Sentences with phrase «adolescents in the intervention groups»

Adolescents in the intervention group experienced a slight downward trend in their weight compared with their also mostly overweight peers who continued to trend slightly upward.

Results indicated that adolescents in the intervention group improved key family, peer, and academic correlates of juvenile sexual offending and improved existing adjustment problems in individual family members.

In addition, adolescents in the intervention group were significantly less likely to report engaging in heterosexual anal sex (p <.02) than adolescents in the comparison group at the 3 - month follow - up.

Further, in a study evaluating a parent — adolescent teamwork approach to diabetes management, adolescents in the intervention group reported significantly less parent — child conflict related to diabetes management [measured by the Diabetes Family Behavior Checklist (DFBC)-RSB- and were in better metabolic control (Anderson, Ho, Brackett, & Laffel, 1999).

Adolescents in the MF+S group displayed significant decrements in Hb Al, and adolescents in both intervention groups reported more positive perceptions of a «teen - ager with diabetes» at posttreatment, relative to controls.

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Even though limited to relatively small sample groups, the results show significant improvements in blood pressure, cardiorespiratory fitness, insulin resistance and body composition in healthy adolescents after a 7 week intervention of different intensities of exercise.

He has also led experimental studies of several widely used teacher professional development interventions for improving reading and writing outcomes in the elementary and secondary grades, including the Pathway Project, Teacher Study Groups, and the Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention.

Kim has also led experimental studies of several widely used teacher professional development interventions for improving reading and writing outcomes in the elementary and secondary grades, including the Pathway Project, Teacher Study Groups, and the Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention.

(a) Provides employment and / or practicum experiences with adolescents in urban public school settings; (b) Provides ongoing support in the development of skills necessary to be an effective group facilitator, utilizing a science - based affective curriculum; (c) Heightens facilitators» understanding of the cultural and contextual factors that impact the psychosocial development of urban adolescents and their ability to achieve academically; (d) Exposes facilitators to the process of designing, implementing and evaluating large scale preventive interventions; (e) Examines educational policy and its implications for practice and research for urban education and school reform; and (f) Encourages facilitators» interest and pursuit of careers in education, psychology social work, counseling and / or other related fields.

Each review evaluated published and unpublished studies in which children or adolescents receiving a SEL intervention were compared to a control group and there was at least one quantitative outcome assessing pupils» adjustment.

Create Resume Jean Barrow 100 Broadway LaneNew Parkland, CA, 91010Cell: [phone] [email protected] Professional Summary Accomplished Social Worker experienced in program development, therapy with at - risk children and adolescents, group sessions and crisis intervention.

Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor

After randomly assigning them to CCBT or the waitlist control, it was found that there were significantly greater reductions in Children's Depression Rating Scale and Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale scores from baseline to week 5 for the intervention group compared with those who waited.

Results of generalized estimation equation analyses indicate that adolescents in the HIV risk - reduction group were less likely to report having had sexual intercourse in the past 3 months during follow - up (OR, 0.66; 95 % CI, 0.46 - 0.96) than were those in the health - promotion intervention.

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Adolescents and teens are particularly vulnerable to drug abuse and it's become evident that substance abuse counseling in schools is vital to protecting and educating this age group about the dangers of drugs and alcohol, as well as providing prevention and intervention services.

In this direction, some recent studies investigated that children and adolescents who attended educational programs focused on the promotion of self - efficacy in life skills reduced the onset of at - risk and maladaptive behaviors (Griffin et al., 2003; Botvin & Griffin, 2004; Yankah & Aggleton, 2008; Menrath et al., 2012; Jegannathan, Dahlblom, & Kullgren, 2014): it was possible to observe a significant and positive effect for the reduction of health - risk behaviors in the intervention group, compared to control group (see Menrath et al., 2012), confirming the efficacy of school - based on life skills programIn this direction, some recent studies investigated that children and adolescents who attended educational programs focused on the promotion of self - efficacy in life skills reduced the onset of at - risk and maladaptive behaviors (Griffin et al., 2003; Botvin & Griffin, 2004; Yankah & Aggleton, 2008; Menrath et al., 2012; Jegannathan, Dahlblom, & Kullgren, 2014): it was possible to observe a significant and positive effect for the reduction of health - risk behaviors in the intervention group, compared to control group (see Menrath et al., 2012), confirming the efficacy of school - based on life skills programin life skills reduced the onset of at - risk and maladaptive behaviors (Griffin et al., 2003; Botvin & Griffin, 2004; Yankah & Aggleton, 2008; Menrath et al., 2012; Jegannathan, Dahlblom, & Kullgren, 2014): it was possible to observe a significant and positive effect for the reduction of health - risk behaviors in the intervention group, compared to control group (see Menrath et al., 2012), confirming the efficacy of school - based on life skills programin the intervention group, compared to control group (see Menrath et al., 2012), confirming the efficacy of school - based on life skills programs.

