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Keeping Foster Parents Trained and Supported (KEEP)

Keeping Foster Parents Trained and Supported or KEEP is a less intensive version of the training component of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC), a Blueprints Model Program. KEEP offers manualized training, supervision and support for foster parents over a 16 week period. Foster parents are rewarded for their participation. The training teaches foster parents about the techniques and benefits of positive reinforcement of their foster children. An experimental evaluation by program originators, the Oregon Social Learning Center, suggests modest impact on the behavior of foster children, with the largest impact on children displaying higher rates of behavior problems at the outset.