Citation

Spaid WM, Fraser M. Child. Youth Serv. Rev. 1991; 13(1-2): 77-99.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0190-7409(91)90056-N

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

One of the major goals of home-based, family preservation services (FPS) is to keep families together, to prevent the placement of children outside their homes. In this paper, child-related and parent-related risk factors for placement were used to discriminate between successful and unsuccessful outcomes for 453 families that participated in brief and intensive homebased family treatment. Families with younger children where parents were having difficulty fulfilling the caretaking role were less likely to experience placement after treatment. In contrast, families with somewhat older and more oppositional youth were more likely to experience placement. The implications for brief and intensive, family-focused interventions are discussed.