TY  - JOUR
AU  - Coon-Robeson, Jodi
AU  - Williamson, Jaicee
AU  - Edgemon, Anna Kate
AU  - Rapp, John T.
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/09/04
TI  - Are Children in Foster Care Settings More Likely to Display Challenging Behavior on Specific Days of the Week?
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 049
VL  - 09
IS  - 03
AB  - Previous studies have shown that the use of a three-color (red, yellow, and green) rating system of child behaviors by caregivers can help facilitate deprescribing of psychotropic medications in foster youth. Using a similar three-color rating system within a state-funded project, we assessed whether there was a day of the week when 48 foster youth consistently displayed challenging behavior. For each foster child, we used conditional probability analyses to determine if there was a day of the week with an increased probability of challenging behavior as indicated by a red or yellow code. For the caregiver of each foster child, we also used conditional probability analyses to determine if there was a day of the week with an increased probability of missed data collection. Overall, the findings indicate red codes for challenging behavior were statistically most probable on Saturdays and Sundays, and caregivers were statistically most and least likely to miss data collection on Fridays and Mondays, respectively. We discuss how similar data collection procedures could be modified to address the needs of foster youth and other children who display challenging behavior in home settings.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2403049
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.2403049
ID  - Coon-Robeson2024
ER  -