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Engaging Families in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT): Lessons from Illinois Research Brief Family First Prevention Services Act Implementation. Research Brief
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Angeline K. Spain; Emma E. K. Monahan; Helen Jacobsen; Xinyu Wei; Tiffany Burkhardt – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2024
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a joint child and parent psychotherapy model for children experiencing significant emotional and behavioral difficulties due to traumatic life experiences. Treatment includes trauma-sensitive, family-based interventions focusing on cognitive behavioral patterns, which are the connections…
Descriptors: Trauma Informed Approach, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Emotional Problems
Postadoption and Guardianship: An Evaluation of the Adoption Preservation, Assessment, and Linkage Program
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Liao, Minli; Testa, Mark – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: This study evaluated the effects of the Adoption Preservation, Assessment, and Linkage (APAL) postpermanency program. Method: A quasi-experimental, posttest-only design was used to estimate the program's effects on youth discharged from foster care to adoption or legal guardianship. A random sample was surveyed (female = 44.7%; African…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Foster Care, Intervention, Behavior Problems
Correlates of Externalizing Behavior Symptoms among Youth within Two Impoverished, Urban Communities
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Gopalan, Geetha; Cavaleri, Mary A.; Bannon, William M.; McKay, Mary M. – Child & Youth Services, 2009
This study examines whether risk factors associated with child externalizing behavior symptoms differ between two similar low-income, urban communities, using baseline parent data of 154 African American youth (ages 9-15) participating in the Collaborative HIV-Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project (CHAMP) family program. Separate…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Mental Health, Children, Adolescents
Building on Family Strengths: Research and Services in Support of Children and Their Families. Proceedings of the Building on Family Strengths Annual Conference (14th, Portland, Oregon, May 31-June 2, 2007) and State of the Science Report
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Swart, Sandra, Ed.; Friesen, Barbara, Ed.; Holman, Ariel, Ed.; Aue, Nicole, Ed. – Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, 2009
The State of the Science conference was held in May, 2007 as part of the ongoing series of national conferences, "Building on Family Strengths," conducted by the Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health at Portland State University. The theme of this State-of-the Science conference was "Effective…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Family Programs