As US policy and practice further constrains the prevalence of residential treatment for youth
with emotional and behavior challenges, treatment foster care (TFC) placements are …

Abstract Treatment foster care (TFC) is an appealing approach for treating youth with
emotional and behavioral disorders because it combines the potential for intensive …

Treatment foster care (TFC) provides critical mental health supports for youth with emotional,
behavioral, and social difficulties who are at risk for adverse long-term outcomes. Existing …

Children in therapeutic foster care (TFC) are more likely to have complex emotional and
behavioral needs that require skilled parenting, but TFC foster parents do not always receive …

In this chapter, we describe a community-based model for treating youth with severe and
chronic delinquency, emotional, and conduct problems; highlight the outcomes from three …

Objectives: This article reports the initial findings from a randomized trial to enhance
treatment foster care (TFC) in “usual care” agencies. The intervention, Together Facing the …

Evidence-based practices to improve outcomes for children with severe behavioral and
emotional problems have received a great deal of attention in children's mental health …

Therapeutic foster care (TFC) offers a promising community-based treatment option for
children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders in the child welfare system. Family …

Nearly every state in the nation requires training for foster parents and treatment foster
parents. However, very little is known about the effectiveness of this required training. The …

Adolescents constitute a large proportion of youth in foster care, but few foster care models
specifically concentrate on their developmental or treatment needs. This study examined …