These program models are designed to prevent removal of children from their homes and communities and reduce the likelihood of their placement in restrictive settings such as psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment facilities, dentention centers and unrelated foster homes. One such treatment program, the Intensive, In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service (IICAPS), is being replicated at 14 sites within Connecticut and is recognized as a promising model of intervention for children with serious emotional disturbances and their families.
Extensive knowledge of the child welfare system and the elements of public/private collaboration necessary to maintain children's primary relationships and ensure their permanency and safety.
Specialized Terms: Primary area of expertise: development, supervision and support of intensive in-home interventions for children at high risk for placement outside of their homes and communities for reasons of serious psychiatric disorders, abuse, neglect, and/ or chronic parental illness or substance abuse. Current research interest is the Family Health and Development Project (FHDP) a randomized controlled trial of the Intensive In-Home-Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service (IICAPS), developed at the Yale and now replicated at 20 locations in Connecticut. The effectiveness of IICAPS is being compared to the Home-Based Child Treatment Coordination Program (HCTC) a clinically informed, less intensive, child centered, parent focused intervention. Outcome variables include psychiatric hospitalization, service utilizations, behavioral and functional changes, parental perception and the attainment of treatment goals. A recent Service to Science award from SAMHSA will support the development of a pilot study of Family Based Recovery (FBR) an integrated in-home substance abuse and parent-child relationship-based treatment program also developed at Yale with the support of the Department of Children and Families and replicated at 5 additional sites in Connecticut.
Child Psychiatry; Family; Mental Health; Substance Abuse Detection; Risk Assessment; Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Psychiatry and Psychology; Health Care
Health Policy; Mental Health; Substance Use, Addiction; Child/Adolescent Health; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; Health Systems Reform