Author : Charmaine M. Medor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (882 download)
Book Synopsis Parental Factors that Impacts the Outcome of Treatment in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder by : Charmaine M. Medor
Download or read book Parental Factors that Impacts the Outcome of Treatment in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder written by Charmaine M. Medor and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Doctoral Project proposes the development of a program design to provide stability to families whose child has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The methods in the program that were utilized as part of treatment are non-intrusive. This Project will examine research studies related to treating families with children of ADHD, the variety of treatment as well as the parental factors the impedes on treatment. This doctoral project design will encompass a multimodal treatment approach that will include an evaluation and psychotherapeutic approach to the treatment of the child and the family. Its goal will be to reduce the acting out behaviors in children as reported by the parents and the teacher, decrease parenting stress, and improve the mother-child interaction. This doctoral project will differ from other programs designed to help this population in that it will incorporate the positive results that research studies have shown in treating parents' level of stress, and depression. As a result, this will have a positive impact on the relationship between the parent and the child and ultimately improving the child's behavior. The individual therapy for the parent will be a very important component to this program. Its primary treatment goals are: to help the parent identify the triggers that promote stressed, to recognize the coping skills needed to decrease the frequency and/or intensity of the stressful situation that may have an impact on the parent/child relationship. According to the earliest model of stress and parenting, proposed by Abidin, (1990) the degree of parenting stress is determined by parent factors such as: health, depression, sense of competence, personality, and psychopathology; and child factors such as adaptability, acceptability, demandingness, mood, hyperactivity, and the reinforcement the parent are receiving. Social-environmental factors such as parent role restrictions, spousal relationship, and social support also need to be taken into consideration. Parenting stress tends to promote dysfunctional parenting, decreasing the possibility of raising a psychological healthy child (Abidin, 1990).