1. Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) & In-Home Services Training
Presented by Felix A.Idahosa, Regional Program Manager
Telephone(425)

2. What is an Evidence-Based Practice?
Published practice with multiple randomized studies by an outside party.
The more frequently a practice can be shown as effective, the stronger it becomes.
A service where providers combines well-researched interventions with clinical experience and ethics, client preferences, and culture to guide and inform the delivery of treatments and services.

3. Research Tells Us:
Parent training remains the single most effective strategy for preventing behavior problems and promoting social and emotional competence in young children!

4. EBP Programs provided that can be accessed by the staff:
Promoting First Relationships (PFR)
Safe Care
Incredible Years
Homebuilders (IFPS)
Parent Child Interaction Training (PCIT)
Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
Triple P

5. Promoting First Relationships (PFR)
A prevention program that promotes parents ability to meet children’s social-emotional development through responsive, nurturing, caregiver-child relationships.
Age of child Birth-5
10 weeks program

6. Prevention and Intervention
Increases parenting skills, knowledge and sensitivity
Works really well with children who have had multiple placements and may have behavior problems
Works really well for parents with a past history of abuse
Improves child stress regulation, and emotional behavior

7. Expected outcomes
parent has increased understanding of social and emotional health and development
parent has increased capacity to reflect on their own feelings and their child's feeling in order to provide empathetic, compassionate care for their child
increased positive relationship between the parent and the child
Reduces placement changes, enhances stability

9. PFR Providers (10) Encompass NW (North Bend) (425)888-2777
Brigid Collins (Bellingham) (360)
IFD N. Everett (425)
IFD S. (Federal Way) (253)
Kent Youth and Family Svc. (Kent) (253)
Patrick & Associates (Federal) Way (253)
Robert L. Lee Counseling Services (206)
Pioneer Human Svc. (Everett) (425)
Tulalip Tribes (360)
Washington National Counseling (Seattle)(206)
Youthnet (Mt. Vernon) (360)
Youth Eastside Services (Bellevue) (425)

10. Safe Care
An evidence-based parent-training curriculum designed for families involved in the child welfare system to improve child health and safety for parents of children Birth-5.
Safe care can be really helpful for first time parents and parents with little or no knowledge of basic child needs.
Safe care providers work with families in the family’s home to improve household safety, child health, and parent-child interactions.

11. Expected Outcomes
Increase parents' understanding and management of child illness and injuries.
Increase home safety.
Improve and enhance safe parenting skills.

12. Safe Care Providers (8) IFD N. (Everett) (425) 374-4279
IFD S. (Federal Way) (253)
Patrick & Associates (Federal Way) (253)
Pioneer Human Services (Everett) (425)
Service Alt. (Burlington) (360)
Working Choices (Bellevue) (425)
Washington National Counseling (206)
Youthnet (Mt. Vernon) (360)
Catholic Community Svc.(Bellingham) (360)

13. Incredible Years (IY)
A parent training program that focuses on strengthening the parenting skills. It is made up of five levels that build on one another.
Group treatment: The parents meet with provider and a group of parents for 2 ½ hours every week.
Individual treatment: This is provided in home

14. Expected Outcomes Increase appropriate parenting skills
Increase appropriate parental discipline
Improve parent-child relationship
Decrease in child behavior problems

15. Incredible Years (IY) Providers
Brigid Collins (Bellingham)(360)
Service Alt. (Burlington)(360)
Kent Youth and Family Svc. (253)
Catholic Community Svc (Tukwila) (253)
Encompass (North Bend) (425)
Carole’s Counseling (Edmonds) (
Camille Marie Coaching (Everett) (425)
Washington National Counseling (253)

17. Homebuilders (Intensive Family Preservation Services-IFPS)
An intensive service focused on child safety, crisis intervention, connection to community resources and teaching caregivers problem solving/life skills
To prevent placement when it is imminent
To get kids back home more quickly
The provider visits a family’s home several times a week for approximately 30 days.
Appropriate for birth to age 18

18. Expected outcomes
Increased the Parents ability to safely care for their child.
Child can remain safely in the parent's care
Connection of families to community resources
Reduces re-referrals of abuse and neglect

19. Homebuilders (IFPS) Providers
Institute for Family Development (IFD)
(425) N. (Everett)
(253) S. (Federal Way)

20. Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
A Evidence-Based Treatment that focuses on family systems, social learning theory, and traditional play therapy
Restructure negative parent-child patterns.
Emphasize that parents are not blamed, but are given responsibility for improving the child’s behavior.
Lasts about 12 to 20 weeks, and for age 2-7

21. Who is PCIT designed for?
Ages 2 – 7 with acting out behavioral problems
Focuses on:
Non-compliance
Verbal aggression
Physical aggression
Classroom conduct problems
Hyperactivity
Destructive behavior

22. PCIT Expected Outcomes
Increase appropriate parenting skills
Increase appropriate parental discipline
Improve parent-child relationship
Decrease in child behavior problems
Reduction in re-occurrence of physical abuse reports

23. PCIT Providers (8) Brigid Collins (Bellingham)(360) 734-4616
Encompass (North Bend) (425)
Pioneer Human Svc. (Everett) (425)
IFD N. (Everett) (425)
IFD S. (Federal Way) (253)
Washington National (Seattle) (206)
Working Choices (Bellevue) (425)
Parent Child Interaction (425)
Youth Eastside Services (Bellevue)

24. Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
FFT is A very helpful service for families with at risk youth and their families
Counseling that is done in home or at a place that is better for the family (whole family participates) A true family therapy program
Averages 12 family sessions and lasts 3 to 4 months

25. Expected Outcomes Decrease in youth disruptive behaviors
Increase parenting skills and appropriate disciplining
Increase in youth academic and social competence
Increase supportive family communication
Reduction in youth substance use
Increased placement stability

26. Function Family Therapy Providers (3)
Institute for Family Development (IFD)
(425) (Everett)
(253) (Federal Way)
Working Choices Bellevue (425)
JRA-MOU with DCYF

27. Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)
A program that helps parents and caregivers learn safe and useful parenting goals.
Parent of children between ages 2-16 who are experiencing moderate to significant challenges with their child’s behavior and who want to improve their relationship with their child.
Parents who want to figure out different ways for safely managing challenging parenting situation.
The program usually takes about weeks. Some sessions are with the parents and their children, and some are just for the parents.

