Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care®
An evidence-based solution for youth with behavioral problems, their families, and their communities
An evidence-based solution for youth with behavioral problems, their families, and their communities
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2010
Fisher, P., Tininenko, J., Bruce, J., Pears, K. (In Press). Sleep Disruption in Young Foster Children. Child Psychiatry and Human Development.
2009
Leve, L., Fisher, P., Chamberlain, P. Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care as a Preventive Intervention to Promote Resiliency Among Youth in the Child Welfare System. Journal of Personality 77:6, December 2009
Fisher, P., Chamberlain, P., Leve, L. Improving the lives of foster children through evidenced-based interventions. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2009, 122-127
Kerr, D., Leve, L. D., Chamberlain, P. (2009) Pregnancy rates among Juvenile Justice Girls in two randomized controlled trials of MTFC. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009, Vol. 77. No. 3, 588-593.
Fisher, P., Kim, H., Pears, K. (2009) Effects of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Preschoolers (MTFC-P) on reducing permanent placement failures among children with placement instability. 0190-7409/ - see front matter. Published by Elsevier Ltd. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.10.012
2008
Westermark, P., Hannsson, K., Vinnerljung, B. (2008) Does MTFC reduce placement breakdown in foster care? International Journal of Child & Family Welfare, 2008/4, page 155-171.
Chamberlain, P., Brown, C. H., Saldana, L., Reid, J., Wang, W., Marsenich, L., Sosna, T., Padgett, C., & Bouwman, G. (2008). Engaging and recruiting counties in an experiment on implementing evidence-based practice in California. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Research, 35(4), 250-260.
Chamberlain, P., Price, J., Leve, L. D., Laurent, H., Landsverk, J. A., & Reid, J. B. (2008). Prevention of behavior problems for children in foster care: Outcomes and mediation effects. Prevention Science, 9, 17-27.
Magellan Health Services Children's Services Task Force.(2008). Perspectives on Residential and Community-Based Treatment for Youth and Families.
Price, J. M., Chamberlain, P., Landsverk, J., Reid, J., Leve, L., & Laurent, H. (2008). Effects of a foster parent training intervention on placement changes of children in foster care. Child Maltreatment, 13, 64-75.
Fisher, P. A., & Stoolmiller, M. (2008). Intervention effects on foster parent stress: Associations with child cortisol levels. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 1003–1021.
2007
Christeson, W., Kass, D., Wiley M. (2007). Getting Juvenile Justice Right in New York: Proven Interventions Will Cut Crime and Save Money. Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, New York
Chamberlain, P., Leve, L. D., & DeGarmo, D.S. (2007). Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for girls in the juvenile justice system: 2-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75 (1), 187-193.
Fisher, P. A., Stoolmiller, M., Gunnar, M. R., Burraston, B. O. (2007) Effects of a therapeutic intervention for foster preschoolers on diurnal cortisol activity. Psychoneuroendocrinology (2007) 32, 892-905.
Fisher, P. A., & Kim, H. K. (2007). Intervention effects on foster preschoolers’ attachment-related behaviors from a randomized trial. Prevention Science, 8, 161-170.
2006
Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P. (2006). A randomized evaluation of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care: Effects on school attendance and homework completion in juvenile justice girls. Research on Social Work Practice, Vol. X No. X, July 2006 1-7.
Chamberlain, P., Leve, L. D., & Smith, D. K. (2006). Preventing behavior problems and health-risking behaviors in girls in foster care. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy. 2(4), 518-530.
Chamberlain, P., Price, J. M., Reid, J. B., Landsverk, J., Fisher, P.A., & Stoolmiller, M. (2006). Who disrupts from placement in foster and kinship care? Child Abuse and Neglect, 30, 409-424.
Dore, M. M., & Mullin, D. (2006). Treatment Family Foster Care: Its History and Current Role in the Foster Care Continuum. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services.
Fisher, P. A., Gunnar, M. R., Dozier, M., Bruce, J., & Pears, K. C. (2006). Effects of a therapeutic intervention for foster children on behavior problems, caregiver attachment, and stress regulatory neural systems. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1094, 215-225.
Smith, D. K., Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P. (2006). Adolescent offending and health-risking sexual behavior: The predictive role of trauma. Child Maltreatment, 11, 346-353.