Cognitive behavioral therapy group intervention for HIV transmission risk behavior in perinatally infected adolescents

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Examples are: Imagery rescripting in Group Schema Therapy to fight the Punitive Critic mode; Limited reparenting strategies to connect with adolescent clients with Borderline Personality features; Safety interventions for clients with complex trauma.

Specialization: Abuse & Neglect in Childhood, ADD / ADHD, Adjustment Disorders, Adolescents, Aging / Older Adults, Anger Management, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, Body Image, Death and Dying, Domestic Abuse, Children, Chronic Illness, Co-dependency, Coaching / Life Transitions, Cognitive / Behavioral, Conflict Resolution, Couples / Marriage, Crisis / disaster intervention, Depression / Mood Disorders, Divorce / Separation, Early Trauma Protocol, Family of Origin Issues, Grief / Loss / Bereavement, Groups, Insomnia, Pain, Parenting, Postpartum Depression / Pregnancy / Birth Traumas, Psychodynamic, Relationship Issues, Self - Esteem / Empowerment, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence / Rape, Shame, Sleep Disorders, Stress Management, Trauma, Women's Issues, Work issues

Specialization: Abuse & Neglect in Childhood, ADD / ADHD, Addictions / Substance Abuse / Compulsions, Adjustment Disorders, Adolescents, Anger Management, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, Bipolar Disorders, Body Image, Death and Dying, Domestic Abuse, Chronic Illness, Co-dependency, Coaching / Life Transitions, Cognitive / Behavioral, Conflict Resolution, Couples / Marriage, Crisis / disaster intervention, Depression / Mood Disorders, Disassociation, Divorce / Separation, Early Trauma Protocol, Ego States Therapy, Family of Origin Issues, Family Therapy, Grief / Loss / Bereavement, Groups, Infertility / Fertility, LGBT Issues / Gender Identity, Men's Issues, Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder, Pain, Personality Disorders, Phobias / OCD, Postpartum Depression / Pregnancy / Birth Traumas, Relationship Issues, Self - Esteem / Empowerment, Self - Mutilation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence / Rape, Shame, Sleep Disorders, Somatic Therapy, Trauma, Women's Issues

Adolescents (N = 361; M age = 15.67; SD = 0.74) divided in three groups were compared: community service students who were randomly assigned to a reflection intervention (N = 172) or no intervention (N = 142), and students who did not perform community service (N = 47).

Dr. Osborne specializes in policies regarding strengthening families, fatherhood, early childhood interventions, child welfare, and adolescent health under her research group, CFRP.

To achieve this, the project centred on the combined delivery of the Parents Plus Adolescents Programme (an intervention teaching relationship - building, positive communication, and conflict resolution skills to parents) and the Working Things Out programme (a small group mental health intervention for young people, promoting positive mental health and building coping capacity) to families targeted in mental health and school settings.

Deidre has worked in child and adolescent mental health services across Melbourne and Tasmania delivering individual, dyadic, parent and family interventions as well as group therapy.

Accordingly, in the present 3 - celled randomized, longitudinal study, we sought to determine whether the addition of a parental monitoring intervention alone or with boosters could enhance (either broaden or sustain or both) the effect of small - group, face - to - face adolescent risk reduction intervention.

Objective To examine the incremental cost - effectiveness of a group cognitive behavioral intervention to prevent depression in adolescent offspring of depressed parents.

To determine whether universal school - based interventions designed to enhance resilience are efficacious relative to a comparison group in reducing the extent of adolescent tobacco, alcohol or illicit drug use.

A randomized trial of group cognitive intervention for preventing depression in adolescent offspring of depressed parents

The findings showed that while several of these factors have changed over the first three years, the size of the changes has been similar for adolescents in the intervention and comparison groups.

Several interventions have been demonstrated to be effective in reducing the prevalence of behaviors that place adolescents at risk for acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).1 — 6 These programs have in common a small - group and face - to - face method of delivery, an emphasis on skills development referent to decision making, communication, negotiation and condom use, use of a wide variety of instructional formats and approaches to intervention delivery, and grounding in social learning theory.2 — 6 Despite the encouraging results that accompany these studies with reference to adolescent risk reduction, new challenges have emerged.