28. Expected Outcomes Increase appropriate parenting skills
Increase appropriate parenting discipline and behavior management skills
Improve parent-child relationship, and teach the parents more realistic expectation for their children
Reduce parenting stress associated with raising children
Decrease in child behavior problems

29. Triple P Providers (12)
Patrick & Associates (Federal Way) (253)
Brigid Collins (Bellingham) (360)
Tulalip Tribes (360)
IFD North (Everett) (425)
IFD South (Federal Way) (253)
Youthnet (Mt. Vernon) (360)
Pioneer Human Svc. (Everett)(425)
Robert L. Lee Counseling Services(206)
Working Choices (Bellevue) (425)
Washington National (Seattle)(206)
Service Alt. (Burlington) (360)

30. Referral Process for Evidence Based Practices
All EBPs referrals need to be completed in Famlink through the referral process. Providers will not be accepting EBP referrals on any other referral form.
Complete EBP service referral in Famlink
Submit referral to supervisor for approval
approved referral to provider via secure/encrypted

32. Other In-Home Services
Family Preservation Services (FPS)
Crisis Family Intervention (CFI)
Foster Care Assessment Program (FCAP)

33. Family Preservation Services (FPS)
A family-focused, behavior-oriented, in-home counseling and community access program.
FPS is an evidence informed service that requires providers to use evidence based skills whenever possible to target the specific issues identified in the family. The library of currently accepted interventions for FPS providers is posted at this link.
A 13 minute E-Learning with details about the new FPS can be accessed at FPS Training.

34. FPS Service Description
FPS is made up of 4 Service Elements that a social worker authorizes based on the family’s needs and service goals. The 4 service elements are:
Parenting Strategies - focused on teaching parents or other caregivers specific techniques they need to safely parent their children.
Crisis Stabilization - is a short-term service delivered by a counselor to control the acute crisis that is causing the children to be unsafe.
Counseling Services - shall be focused on the needs of the family as it directly relates to child safety.
Family Resources - Engaging families in a manner which provides for personal growth opportunities, strengthens their ability to advocate for their own needs and those of their children.

35. FPS Providers (16) Maple Griffith (Seattle) (206)328-3992
IFD N. (Everett) (425)
IFD-King S. (Federal Way) (253)
Pioneer Human Services (Everett) (425)
Service Alternatives (Burlington) (360)
Ukrainian Community (Seattle) (425)
Washington National Counseling (Seattle) (253)
Working Choices Inc. (WCI) (Bellevue) (425)

36. Providers Continue Youthnet (Mt Vernon) (360) 336-1610
Robert L. Lee Counseling Services (206)
Patrick & Associates (Federal Way) (253)
Tulalip Tribes (Marysville) (360)
Catholic Community Svc.(Whatcom) (360)
West Africa Community Council (Seattle) (206)
Parent Child Interaction (Sno.& Skagit) (425)
Carole’s Counseling (Edmonds) (425)

37. Crisis Family Intervention (CFI)
A brief in-home crisis intervention service available to adolescents and their families who are experiencing brief conflict.
Services are limited to 12 hours over 45 days
Not solely for Family Reconciliation cases, but is also an option for families involved in CPS, FVS or CFWS.

38. Goals of CFI
This service is designed to strengthen, preserve, and restore family functioning by meeting the following goals:
Working with families to resolve the immediate crisis within 45 days.
Identifying community resources to support family functioning.
Developing protective supports for the youth.

39. CFI Providers (9)
Maple Griffith (Seattle) (206) IFD N. (Everett) (425) IFD S. (Federal Way) (253) Pioneer Human Services (Everett) (425) Service (Burlington) (360) Ukrainian Community Center (King Co.) (425) Washington National Counseling (Seattle) (253) Working Choices Inc. (WCI)(Bellevue) (425)

40. Foster Care Assessment Program (FCAP)
The purpose of FCAP is to provide a comprehensive assessment of a child’s level of function In the home, school and community to assist the service planning and implementation.
The goal is to improve the child’s health and help DCYF accomplish permanency.
FCAP is a statewide contracted program available to children in DCYF care.

41. Service Provided by FCAP
Review case history
Interviews with people who know the child best
Psychiatric, Psychological and culture case consultation
Structured in-person interview with the parent
Structured in-person interview with the child and caregiver
Observation of the parent/child visitation (Reunification)
Standardized assessment of a child’s emotional & Behavioral

42. FCAP outcomes
Progress toward permanency. Service planning focused on achieving permanency for the child.
Improved child functioning, Studies shows that children do improve after receiving an FCAP evaluation.

43. Provider
Harborview Medical Center 206)

44. One Stop Shop Link
One Stop Shop Step by Step please Click Here

45. Working together to provide the best to our children and families
Thank you for attending the EBP training