Publications and Related Information

Books

Chamberlain, P. (2003). Treating chronic juvenile offenders: Advances made through the Oregon Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care model. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Pacifici, C., Chamberlain, P., & White, L. (2002). Off-road parenting: Practical solutions for difficult behavior. Eugene, OR: Northwest Media. (Book and DVD)

Chamberlain, P., & Mihalic, S. F. (1998). Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care. In D. S. Elliott (Series Ed.), Book eight: Blueprints for violence prevention. Boulder: Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Chamberlain, P. (1994). Family connections: Treatment Foster Care for adolescents. Eugene, OR: Northwest Media.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

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., & 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chamberlain, P., Brown, C. H., Saldana, L., Reid, J., Wang, W., Marsenich, L., Sosna, T., Padgett, C, Bouwman, G. (In Press). Engaging and Recruiting Counties. 2008

Westermark, P. K., Hansson, K., Vinnerljung, B. (In Press). Does Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) prevent breakdown in Foster Care? Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, New York.

Fisher, P. A., Stoolmiller, M, Gunnar, M., Burraston, B. O. (2007). Effects of a therapeutic intervention for foster preschoolers on diurnal cortisol activity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, (2007) 32, 892-905, June 2007

Christeson, W., Kass, D., Wiley M. (2007). Getting Juvenile Justice Right in New York: Proven Interventions Will Cut Crime and Save Monday. Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, New York.

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.

Book Chapters and Reports

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Links to related sites

Oregon Social Learning Center
OSLC Community Programs
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention - Juvenile Justice Bulletin (PDF)
Nexus Kids
Nexus Kids Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Strengthening America's Families
Model Family Programs for Delinquency Prevention
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law - Wraparound and Therapeutic Foster Care and Their Implications for Taxpayers
EARTHtimes.org - PCCD Awards $6 Million in Grants for Model Delinquency Prevention Programs
Every Child Matters - Change For Children - Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
National Institute of Mental Health - Alliance Report
National Institute of Mental Health - Behavioral Program May Stabilize Stress Hormone Patterns in Foster Children
Helping America's Youth Gov.
Prevention Action
Blueprints for Violence Prevention - Blueprints Model Programs - Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)