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Jorge F. del Valle

CHALLENGES OF FOSTER CARE AT THE BEGINNIG OF THE 21st CENTURY – EXPERIENCES THAT CREATE THE FUTURE – BELGRADE, DEC. 2013. A monitoring system for program evaluation in family foster care. Jorge F. del Valle. (www.gifi.es). Principality of Asturias. First National research.

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Jorge F. del Valle

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  1. CHALLENGES OF FOSTER CARE AT THE BEGINNIG OF THE 21st CENTURY– EXPERIENCES THAT CREATE THE FUTURE – BELGRADE, DEC. 2013 A monitoringsystemforprogramevaluation in familyfostercare Jorge F. del Valle (www.gifi.es)

  2. Principality of Asturias

  3. First National research Del Valle y Bravo, 2003: descriptive research by autonomous communities Out of home placements at 31st December 2002

  4. The problem of program evaluation in child care • Process and outcomes evaluation • Need for monitoring intervention and outcomes • Implementing a new system Contents

  5. Long time in residential or foster care • Changing staff • Changing placements • Changing family circumstances • Changing schools • Other professionals involved (psychiatrists, physicians…) The problem How to evaluate long and complex intervention? Need for a monitoring system

  6. Assessment and recordingsystemforfamilyfostercare Basedonprevious SERAR forresidentialcare Implementedsince 1998 in 9 autonomousCommunities

  7. SERAF SYSTEM

  8. SERAR System (1996) • Recording system for relevant case information • Individual educational planning • Assessmentsystem to evaluate child achievement • Individual report (every six months) PURPOSES

  9. Method of intervention

  10. Birthfamily Foster family Child

  11. Developmentalecology Bronfenbrenner, 1979

  12. SERAR Estructure Child • Birth Family • Foster Family • School • Community • Work (if it applies) Main social contexts of social integration

  13. Recording system • Birth Family Context • Legal arrangements • Parents responsibility • Family members • Visits and contacts • Family contacts with staff • Family changes and relevant events

  14. Recording system • Foster family context • Members • Type of fostering • Working sessions • Relevant events in foster family

  15. Recording system • School Context • School data (school, teacher, class...) • Marks • Relevant events in school

  16. Recording system • Health Monitoring • First medical examination • Medical history • Growth: weight and stature • Vaccines • Sight, hearing and denture disease • Record of sicknesses • Record of treatments and therapies

  17. Assessment and planning • Assessment • Data collection • Interview • Observation • Assessment tool: • child • birth family • foster family

  18. Assessment and planning • Assessment tool CHILD • Relationship with birth family • Relationship with foster family • Self-care and chores • School integration • Independency skills • Community integration

  19. SERAF Procedure • A document for each fostered child • Individual responsibility by case worker • Teamdecision to assess items and planning • Young people and families participation • Report every six months

  20. Uses of SERAF • Holds information systematically • Facilitates to assess individual needs of children and families • Facilitates to program specific intervention for each case • Collects data for process and outcomes evaluation • Facilitates reports to take decisions • Facilitates children and families participation • Children keep their own history

  21. THANKS!!! (www.gifi.es)

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