Abstract
In programs of therapeutic foster care, youth who cannot live at home are placed in a foster home in which foster parents are trained to provide a structured environment for learning social and emotional skills. Youth in the program are monitored at home, in school, and in leisure activity; program personnel work closely with foster parents, and may collaborate with teachers, probation officers, employers, and others in the youth's environment to ensure prosocial learning and behavior. Evaluations have examined the effects of therapeutic foster care on violence among children with severe emotional disturbance and among adolescents with chronic delinquency. Two studies of therapeutic foster care for children with severe emotional disturbance yielded inconsistent results; evidence to date is insufficient to determine effectiveness. Three studies of therapeutic foster care for adolescents with chronic delinquency by one research team indicated that this intervention can reduce subsequent violence in this population. The Task Force on Community Preventive Services (the Task Force) recommends therapeutic foster care for the reduction of violence among adolescents with chronic delinquency.
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