Principal Investigator: Curtis McMillen, PhD, PI
Funder: National Institute of Mental Health
Timeframe: 06/06-04/08
Affiliation: Center for Mental Health Services Research (CMHSR)
Project Staff:  Curtis McMillen, PhD, PI

                        Patricia Kohl, PhD, Co-PI

                        Patti Chamberlain, PhD

                        John Landsverk, PhD, Consultant

                        Joe Price, PhD, Consultant

                        Lisa Saldana, PhD, Consultant

                        Jennifer Bellamy, PhD, Investigator

                        Samantha Books, MPE, Field Coordinator

                        Debra Robinson, MS, Field Coordinator

Project Contact:  Samantha Books

                             sbooks@wustl.edu

                            (314) 935-9545

Project Update as of  07/08/08
Stage: Completed

Description:

Purpose

• Conduct biweekly conference calls to discuss the session content and group process of 2-3 sessions including transcripts and videotapes of intervention sessions
• Develop treatment fidelity measures for intervention sessions
• Conduct a 2-day meeting in San Diego to discuss
  • Logistics on conducting groups
  • Meet with intervention trial facilitators
  • Plan for pilot KEEP groups in STL
  • Discuss measures to evaluate the STL pilot

Aim

To introduce KEEP to the Brown School research team and to the St. Louis Children’s Division in order to determine the feasibility and interest of implementing KEEP in St. Louis.

Public health significance

KEEP has been shown in other geographic areas (Eugene, OR and San Diego, CA) to reduce placement disruptions.

Population

While there were no human subjects involved in the study, KEEP is parent training for foster care parents. 

Setting

NA

Service sector and/or community partner

St. Louis Child Welfare/ Children’s Division

Methods

Telephone calls to discuss session video tapes and session methods.  

Subsequent research to which you expect this work to contribute

KEEP is one choice of parenting training programs that could be taken up by the Children’s division to reduce placement disruptions.