Sections
Child Skills | Parent Stress Management | Parent Cognitions and Emotion Management
Excerpt
BPT can be combined with child-focused skill-training treatments,
such as social skills training, anger management, or organizational
and study skills training, that permit direct skill instruction
and practice for children (e.g., Abikoff and Gallagher 2007; Kazdin et al. 1992; Pfiffner and McBurnett 1997; Pfiffner et al. 2007). Parents also can be taught strategies, as part
of BPT, for helping their child's skills develop in these
domains (Table 55–2 contains details on addressing social
and organizational problems). Session content generally includes
two primary components. The first component involves working with
the parents to address antecedents of skilled versus unskilled behavior
on the part of the child and to structure the environment and provide
the child with opportunities to be successful. Second, the parents
also are taught to serve as skill coaches for their child by working
with the child to focus on specific skills (for example, engaging
in discussion with the child about what a specific skill may mean,
cuing the child about when to use the skill, and rewarding the child
for successfully demonstrating the skill).