Stock, C., Fisher, P., (2006). Language Delays Among Foster Children: Implications for Policy and Practice. 0009-4021/2006/030445-17. 2006 Child Welfare League of America.
Aos, S., Miller, M., Drake, E. (2006). Evidence-based public policy options to reduce future prison construction, criminal justice costs, and crime rates. Olympia: Washington State Institute for Public Policy, October 2006, 1-44.
2005
Antoine, K., Fisher, P. A. (2005). Meeting the special needs of young foster children. Principal, November/December 2005, 36-40.
Barth, R. P., Landsverk, J., Chamberlain, P., Reid, J. B., Rolls, J. A., Hurlburt, M. S., Farmer, E. M. Z., James, S., McCabe, K. M., & Kohl, P. L. (2005). Parent training in child welfare services: Planning for a more evidence-based approach to serving biological parents. Research on Social Work Practice, 15(5), 353-371.
Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J.B. (2005). Intervention outcomes for girls referred from juvenile justice: Effects on delinquency. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73(6), 1181-1185.
Fisher, P. A., Burraston, B., & Pears, K. (2005). The Early Intervention Foster Care program: Permanent placement outcomes from a randomized trial. Child Maltreatment, 10, 61-71.
Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P. (2005). Association with delinquent peers: Intervention effects for youth in out-of-home care. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33(3), 339-347.
2004
Eddy, M. J., Bridges Whaley, R., & Chamberlain, P. (2004). The prevention of violent behavior by chronic and serious male juvenile offenders: A 2-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Family Psychology, 12(1), 2-8.
Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P. (2004). Female juvenile offenders: Defining an early-onset pathway for delinquency. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 13, 439-452.
2003
Fisher, P. A. (2003). Special Parents for Special Children. Research to Practice, July/August 2003, 18-19.
Chamberlain, P. (2003). The Oregon Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care model: Features, outcomes, and progress in dissemination. In S. Schoenwald & S. Henggeler (Series Eds.), Moving evidence-based treatments from the laboratory into clinical practice. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 10(4), 303-312.
2002
Dozier, M., Albus, K., Fisher, P. A., Sepulveda, S. (2002). Interventions for foster parents: Implications for developmental theory. Development and Psychology, 14, 843-860.
2001
Moore, K. J., Sprengelmeyer, P. G., & Chamberlain, P. (2001). Community-based treatment for adjudicated delinquents: The Oregon Social Learning Center's "Monitor" Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care program. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 18(3), 87-97.
Smith, D. K., Stormshak, E., Chamberlain, P., & Bridges-Whaley, R. (2001). Placement disruption in treatment foster care. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 9, 200-205.
2000
Eddy, J. M., & Chamberlain, P. (2000). Family management and deviant peer association as mediators of the impact of treatment condition on youth antisocial behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 5(68), 857-863.
Fisher, P. A., & Chamberlain, P. (2000). Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care: A program for intensive parenting, family support, and skill building. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 8, 155-164. [Also appears in H. M. Walker & M. H. Epstein (Eds.), Making schools safer and violence free: Critical issues, solutions, and recommended practices. A compilation of articles from Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (pp. 140-149). Austin, TX: Pro-ed.]
Fisher, P. A., Gunnar, M. R., Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J. B. (2000). Preventive intervention for maltreated preschool children: Impact on children's behavior, neuroendocrine activity, and foster parent functioning. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(11), 1356-1364.
1999
Fisher, P. A., Ellis, B. H., & Chamberlain, P. (1999). Early intervention foster care: A model for preventing risk in young children who have been maltreated. Children services: Social policy, research, and practice, 2(3), 159-182.
1998
Chamberlain, P., (1998). Treatment foster care. OJJDP Juvenile Justice Bulletin, December 1998, 1-11.
Chamberlain, P., & Moore, K. J. (1998). A clinical model of parenting juvenile offenders: A comparison of group versus family care. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 3(3), 375-386.
Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J. (1998). Comparison of two community alternatives to incarceration for chronic juvenile offenders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 6(4), 624-633.
1997
Capaldi, D. M., Chamberlain, P., Fetrow, R. A., & Wilson, J. E. (1997). Conducting Ecologically valid prevention research: Recruiting and retaining a "whole village" in multimethod, multiagent studies. American Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 471-492.
1996
Chamberlain, P., Ray, J., & Moore, K. J. (1996). Characteristics of residential care for adolescent offenders: A comparison of assumptions and practices in two models. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 5, 259-271.
