Kansas Intensive Permanency Project (PIIKIPP)

Permanency Innovations Initiative- Kansas Intensive Permanency Project

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Serious Emotional Disturbance; In Foster Care
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Parent Management Training - Oregon Model (PMTO)

Detailed 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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 1652
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 3 years to 16 years (CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children age 3-16 with severe emotional disturbances
• In foster care and their families (parents).

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: OTHER
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment	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.
No Intervention: Comparison

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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
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 Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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
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
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
Child behavior	Measured with Social Skills Improvement System rating scales (SSIS).	Intake & every 6-months post intake
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
Reunification	Measured using data from Kansas' state administrative database for child welfare as reported to AFCARS/NCANDS.	18 months post intervention start date
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
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
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
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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Westat
• Collaborators: Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation; Children's Bureau ACYF; University of Kansas School of Social Welfare

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2010
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): November 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 28, 2014
• First Posted (Estimate): June 2, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 26, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 22, 2019
• Last Verified: March 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: foster care; Serious emotional disturbance; child protective services
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Affective Symptoms
• Other Study ID Numbers: HHSP23320095655WC-KS