TY - JOUR
T1 - The foster care system simulation
T2 - Evaluation of a training innovation
AU - Rooney, Ronald H.
AU - Moore, Linda M.
AU - Rosenzweig, Karen
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - Although foster care is often spoken of as a system with many interactive facets, foster care personnel often carry out their specific roles with little understanding or consideration of the ultimate impact of that system. A simulation of public foster care service delivery designed to sensitize participants to these interactions is described. Evaluation of the simulation's accuracy in portrayal of actual service delivery and a study of the kinds of learning demonstrated by participants at three points (pretest, posttest, and follow-up) are reported. Participants found the simulation an attractive training method, indicated a greater appreciation of system-wide foster care problems, and reported changes in foster care thinking and work, but other indicators of learning were inconsistent.
AB - Although foster care is often spoken of as a system with many interactive facets, foster care personnel often carry out their specific roles with little understanding or consideration of the ultimate impact of that system. A simulation of public foster care service delivery designed to sensitize participants to these interactions is described. Evaluation of the simulation's accuracy in portrayal of actual service delivery and a study of the kinds of learning demonstrated by participants at three points (pretest, posttest, and follow-up) are reported. Participants found the simulation an attractive training method, indicated a greater appreciation of system-wide foster care problems, and reported changes in foster care thinking and work, but other indicators of learning were inconsistent.
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U2 - 10.1016/0190-7409(84)90059-8
DO - 10.1016/0190-7409(84)90059-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33745847351
SN - 0190-7409
VL - 6
SP - 173
EP - 193
JO - Children and Youth Services Review
JF - Children and Youth Services Review
IS - 3
ER -