Trauma-Informed Resource Parent Training and the Impact on Knowledge Acquisition, Parenting Self-Efficacy, and Child Behavior Outcomes: A Pilot of the Resource Parent Curriculum Parent Management Training (RPC+). Issue 2 (15th March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Strolin-Goltzman, Jessica; McCrae, Julie; Emery, Theresa
• Is Part Of: Journal of public child welfare. Volume 12:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 136
• Page End: 152
• Publication Date: 2018-03-15
• Subjects: Foster care -- placement stability -- training -- trauma informed; Child welfare -- United States -- Periodicals; 362.70973
• DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2017.1352555
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1554-8732

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This pilot study illustrates one state's development, implementation, and outcomes of a trauma-informed curriculum called the Resource Parent Curriculum + CARE (RPC+). The RPC+ is an intensive co-trained curriculum intended to be trauma-informed and skills-based focused on ameliorating child behavior problems that are frequently the source of parenting stress and placement instability. This article will provide a literature review of child and caregiver needs, describe the training curriculum, and present the results from the pilot implementation of the curriculum. Preliminary findings from this study show participants of the RPC+ show positive changes pre- to post-training on a number of dimensions that have been correlated with placement stability for children including knowledge of trauma, parenting self-efficacy, and child behavior outcomes.