INTEGRATED
FAMILY INTERVENTION
FOR CHILD CONDUCT PROBLEMS
A Behaviour-Attachment-Systems
Intervention for Parents
Authors: Mark
R Dadds & David J Hawes
The
University of New South Wales
About
the Book
“Parents
are often trapped in a coercive system in which the daily toll
of dealing with misbehaviour leaves them with little positive
emotion left to give. Even parents who have been trained in positive
parenting fall short of showing enough attachment-rich behaviour.
In this treatment program we emphasise interactions applied to
non-problematic child behaviour that are rich in caring and shared
time. The use of tokens and other artificial rewards are replaced
by a focus on love, intimacy and acceptance.”
Integrated Family
Intervention is a practitioner-focused practical and efficacious
family-based treatment for conduct problems, incorporating current
empirical knowledge of child and family functioning, and extensive
clinical experience. The book provides practitioners with a comprehensive
theoretical background, research review, practical advice, and
a complete manualised 9-session treatment guide including client
handouts. The techniques covered are relevant to all clients struggling
to manage their child's behaviour.
Integrated Family Intervention is primarily targeted at children
aged 2 to 8 years with conduct problems such as aggression, non-compliance,
rule breaking, tantrums, and fighting with siblings. It can be used
in a range of contexts from face-to-face individual tertiary treatment
to an early intervention for families at risk, and as a universal preventive
strategy for all parents in a group format.
Although the program manual
is comprehensive, a range of existing therapist skills are necessary for
successful implementation. These include:
- knowledge
of child development and psychopathology
- the
assessment strategies used to appraise a
child ’s problems
- social
learning theory (especially
Patterson ’s
coercive process model)
- attachment,
family systems,
and cognitive/attributional
theories.
About
the Editors
Mark Dadds is
currently Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales,
Sydney Australia, and Senior Research Fellow of the National Health
and Medical Research Council of Australia. He was previously Co-Director
of the Griffith Adolescent Forensic Assessment and Treatment Centre,
and Director of Research in the School of Applied Psychology, Griffith
University. He directs several national intervention programs for children,
youth, and their families, at risk for mental health problems. These
programs have been implemented in each state in Australia and in Canada,
the USA, Belgium, and Holland. He has been National President of the
Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy, Director
of Research for the Abused Child Trust of Queensland, and a recipient
of several awards including an Early Career Award from the Division
of Scientific Affairs of the Australian Psychological Society and a
Violence Prevention Award for the Federal Government via the Institute
of Criminology. He has authored 4 books and over 100 papers on child
and family psychology.
David Hawes is a clinical psychologist and early
career researcher. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the School
of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia, where he
also lectures in developmental psychology. He has published research
into early intervention for conduct problems in children at risk
for chronic and severe antisocial behaviour, and the clinical assessment
of childhood psychopathology and parenting practices. This research
has been presented at international conferences in the United States,
Europe, and Australia.His clinical experience in child and family
intervention encompasses community settings, controlled trials, and
private practice.
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$77.00
ISBN: 9781875378586
AAP
Item Number: 4-875378588-New
144
pages A4 size softcover
First
published 2006
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