1994
Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J. (1994). Differences in risk factors and adjustment for male and female delinquents in treatment foster care. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 3, 23-29.
Meadowcroft, P., Thomlinson, B., & Chamberlain, P. (1994). Treatment foster care services: A research agenda for child welfare. Child Welfare, 3, 565-581.
Moore, K. J., & Chamberlain, P. (1994). Treatment foster care: Toward development of community-based models for adolescents with severe emotional and behavioral disorders. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2, 22-30.
Moore, K. J., Osgood, W. D., Larselere, R. E., & Chamberlain, P. (1994). Use of pooled time series in the study of naturally occurring clinical event and problem behavior in a foster care setting. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 718-728.
1992
Chamberlain, P., Moreland, S., & Reid, K. (1992). Enhanced services and stipends for foster parents: Effects on retention rates and outcomes for children. Child Welfare, 5, 387-401.
1991
Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J. B. (1991). Using a specialized foster care treatment model for children and adolescents leaving the state mental hospital. Journal of Community Psychology, 19, 266-276.
1990
Chamberlain, P. (1990). Comparative evaluation of Specialized Foster Care for seriously delinquent youths: A first step. Community Alternatives: International Journal of Family Care, 2(2), 21-36.
Chamberlain, P., & Weinrott, M. R. (1990). Specialized foster care: Treating seriously emotionally disturbed children. Children Today, 19, 24-27.
Book Chapters and Reports
2005
Chamberlain, P., & Smith, D. K. (2005). Treatment Foster Care: A community solution for boys and girls referred from juvenile justice. In E. D. Hibbs & P. S. Jensen (Eds.), Psychosocial treatments for child and adolescent disorders: Empirically based strategies for clinical practice (2nd ed.) (pp. 557-573). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Shepard, S. A., & Chamberlain, P. (2005). The Oregon Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care model: Research, community applications, and future directions. In M. H. Epstein, K. Kutash, & A. Duchnowski (Eds.), Outcomes for children and youth with behavioral and emotional disorders and their families: Programs and evaluation best practices (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P. (2005). Girls in the juvenile justice system: Risk factors and clinical implications. In D. Pepler, K. Madsen, C. Webster, & K. Levine (Eds.), Development and treatment of girlhood aggression (pp. 191-215). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
2003
Chamberlain, P., & Smith, D. K. (2003). Antisocial behavior in children and adolescents: The Oregon Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care model. In A. E. Kazdin & J. R. Weisz (Eds.), Evidence-based psychotherapies for children and adolescents (pp. 282-300). New York: Guilford Press.
2002
Chamberlain, P. (2002). Treatment foster care. In B. J. Burns & K. Hoagwood (Eds.), Community treatment for youth: Evidence-based interventions for severe emotional and behavioral disorders (pp. 117-138). New York: Oxford University Press.
Chamberlain, P., Fisher, P. A., & Moore, K. J. (2002). Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care: Applications of the OSLC intervention model to high-risk youth and their families. In J. B. Reid, G. R. Patterson, & J. Snyder (Eds.), Antisocial behavior in children: Developmental theories and models for intervention (pp. 203-218). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Chamberlain, P., & Moore, K. J. (2002). Chaos and trauma in the lives of adolescent females with antisocial behavior and delinquency. In R. Geffner (Series Ed.) & R. Greenwald (Vol. Ed.), Trauma and juvenile delinquency: Theory, research, and interventions (pp. 79-108). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.
2001
Chamberlain, P. (2001). Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for chronic juvenile offenders: A blueprint for violence prevention. In N. Walker (Ed.), Promising approaches for reducing youth violence: Michigan Family Impact Seminars briefing report (Report No. 2001-1, pp. 29-37). East Lansing: Michigan State University.
Chamberlain, P. (2001). What works in treatment foster care. In M. P. Kluger, G. Alexander, & P. A. Curtis (Eds.), What works in child welfare (pp. 157-162). Washington, DC: CWLA.
Sprengelmeyer, P. G., & Chamberlain, P. (2001). Treating antisocial and delinquent youth in out-of-home settings. In J. N. Hughes, A. M. La Greca, & J. C. Conoley (Eds.), Handbook of psychological services for children and adolescents (pp. 285-299). New York: Oxford University Press.
