The Teaching-Family Model: A Replicable System of Care

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SUMMARY For nearly 30 years, the Teaching-Family technology of treatment, staff training, and program evaluation has been faithfully applied within diverse human service agencies throughout the country. The model serves as a means to organize and orient child care agencies and direct care providers, to provide a common ground for dealing with youngsters in residential treatment settings. The philosophy of care derives from the natural strengths of families bolstered by knowledge able, accessible, and helpful support staff. The Teaching-Family Model was developed over a 20 year period through the collaborative efforts of NIMH, the Achievement Place Research Project at the University of Kansas, and several community-based group homes in Kansas. Within the Teaching-Family model of residential treatment for difficult youth, problem behaviors are dealt with by creating supportive family-style home environments staffed by professional teaching-parents serving 6 to 8 residents. The homes are typically affiliated with local social service agencies that provide Teaching-Family Model training, consultation, and evaluation services. Agencies providing Teaching-Family services undergo routine consumer-based and onsite evaluations, carried out by the National Teaching-Family Association to assure that treatment, training, and evaluation services are being implemented faithfully.

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