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Trends in research on intensive family preservation programs . Leuven, april 10, 2003 Bert Van Puyenbroeck Coordination IFPS Flanders. IFPS-program. Crisis = minor is about to be placed out of home (residential care; foster care; ..) At home service Short term program, during 4 to 6 weeks
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Trends in research on intensive family preservation programs Leuven, april 10, 2003 Bert Van Puyenbroeck Coordination IFPS Flanders
IFPS-program • Crisis = minor is about to be placed out of home (residential care; foster care; ..) • At home service • Short term program, during 4 to 6 weeks • Family can reach family worker 24h/day, 7d/ week ; family worker can also reach supervisor at any time • Intensive: 8h/week, 10 meetings/ week at home • +/- 60% of contacts after 6 pm • To prevent out of home placement
IFPS in Europe & USA • IFPS programs in USA (Seattle) (Homebuilding) • Netherlands (Families First) • U.K. • Germany • Finland • Flanders (Crisishulp aan Huis)
Research items • What’s the target group reached by IFPS? • Intervention characteristic features? • What are the results of an IFPS program? = outcome based research = comparative material: FF– CaH – IFPS – FPS (Homebuilding-based programs)
Target group • 82% to 91% acute crisis situation (family) • 87% to 100% educational problems (parents) • 29% to 48% problems with social competence • 55% to 72% marital problems • 77% to 80% behavioral problems (minor) • 69% to 74% emotional problems • 62% to 81% problems social competence
Intervention characteristic features • Intervention of 27 to 33 days (brief) • Intensity: 6 to 12 h/week (intensive) • Availability of family worker: 50 to 53% of contacts after 6 p.m., 10% in the weekend
Basic results • It seems that: • Comparable results of these ‘homebuilding based IFPS programs’ • In the Netherlands, Flanders, Seattle = in different cultures?
Critical thinking • How does that come? • What is ‘result’: outcome based, quantitative research: index of out of home placement? • What is the role of ‘culture’ in ‘perspectives on helping and being helped’?
So… • How does these families experience ‘being helped’ through IFPS-program? • How does the family worker experience ‘helping families in crisis through IFPS-program’? • In USA, Netherlands, Flanders, Germany, Finland? • Research design: University Brussels (prof Loots), University Leuven (prof Grietens)(2003 – 2006): social-constructionism as matrix for renewed and fundamental research on these topics in Flanders • Waiting for government to give permission
How does these families experience ‘being helped’ through IFPS-program? How does the family worker experience ‘helping families in crisis through IFPS-program’? In USA, Netherlands, Flanders, Germany, Finland? Research design: University Brussels (prof Loots), University Leuven (prof Grietens)(2003 – 2006): social-constructionism as matrix for renewed and fundamental research on these topics Waiting for government to give permission (euro’s) So…
Any way: • (hope to) see you on the next EUSARF-congress for some ‘results’ • http://www.sporen.be/crisishulp • cah.vlaanderen@sporen.be • bert@sporen.be Bert Van Puyenbroeck, Leuven april 10th 2003