2000
Chamberlain, P. (2000). Treatment foster care. In R. Alvarado, K. Kendall, S. Beesley, & C. Lee-Cavanes (Eds.), Strengthening America's families: Model family programs for substance abuse and delinquency prevention (pp. 13-14). Salt Lake City: University of Utah, Department of Health Promotion and Education.
1999
Chamberlain, P. (1999). Community alternatives for chronic juvenile offenders and emotionally disturbed youngsters: Implications for the foster care system. In K. Bogenschneider & J. Mills (Eds.), Raising the next generation: Public and private parenting initiatives-Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars briefing report (pp. 18-26). Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, Center for Excellence in Family Studies.
Chamberlain, P. (1999). Residential care for children and adolescents with conduct disorders. In H. C. Quay & A. E. Hogan (Eds.), Handbook of disruptive behavior disorders (pp. 495-505). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Sherman, C. (1999). Reported by P. Chamberlain: Cost-effective approach–Therapeutic foster care reduces delinquent behavior. International Medical News Group (Report #46268). Available from IMNG, 12230 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville MD 20852.
1998
Chamberlain, P. (1998). Treatment Foster Care. Family strengthening series. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Justice. (OJJDP Bulletin NCJ 1734211).
Chamberlain, P., & Moore, K. J. (1998). Models of community treatment for serious juvenile offenders. In J. Crane (Ed.), Social programs that really work (pp. 256-276). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
1997
Chamberlain, P., & Friman, P. C. (1997). Residential programs for antisocial children and adolescents. In D. M. Stoff, J. Breiling, & J. D. Maser (Eds.), Handbook of antisocial behavior (pp. 416-424). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
1996
Chamberlain, P. (1996). Community-based residential treatment for adolescents with conduct disorder. In T. H. Ollendick & R. J. Prinz (Eds.), Advances in clinical child psychology (Vol. 18, pp. 63-90). New York: Plenum.
Chamberlain, P. (1996). Intensified foster care: Multi-level treatment for adolescents with conduct disorders in out-of-home care. In E. D. Hibbs & P. S. Jensen (Eds.), Psychological treatments for child and adolescent disorders (pp. 475-490). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
2010
Fisher, P., Tininenko, J., Bruce, J., Pears, K. (In Press). Sleep Disruption in Young Foster Children. Child Psychiatry and Human Development.
2009
Leve, L., Fisher, P., Chamberlain, P. Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care as a Preventive Intervention to Promote Resiliency Among Youth in the Child Welfare System. Journal of Personality 77:6, December 2009
Fisher, P., Chamberlain, P., Leve, L. Improving the lives of foster children through evidenced-based interventions. Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2009, 122-127
Kerr, D., Leve, L. D., Chamberlain, P. (2009) Pregnancy rates among Juvenile Justice Girls in two randomized controlled trials of MTFC. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009, Vol. 77. No. 3, 588-593.
Fisher, P., Kim, H., Pears, K. (2009) Effects of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Preschoolers (MTFC-P) on reducing permanent placement failures among children with placement instability. 0190-7409/ - see front matter. Published by Elsevier Ltd. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.10.012
2008
Westermark, P., Hannsson, K., Vinnerljung, B. (2008) Does MTFC reduce placement breakdown in foster care? International Journal of Child & Family Welfare, 2008/4, page 155-171.
Chamberlain, P., Brown, C. H., Saldana, L., Reid, J., Wang, W., Marsenich, L., Sosna, T., Padgett, C., & Bouwman, G. (2008). Engaging and recruiting counties in an experiment on implementing evidence-based practice in California. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Research, 35(4), 250-260.
Chamberlain, P., Price, J., Leve, L. D., Laurent, H., Landsverk, J. A., & Reid, J. B. (2008). Prevention of behavior problems for children in foster care: Outcomes and mediation effects. Prevention Science, 9, 17-27.
Magellan Health Services Children's Services Task Force.(2008). Perspectives on Residential and Community-Based Treatment for Youth and Families.
Price, J. M., Chamberlain, P., Landsverk, J., Reid, J., Leve, L., & Laurent, H. (2008). Effects of a foster parent training intervention on placement changes of children in foster care. Child Maltreatment, 13, 64-75.
Fisher, P. A., & Stoolmiller, M. (2008). Intervention effects on foster parent stress: Associations with child cortisol levels. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 1003–1021.
