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Behavioral Parent Training in Child Welfare: Evaluations of Skills Acquisition

University of Florida, vancampc{at}ufl.edu

Timothy R. Vollmer

University of Florida

Han-Leong Goh

University of Florida

Cristina M. Whitehouse

University of Florida

Jorge Reyes

University of Florida

Jan L. Montgomery

University of Florida

John C. Borrero

University of the Pacific

Objective: Behavioral parent training has been proven effective through years of research with a variety of groups. However, little research has been conducted to systematically evaluate the extent to which behavioral parent training may improve parenting skills of foster and other caregivers of dependent children. The Behavior Analysis Services Program (BASP) has been charged with providing behavioral parent training to foster parents and other caregivers of dependent children throughout the state of Florida through a variety of services focusing primarily on a group-class-based training curriculum. This article examines the extent to which behavioral parent training was effective in increasing skills of caregivers who were trained in 2001 and 2002. Methods: Study 1 evaluated skills acquisition via a large-scale analysis of precourse and postcourse assessments, as well as observations of in-home parent-child interactions. Study 2 assessed skills acquisition via controlled analyses using repeated measures and multiple baseline designs. Results: Results showed increases in parenting skills in both studies as a function of curriculum training. Discussion: Implications of the results, limitations, and directions for future research are discussed.

Key Words: child welfare • behavioral parent training • behavior analysis services program • skills acquisition

This version was published on September 1, 2008

Research on Social Work Practice, Vol. 18, No. 5, 377-391 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1049731507314008


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