Interventions for children and young people in the 'real-world' Flashcards
A number of factors can influence wether…?
Interventions = effective
What changes what works for whp?
Comorbidity, motivation
Moderators of treatment outcome help us understand what?
What works for whom
Do RCT’s reflect what happens in the real world? - Three factors
Parental - mental health/ conditions, timimg, availability
Child - Co - occuring cond
Therapist - Motivation and skill level
Parent ADHD
ADHD = genetic basis = parents of children w ADHD will give ADHD trails = strong genetic link
SO
Parent ADHD affects outcomes from Parent Interv in ADHD = More difficulty implementing some strategies within these interventions to support their children e.g. structuring of a token econ
does parental adhd impact effectiveness of the new forest parenting programme? - ollow on study
f→ 83 families completed 8 week programme and was split into 3 groups - HIGH, MED, LOW PARENT ADHD
When parent ADHD = HIGH, did childs ADHD symptoms imporve?
NO
When parent ADHD = LOW , did childs ADHD symptoms imporve?
YES
Reasons why the improvement / lack of, may have occured?
Parents w ADHD = less likely to take on board new parental strat during the intervs = overall the intervs = less effective
SES = a factor influencing treatment outcome in parent interv e.g parental M.H = -vly affected due to …
Less access to social support systems
Research = shows at post-interv - low SES fam = benefit less overall = only when initial beh =
less severe
Wjen ppl come from LOW SES fam but behav = more severe = more benefit, why?
More motivation
After one year of intervs - what is a preedictor of treatment outcomes?
SES - regardless of severity
PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT = can affect outcome of intervention e.g…
Cognitions
Practical Constraints
Attendance
Adherence
Parental Cog will affect outcome of interv - how?
Beliefs ab interv - ‘interv will not work for me’ ‘therapist cant help me’
Practical Constrains will affect outcome of interv - how?
Can parents engage in the first place? or is it child only?
Work commitments - can they get out of work?
Transport / are they able to provide childcare