2007
Christeson, W., Kass, D., Wiley M. (2007). Getting Juvenile Justice Right in New York: Proven Interventions Will Cut Crime and Save Money. Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, New York
Chamberlain, P., Leve, L. D., & DeGarmo, D.S. (2007). Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for girls in the juvenile justice system: 2-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75 (1), 187-193.
Fisher, P. A., Stoolmiller, M., Gunnar, M. R., Burraston, B. O. (2007) Effects of a therapeutic intervention for foster preschoolers on diurnal cortisol activity. Psychoneuroendocrinology (2007) 32, 892-905.
Fisher, P. A., & Kim, H. K. (2007). Intervention effects on foster preschoolers’ attachment-related behaviors from a randomized trial. Prevention Science, 8, 161-170.
2006
Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P. (2006). A randomized evaluation of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care: Effects on school attendance and homework completion in juvenile justice girls. Research on Social Work Practice, Vol. X No. X, July 2006 1-7.
Chamberlain, P., Leve, L. D., & Smith, D. K. (2006). Preventing behavior problems and health-risking behaviors in girls in foster care. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy. 2(4), 518-530.
Chamberlain, P., Price, J. M., Reid, J. B., Landsverk, J., Fisher, P.A., & Stoolmiller, M. (2006). Who disrupts from placement in foster and kinship care? Child Abuse and Neglect, 30, 409-424.
Dore, M. M., & Mullin, D. (2006). Treatment Family Foster Care: Its History and Current Role in the Foster Care Continuum. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services.
Fisher, P. A., Gunnar, M. R., Dozier, M., Bruce, J., & Pears, K. C. (2006). Effects of a therapeutic intervention for foster children on behavior problems, caregiver attachment, and stress regulatory neural systems. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1094, 215-225.
Smith, D. K., Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P. (2006). Adolescent offending and health-risking sexual behavior: The predictive role of trauma. Child Maltreatment, 11, 346-353.
Stock, C., Fisher, P., (2006). Language Delays Among Foster Children: Implications for Policy and Practice. 0009-4021/2006/030445-17. 2006 Child Welfare League of America.
Aos, S., Miller, M., Drake, E. (2006). Evidence-based public policy options to reduce future prison construction, criminal justice costs, and crime rates. Olympia: Washington State Institute for Public Policy, October 2006, 1-44.
2005
Antoine, K., Fisher, P. A. (2005). Meeting the special needs of young foster children. Principal, November/December 2005, 36-40.
Barth, R. P., Landsverk, J., Chamberlain, P., Reid, J. B., Rolls, J. A., Hurlburt, M. S., Farmer, E. M. Z., James, S., McCabe, K. M., & Kohl, P. L. (2005). Parent training in child welfare services: Planning for a more evidence-based approach to serving biological parents. Research on Social Work Practice, 15(5), 353-371.
Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J.B. (2005). Intervention outcomes for girls referred from juvenile justice: Effects on delinquency. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73(6), 1181-1185.
Fisher, P. A., Burraston, B., & Pears, K. (2005). The Early Intervention Foster Care program: Permanent placement outcomes from a randomized trial. Child Maltreatment, 10, 61-71.
Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P. (2005). Association with delinquent peers: Intervention effects for youth in out-of-home care. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33(3), 339-347.
2004
Eddy, M. J., Bridges Whaley, R., & Chamberlain, P. (2004). The prevention of violent behavior by chronic and serious male juvenile offenders: A 2-year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Family Psychology, 12(1), 2-8.
Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P. (2004). Female juvenile offenders: Defining an early-onset pathway for delinquency. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 13, 439-452.
2003
Fisher, P. A. (2003). Special Parents for Special Children. Research to Practice, July/August 2003, 18-19.
Chamberlain, P. (2003). The Oregon Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care model: Features, outcomes, and progress in dissemination. In S. Schoenwald & S. Henggeler (Series Eds.), Moving evidence-based treatments from the laboratory into clinical practice. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 10(4), 303-312.
2002
Dozier, M., Albus, K., Fisher, P. A., Sepulveda, S. (2002). Interventions for foster parents: Implications for developmental theory. Development and Psychology, 14, 843-860.
2001
Moore, K. J., Sprengelmeyer, P. G., & Chamberlain, P. (2001). Community-based treatment for adjudicated delinquents: The Oregon Social Learning Center's "Monitor" Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care program. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 18(3), 87-97.
