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Åkerman, Anna-Karin E.; Holmqvist, Rolf; Frostell, Anneli; Falkenström, Fredrik – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Knowledge about the development of mental health in young people in foster care is limited. This naturalistic study examined the effects of a relational and mentalization-focused treatment in foster families in Sweden on the placed young people's mental health. The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) was used to measure change…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Youth, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
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Leckey, Yvonne; McGilloway, Sinead; Hickey, Grainne; Bracken-Scally, Mairead; Kelly, Paul; Furlong, Mairead – Child Care in Practice, 2019
Objective: A randomised control trial was conducted to assess whether the combined Incredible Years parent training and child training programmes (PT + CT) led to improvements in ADHD-type behaviours in children, when compared to a PT-only group and a Wait List Control (WLC) group. Method: Forty-five families with a child aged 3-7 years who…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Child Development, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Behavior Modification
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Coughlin, Michael; Doyle, Caoimhe; Sharry, John; Guerin, Suzanne; Beattie, Dianne – Child Care in Practice, 2018
This article presents the findings of a qualitative study of parents' perceptions of a video-modelling assisted group-based parent training programme, the Parents Plus Children's Programme (PPCP). PPCP was developed in Ireland and is culturally sensitive to the Irish context. PPCP aims to reduce emotional and behavioural difficulties in children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Video Technology, Models
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Morpeth, Louise; Blower, Sarah; Tobin, Kate; Taylor, Rod S.; Bywater, Tracey; Edwards, Rhiannon Tudor; Axford, Nick; Lehtonen, Minna; Jones, Carys; Berry, Vashti – Child Care in Practice, 2017
The prognosis for children with early-onset conduct disorder is poor. Conduct disorder also has a social cost for families and communities, and an economic cost for society through the increased use of health, education, social, legal and detention services. In this study, the Incredible Years (IY) BASIC programme was delivered to parents of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Parent Education
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McAleese, Aisling; Lavery, Christine; Dyer, Kevin F. W. – Child Care in Practice, 2014
The current study aimed to review and evaluate a three-session psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic group programme for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The group programme was facilitated through an ASD diagnostic and intervention service within a Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Trust over a 12-month period,…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Psychotherapy, Parents, Counseling Techniques