ABSTRACT
Treatment foster care is emerging as a key component in the "system of care" for children with emotional, behavioral, and medical handicapping conditions (Stroul and Goldman, 1990). Since the early 1950s and increasingly in recent years, treatment foster care programs have aimed at meeting the needs of children who require the intensive structure of residential care and who benefit from the influence of a "true" family environment. Today, treatment foster care has become one of the fastest growing treatment programs for children (Hudson et ah, 1992, 1994a).
