Foster carers' perceptions of the long-term effectiveness of the Fostering Changes programme

IF 1.1 4区心理学 Q3 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Family Therapy Pub Date : 2022-09-12 DOI:10.1111/1467-6427.12416

Loren Whitehead, Shanee Barraclough, Michael Tarren-Sweeney

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Abstract

The present article reports foster carer perceptions of the long-term effectiveness of a carer-focussed training intervention – the Fostering Changes (FC) programme. Five foster carers who completed FC at a not-for-profit child and family agency in New Zealand were interviewed 13–15 months post-training about their experiences and perceptions of FC and its subsequent effectiveness. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) informed both data collection and analysis. Five superordinate themes were identified: (1) FC is perceived to be an effective training programme that provides sustained benefits; (2) foster carer training is crucially important; (3) the challenges of fostering continue, irrespective of training; (4) caregiver confidence gained from training wanes over time in the face of persistent challenges; (5) foster carers require ongoing therapeutic interventions and support because of their children's persistent behavioural and relational difficulties. The findings suggest that, while FC provides effective and relevant training, carers simultaneously require ongoing clinical services.

Practitioner points

Children in out-of-home care who have persistent relational and mental health difficulties require ongoing specialised therapeutic support
Foster carer group training (such as Fostering Changes) may help to stabilise children's placements and mental health recovery but does not replace the need for personalised, systemic interventions with caregivers
Foster carer group therapeutic training is preferably integrated within ongoing, systemic, multi-component interventions, rather than offered as discrete, stand-alone interventions

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Journal of Family Therapy Multiple-

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2.90

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Family Therapy advances the understanding and treatment of human relationships constituted in systems such as couples, families and professional networks and wider groups, by publishing articles on theory, research, clinical practice and training. The editorial board includes leading academics and professionals from around the world in keeping with the high standard of international contributions, which make it one of the most widely read family therapy journals.