Research

In the context of three separate community-based randomized control trials, the FIND program has shown evidence of impact on caregiver and child outcomes. FIND outcomes include improvements in caregiver-child interaction, increases in parent self-efficacy, decreases in parenting stress, improvements in child expressive language, and decreases in parent’s perceptions of challenging child behavior. These outcomes have been reported in scientific peer-reviewed publications.

The FIND team continues to evaluate the program in a variety of settings. Projects include additional large-scale randomized control trials as well as smaller scale studies designed to adapt and test the program in particular contexts and with specific populations.

The FIND team is committed to collecting data on outcomes for those who receive FIND coaching at all sites in which it is being implemented, with the goal of determining for whom FIND is effective and what sorts of supplemental services might increase effectiveness for those who benefit least.

Support for this work has come from the National Institutes of Health; Administration for Children & Families; Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families; Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University; Hemera Foundation; Bezos Family Foundation; Robin Hood Foundation; Klingenstein Philanthropies; Palix Foundation; Episcopal Health Foundation; Children’s Trust Fund of Oregon; and Trillium Behavioral Health.