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Early Intervention Foster Care: A Prevention Trial

NCT00701194 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 177

Last updated 2025-07-09

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Summary

The Early Intervention Foster Care \[EIFC\] project is an efficacy trial of the Oregon Social Learning Center Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Program, a preventive intervention that targets 3 commonly co-occurring variables among young foster children: (1) behavioral problems, (2) physiological dysregulation within the neuroendocrine system (i.e., HPA axis activity), and (3) developmental delays.

Conditions

  • School Readiness
  • Developmental Delays

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Early Intervention Foster Care (EIFC)

The EIFC/MTFC-P intervention is delivered through a treatment team approach. Foster parents receive preservice training and ongoing consultation from program staff. Children receive individual therapy and attend a therapeutic playgroup. The intervention emphasizes the use of concrete encouragement for prosocial behavior; consistent, nonabusive limit-setting to address disruptive behavior; and close supervision of the child. The EIFC intervention employs a developmental framework in which the challenges of foster preschoolers are viewed from the perspective of delayed maturation and is oriented toward creating optimal environmental conditions to facilitate developmental progress. These conditions include a responsive and consistent caregiver and a predictable daily routine.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Oregon Social Learning Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Philip A Fisher, PhD · Oregon Social Learning Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-12-31
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2011-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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