The concurrent group model of using CBT to treat anxiety was found to have a positive impact with parents reporting a better understanding of their children's anxiety and improvement in their ability to manage their children's behavior.
Not exact matches
Only three respondents (5 %) answered with having direct contact or knowledge of
concurrent parent therapy groupwork: one of whom uses this
model at their agency; one of whom had experience with it at a prior agency; and one whose school district offered
concurrent parent
group therapy as a
model.
For those who present research on successful
concurrent groupwork
models, understanding the researcher's or agency's rationale for choosing it as a
model would be helpful in developing more detailed data to analyze, would build upon the limited studies currently available, and would provide a rich addition to the knowledge base of
group social work for children and their families.
Although they used a
concurrent group therapy
model, the authors of the study identifies the modality as a «sub-grouping» of adults and «sub-grouping» of children.
Another successful implementation of the
concurrent group therapy
model was used with children diagnosed with selective mutism and their parents (Sharkey, McNicholas, Barry, Begley & Ahearn, 2008).
Bereavement
groups are probably the most widely known for using the
concurrent group therapy
model.
Some
concurrent groups involve a «breakout
model», where part of the
group session is spent together while the second part of the
group is then separated out for children to be
grouped with age - appropriate peers and a separate
group for parents.
An exploratory study of an eight week
concurrent group therapy
model for children of divorced parents was found by the authors to appear to have a positive impact (Rich, Molloy, Hart, Ginsbury & Mulvey, 2007).
The Dougy Center identifies their
group services as a peer support
model, with the identified client as the child who is dealing with the death of a family member and
concurrent services provided for the parents (The Dougy Center Mission Statement, 2010).
Finally, multiple -
group models for sex were specified testing whether the
model fit was improved by allowing for separate parameter estimates (autoregressive effects,
concurrent correlations, and cross-lagged associations) for boys and girls.
Two logistic regression
models were designed to 1) determine significant early (6 — 12 months) predictors of sleep problems at 3 to 4 years, controlling for
group membership, and 2) determine significant
concurrent correlates of sleep problems at 3 to 4 years.