Psychology 3301F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: National Institutes Of Health, Parent Management Training, Sound Studies
26 Apr 2018
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Who is the client in psych services for children and adolescents. Psych services cant be imposed on a client. I(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)ed (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:374)t is (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed; (cid:272)hild a(cid:374)d adol do(cid:374)"t (cid:396)efe(cid:396) the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es. Parent-therapist alliance: related to participation in therapy, with those who reported stronger alliance participating more in services and cancelling fewer sessions. Youth-therapist alliance: reports of improvements in symptoms: means unless parents convinced therapy is helpful hard for youth to participate; unless young person engaged with therapist limited change in symptoms. Kids under 12 can receive psych services only with the consent of a parent/legal guardian (some jurisdictions no age criterion) Psychologist must also be knowledgeable about consent laws about divorced parents. Landmarks in evolution of eb psych services for child/adol. Levitt: said no support for efficacy of child psychotherapy. Which treatments work for specific disorders: numerous efficacious psych treatments for various problems of childhood and adolescents they are not routinely offered in standard care.