Smith, D. K., Stormshak, E., Chamberlain, P., & Bridges-Whaley, R. (2001). Placement disruption in treatment foster care. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 9, 200-205.
2000
Eddy, J. M., & Chamberlain, P. (2000). Family management and deviant peer association as mediators of the impact of treatment condition on youth antisocial behavior. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 5(68), 857-863.
Fisher, P. A., & Chamberlain, P. (2000). Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care: A program for intensive parenting, family support, and skill building. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 8, 155-164. [Also appears in H. M. Walker & M. H. Epstein (Eds.), Making schools safer and violence free: Critical issues, solutions, and recommended practices. A compilation of articles from Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (pp. 140-149). Austin, TX: Pro-ed.]
Fisher, P. A., Gunnar, M. R., Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J. B. (2000). Preventive intervention for maltreated preschool children: Impact on children's behavior, neuroendocrine activity, and foster parent functioning. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(11), 1356-1364.
1999
Fisher, P. A., Ellis, B. H., & Chamberlain, P. (1999). Early intervention foster care: A model for preventing risk in young children who have been maltreated. Children services: Social policy, research, and practice, 2(3), 159-182.
1998
Chamberlain, P., (1998). Treatment foster care. OJJDP Juvenile Justice Bulletin, December 1998, 1-11.
Chamberlain, P., & Moore, K. J. (1998). A clinical model of parenting juvenile offenders: A comparison of group versus family care. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 3(3), 375-386.
Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J. (1998). Comparison of two community alternatives to incarceration for chronic juvenile offenders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 6(4), 624-633.
1997
Capaldi, D. M., Chamberlain, P., Fetrow, R. A., & Wilson, J. E. (1997). Conducting Ecologically valid prevention research: Recruiting and retaining a "whole village" in multimethod, multiagent studies. American Journal of Community Psychology, 24, 471-492.
1996
Chamberlain, P., Ray, J., & Moore, K. J. (1996). Characteristics of residential care for adolescent offenders: A comparison of assumptions and practices in two models. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 5, 259-271.
1994
Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J. (1994). Differences in risk factors and adjustment for male and female delinquents in treatment foster care. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 3, 23-29.
Meadowcroft, P., Thomlinson, B., & Chamberlain, P. (1994). Treatment foster care services: A research agenda for child welfare. Child Welfare, 3, 565-581.
Moore, K. J., & Chamberlain, P. (1994). Treatment foster care: Toward development of community-based models for adolescents with severe emotional and behavioral disorders. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2, 22-30.
Moore, K. J., Osgood, W. D., Larselere, R. E., & Chamberlain, P. (1994). Use of pooled time series in the study of naturally occurring clinical event and problem behavior in a foster care setting. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 718-728.
1992
Chamberlain, P., Moreland, S., & Reid, K. (1992). Enhanced services and stipends for foster parents: Effects on retention rates and outcomes for children. Child Welfare, 5, 387-401.
1991
Chamberlain, P., & Reid, J. B. (1991). Using a specialized foster care treatment model for children and adolescents leaving the state mental hospital. Journal of Community Psychology, 19, 266-276.
1990
Chamberlain, P. (1990). Comparative evaluation of Specialized Foster Care for seriously delinquent youths: A first step. Community Alternatives: International Journal of Family Care, 2(2), 21-36.
Chamberlain, P., & Weinrott, M. R. (1990). Specialized foster care: Treating seriously emotionally disturbed children. Children Today, 19, 24-27.
Book Chapters and Reports
2005
Chamberlain, P., & Smith, D. K. (2005). Treatment Foster Care: A community solution for boys and girls referred from juvenile justice. In E. D. Hibbs & P. S. Jensen (Eds.), Psychosocial treatments for child and adolescent disorders: Empirically based strategies for clinical practice (2nd ed.) (pp. 557-573). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Shepard, S. A., & Chamberlain, P. (2005). The Oregon Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care model: Research, community applications, and future directions. In M. H. Epstein, K. Kutash, & A. Duchnowski (Eds.), Outcomes for children and youth with behavioral and emotional disorders and their families: Programs and evaluation best practices (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
Leve, L. D., & Chamberlain, P. (2005). Girls in the juvenile justice system: Risk factors and clinical implications. In D. Pepler, K. Madsen, C. Webster, & K. Levine (Eds.), Development and treatment of girlhood aggression (pp. 191-215). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
2003
Chamberlain, P., & Smith, D. K. (2003). Antisocial behavior in children and adolescents: The Oregon Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care model. In A. E. Kazdin & J. R. Weisz (Eds.), Evidence-based psychotherapies for children and adolescents (pp. 282-300). New York: Guilford Press.