The possible effects of a booster in addition to a «basic» program were explored in the original evaluation of Focus on Kids (FOK), 1 such small group, face - to - face HIV adolescent risk - reduction intervention.

Evidence is emerging that psychosocial interventions can prevent depression15 - 17 in adolescents, and prevention interventions targeted at high - risk groups have recently had favorable results.16, 17 Our group has described a successful group cognitive behavioral intervention to prevent depression episodes in at - risk adolescents.18 Teens in the study had 2 significant risk factors: (1) they were offspring of depressed parents and (2) they had significant subsyndromal symptoms and / or a past episode of depression.

Targeted prevention of unipolar depressive disorder in an at - risk sample of high school adolescents: a randomized trial of a group cognitive intervention.

My colleagues and I have focused our research program on parent support of vulnerable groups and have found, through the use of randomized control trials, that systematic interventions directed at parenting behaviours improve parental contingency in low - income parents and in adolescent mothers.12, 13 Similarly, we have found that systematic intervention on family problem - solving behaviour, what Trivette and Dunst call participatory help - giving practice, also improves contingency of parent - child interactions.14

Participants will have the opportunity to enjoy themselves in experiencing the variety of creative interventions used in child - adolescent Group Schema therapy.

Peer group dynamics associated with iatrogenic effects in group interventions with high - risk young adolescents

After earning a Master's Degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, in 1993, I began treating adolescents and families struggling with emotional and behavior issues.I have experience working in, and outside the public school system providing need based services in crisis intervention, individual counseling, group counseling and family counseling.

Barnet and colleagues (2007) also found that the odds of having a repeat birth and having a regular personal doctor did not differ significantly at posttest between adolescent mothers in the intervention and control groups.

No differences were observed between adolescent mothers in the intervention group with low program exposure and those in the control group.

The implications of this study are many: (1) it shows that empirically supported treatments developed in the Western world can be adapted, applied and tested in developing countries; (2) it shows that the adaptations of interventions, when done systematically and thoughtfully in collaboration with members of the targeted population, can be translated into culturally meaningful treatments; and (3) it provides preliminary evidence that a group model of interpersonal psychotherapy can be effective in treating a depression - like syndrome in adolescents who have been affected by war and poverty.

When infants were 3 months of age, we conducted a food frequency questionnaire to test the hypothesis that the adolescent mothers in the intervention group would be more likely to adhere to feeding guidelines of limiting their infants» intake to breast milk, formula, or water for the first 4 to 6 months of life, compared with mothers in the control group.

Guided by the Behavioral Vaccine Theory of prevention, this study uses a no - control group design to examine intervention variables that predict favorable changes in depressive symptoms at the six - to - eight week follow - up in at - risk adolescents who participated in a primary care, Internet - based prevention program.

Targeted prevention of unipolar depressive disorder in an at - risk sample of high school adolescents: A randomized trial of a group cognitive intervention.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study evaluated Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents (TGCT - A)[now called Trauma - Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents (TGCT - A)-RSB- and Child and Parent Trauma - Focused Cognitive - Behavioral Therapy Treatment Manual (TF - CBT), both collectively referred to hereafter as trauma - specific CBT, versus a brief CBT skills intervention with traumatized youth in a post-disaster context.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study evaluated whether a short - term family intervention program [now called Family Functional Therapy (FFT)-RSB-, using a relatively rigorous experimental paradigm, effectively reduced maladaptive behavior patterns in adolescents.

The adolescents who received the BPBR intervention believed more strongly that practicing abstinence would prevent, pregnancy, STDs, and AIDS (p <.0001, p =.04, p =.04), expressed less favorable attitudes toward sexual intercourse (p <.0001, p <.0001, p <.0001), and reported weaker intentions of having sexual intercourse over the next three months (F (1, 144) = 7.58) than did those in the control group.

«I provide adolescent, adult, and family therapy, crisis intervention, and group counseling in a compassionate, supportive, non-judgmental manner.

We plan to: (a) identify high risk adolescents based on elevated scores on a screening measure of depressive symptoms that is delivered in primary care; (b) recruit 400 (200 per site) of these at - risk adolescents to be randomized into either the CATCH - IT or the Educational group; and (c) assess outcomes at 2, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months post intake on measures of depressive symptoms, depressive diagnoses, other mental disorders, and on measures of role impairment in education, quality of life, attainment of educational milestones, and family functioning; and to examine predictors of intervention response, and potential ethnic and cultural differences in intervention response.