| 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 Authors
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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