Thomas J. Dishion, Elizabeth A. Stormshak

Intervening in Children's Lives: An Ecological, Family-Centered Approach to Mental Health Care

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The authors describe their family-centered, ecological approach, which engages children, adolescents, and their families, and may be used as a periodic preventive checkup and as a more intensive intervention. The authors present their empirically derived approach and illustrate how developmentally and culturally relevant interventions are shaped.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Seitenzahl: 319
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 258mm x 186mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 811g
• ISBN-13: 9781591474289
• ISBN-10: 1591474280
• Artikelnr.: 21109358

Autorenporträt

Thomas J. Dishion and Elizabeth A. Stormshak

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. Child and Family Intervention From an Ecological Perspective:
Introduction
I. Conceptual Overview
1. The Ecology of Development and Change
2. Family and Peer Social Interaction
3. The Ecological Family Intervention and Therapy Model
II. The Family Check-Up
1. Initial Contacts That Establish a Collaborative Set
2. Ecological Assessment
3. Mobilizing Change With the Family Check-Up
III. Intervention Strategies
1. Brief Parenting Interventions
2. Interventions With Children and Adolescents
3. Family Management Therapy
4. Parent Intervention Groups
5. Child and Adolescent Intervention Groups
IV. Professional and Ethical Considerations
1. The Ecology of the Child and Family Therapist
2. Ethical and Professional Standards in Child and Family Interventions
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Authors