2002
Chamberlain, P. (2002). Treatment foster care. In B. J. Burns & K. Hoagwood (Eds.), Community treatment for youth: Evidence-based interventions for severe emotional and behavioral disorders (pp. 117-138). New York: Oxford University Press.
Chamberlain, P., Fisher, P. A., & Moore, K. J. (2002). Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care: Applications of the OSLC intervention model to high-risk youth and their families. In J. B. Reid, G. R. Patterson, & J. Snyder (Eds.), Antisocial behavior in children: Developmental theories and models for intervention (pp. 203-218). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Chamberlain, P., & Moore, K. J. (2002). Chaos and trauma in the lives of adolescent females with antisocial behavior and delinquency. In R. Geffner (Series Ed.) & R. Greenwald (Vol. Ed.), Trauma and juvenile delinquency: Theory, research, and interventions (pp. 79-108). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.
2001
Chamberlain, P. (2001). Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for chronic juvenile offenders: A blueprint for violence prevention. In N. Walker (Ed.), Promising approaches for reducing youth violence: Michigan Family Impact Seminars briefing report (Report No. 2001-1, pp. 29-37). East Lansing: Michigan State University.
Chamberlain, P. (2001). What works in treatment foster care. In M. P. Kluger, G. Alexander, & P. A. Curtis (Eds.), What works in child welfare (pp. 157-162). Washington, DC: CWLA.
Sprengelmeyer, P. G., & Chamberlain, P. (2001). Treating antisocial and delinquent youth in out-of-home settings. In J. N. Hughes, A. M. La Greca, & J. C. Conoley (Eds.), Handbook of psychological services for children and adolescents (pp. 285-299). New York: Oxford University Press.
2000
Chamberlain, P. (2000). Treatment foster care. In R. Alvarado, K. Kendall, S. Beesley, & C. Lee-Cavanes (Eds.), Strengthening America's families: Model family programs for substance abuse and delinquency prevention (pp. 13-14). Salt Lake City: University of Utah, Department of Health Promotion and Education.
1999
Chamberlain, P. (1999). Community alternatives for chronic juvenile offenders and emotionally disturbed youngsters: Implications for the foster care system. In K. Bogenschneider & J. Mills (Eds.), Raising the next generation: Public and private parenting initiatives-Wisconsin Family Impact Seminars briefing report (pp. 18-26). Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, Center for Excellence in Family Studies.
Chamberlain, P. (1999). Residential care for children and adolescents with conduct disorders. In H. C. Quay & A. E. Hogan (Eds.), Handbook of disruptive behavior disorders (pp. 495-505). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Sherman, C. (1999). Reported by P. Chamberlain: Cost-effective approach–Therapeutic foster care reduces delinquent behavior. International Medical News Group (Report #46268). Available from IMNG, 12230 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville MD 20852.
1998
Chamberlain, P. (1998). Treatment Foster Care. Family strengthening series. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Justice. (OJJDP Bulletin NCJ 1734211).
Chamberlain, P., & Moore, K. J. (1998). Models of community treatment for serious juvenile offenders. In J. Crane (Ed.), Social programs that really work (pp. 256-276). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
1997
Chamberlain, P., & Friman, P. C. (1997). Residential programs for antisocial children and adolescents. In D. M. Stoff, J. Breiling, & J. D. Maser (Eds.), Handbook of antisocial behavior (pp. 416-424). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
1996
Chamberlain, P. (1996). Community-based residential treatment for adolescents with conduct disorder. In T. H. Ollendick & R. J. Prinz (Eds.), Advances in clinical child psychology (Vol. 18, pp. 63-90). New York: Plenum.
Chamberlain, P. (1996). Intensified foster care: Multi-level treatment for adolescents with conduct disorders in out-of-home care. In E. D. Hibbs & P. S. Jensen (Eds.), Psychological treatments for child and adolescent disorders (pp. 475-490). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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