to a new environment at home, in school, and in the most personal relationships: new caregiver, new room, new roommate, new teacher, new foods, new rules, new doctor, new friends, etc. Children cope in various ways, including exacerbating troublesome and unhealthy behaviors. Academic development is interrupted, social relationships are severed, and new barriers to reunification can develop. These disruptive behaviors are linked to placement instability, and contribute to reduced chance of reunification.

Mary C. Harris
Former CEBC Advisory Committee Member

Programs in this topic area

Here are your search results for programs in the area of Placement Stabilization:

The programs listed below have been reviewed by the CEBC and, if appropriate, been rated using the Scientific Rating Scale.

Programs with a Scientific Rating of 1 - Well-Supported by Research Evidence:

  • Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care - Adolescents (MTFC-A) – detailed view
    Topics: Disruptive Behavior Treatment (Child & Adolescent), Higher Level of Placement, Placement Stabilization, Behavioral Management for Adolescents in Child Welfare
    Boys and girls, 12-18 years old with severe delinquency and/or severe emotional and behavioral disorders. These youth were in ...

Programs with a Scientific Rating of 2 - Supported by Research Evidence:

  • Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Preschoolers (MTFC-P) – detailed view
    Topics: Disruptive Behavior Treatment (Child & Adolescent), Higher Level of Placement, Infant and Toddler Mental Health (0-3), Placement Stabilization
    Preschool foster children aged 3-6 years old who exhibit a high level of disruptive and anti-social behavior which cannot be ...

Programs with a Scientific Rating of 3 - Promising Research Evidence:

  • Keeping Foster and Kin Parents Supported and Trained (KEEP) – detailed view
    Topics: Placement Stabilization, Resource Parent Recruitment and Training
    4 to 12-year-old children in foster or kinship care placements.
  • Neighbor to Neighbor – detailed view
    Topics: Placement Stabilization, Resource Parent Recruitment and Training
    Sibling groups of 4 or more children from infancy through fourteen years of age who are in the custody of the ...
  • Wraparound – detailed view
    Topics: Placement Stabilization
    Designed for children and youth with severe emotional, behavioral, or mental health difficulties and their families. Most often these are ...

Programs with a Scientific Rating of NR - Not able to be Rated: