Helping Parents With Challenging Children Positive Family Intervention Facilitator Guide (programs That Work)

Helping Parents With Challenging Children editor-in-chief David H. Barlow, PhD scientific advisory board Anne Marie Albano, PhD Gillian Butler, PhD David M. Clark, PhD Edna B. Foa, PhD Paul J. Frick, PhD Jack M. Gorman, MD Kirk Heilbrun, PhD Robert J. McMahon, PhD Peter E. Nathan, PhD Christine Maguth Nezu, PhD Matthew K. Nock, PhD Paul Salkovskis, PhD Bonnie Spring, PhD ™ Programs That Work Helping Parents With Challenging Children POSITIVE FAMILY INTERVENTION F a c i l i t a t o r G u i d e V. Mark Durand • Meme Hieneman 2008 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2008 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Durand, Vincent Mark. Helping parents with challenging children: positive family intervention: facilitator guide/V. Mark Durand, Meme Hieneman. p.; cm. — (ProgramsThatWork) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-0-19-533298-8 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Behavior disorders in children—Treatment. 2. Problem children—Behavior modification. 3. Child psychotherapy—Parent participation. I. Hieneman, Meme. II. Title. III. Series: Programs that work. [DNLM: 1. Child Behavior Disorders—prevention & control. 2. Behavior Therapy—methods. 3. Education—methods. 4. Parents—education. WS 350.6 D949h 2008] RJ506.B44D89 2008 618.92’89142—dc22 2007048238 ISBN-13 978-0-19-533298-8 Paper 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper iv About ProgramsThatWork™ Stunning developments in health care have taken place over the last several years, but many of our widely accepted interventions and strategies in mental health and behavioral medicine have been brought into question by research evidence as not only lacking benefit but perhaps inducing harm. Other strategies have been proven effective using the best current standards of evidence, resulting in broad-based recommendations to make these practices more available to the public. Several recent developments are behind this revolution. First, we have arrived at a much deeper understanding of pathology, both psychological and physical, which has led to the development of new, more precisely targeted interventions. Second, our increased understanding of developmental issues allows a finer matching of interventions to developmental levels. Third, our research methodologies have improved substantially, such that we have reduced threats to internal and external validity, making the outcomes more directly applicable to clinical situations. Fourth, governments around the world, health care systems, and policymakers have decided that the quality of care should improve, that it should be evidence-based, and that it is in the public’s interest to ensure that this happens (Barlow, 2004; Institute of Medicine, 2001). Of course, the major stumbling block for clinicians everywhere is the accessibilit