Education & Treatment of Children articles from May 2005

Education & Treatment of Children archives from May 2005

Introduction: innovative approaches to parent-child interaction therapy.
May 1, 2005... Disruptive behavior problems in children represent a serious, highly prevalent, and costly public health problem (Klein & Mannuzza, 1991). Early intervention is critical to prevent negative developmental trajectories and outcomes. To date,...

The GANA program: a tailoring approach to adapting Parent Child Interaction Therapy for Mexican Americans.
May 1, 2005... Abstract The current manuscript describes the process of developing the GANA program, a version of PCIT that has been culturally adapted for Mexican American families. The adaptation process involved combining information from 1) clinical...

Parent Child Interaction Therapy for children with disruptive behavior and developmental disabilities.
May 1, 2005... Abstract Children with developmental disabilities (DD) often present with comorbid disruptive behavior problems that may negatively affect their education, treatment, and social interactions. Therefore, treatments that reduce disruptive...

Theoretical and empirical underpinnings of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with child physical abuse populations.
May 1, 2005... Abstract Children who experience physical abuse often suffer numerous negative short- and long-term difficulties in comparison to non-abused children. Considerable effort has been invested in developing and identifying treatment...

Adapting Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for young children with separation anxiety disorder.
May 1, 2005... Abstract Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is currently the most prevalent, yet most under-researched anxiety disorder in childhood. To date, there have been few studies investigating the efficacy of interventions for young children with...

Training foster parents in parent-child interaction therapy.
May 1, 2005... Abstract Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is an empirically supported, parent-training program designed to teach parents specific techniques to manage the behavior of children between the ages of two and seven exhibiting extreme...

Tailoring and adapting Parent-Child Interaction Therapy to new populations.
May 1, 2005... Abstract This paper discusses the processes of tailoring and adapting empirically supported treatments (ESTs) for application to new populations, using examples from the five papers in this special issue on innovative approaches to...