Fostering family efficacy and reducing parenting stress may be
meaningful intervention targets for improving SCD self - management and child HRQOL among school - aged children.
Not exact matches
Therefor, if crying can be regarded as a
meaningful «
target behaviour» for
intervention with depressed mothers, research needs to address how to identify it (cry), what aspect of its character is
meaningful (to the mother and clinician), who should be the
target of the
intervention (mother and / or infant) and whether the crying infant or the mother's processing of the signal matters (i.e., mother vs. infant).
· Will specific information on learning
targets steer teams toward
meaningful interventions / support?
Upon completion of the module, viewers will be able to 1) Select and define
meaningful target behaviors for progress monitoring; 2) Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using Systematic Direct Observation versus Direct Behavior Rating; 3) Plan and carry out data collection to monitor a
target behavior; individualize Direct Behavior Rating forms; and 4) Use graphed progress monitoring data to determine when
intervention changes are needed.
United Nations disarmament chief Angela Kane stated this week (2 July) that «there is a widespread view» that weapons systems that have the capability of selecting and attacking
targets without human
intervention «must be subject to
meaningful human control.»
Existing SNHV trials show relatively modest effects (effect sizes of 0.2 — 0.4 SDs) for outcomes such as child mental health and behaviour, and cognitive and language development, from infancy to mid - childhood.19 While effect sizes of 0.25 — 0.3 SDs can be
meaningful and impactful at the whole of population level, 59
targeted public health
interventions such as SNHV include a cost and intensity such that larger effects in the short - to - medium term might be necessary to justify implementation at a population level.
Triple P can be delivered as a public health initiative, to create a
meaningful impact at a population level, or its
interventions can be selected specifically to
target a particular demographic or parenting group, according to an organization's priorities and budget.
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.
The first wave of indicated prevention (
targeting those showing early signs and symptoms) and early
intervention (those with full - syndrome disorder) studies for borderline personality disorder in adolescence are notable for challenging fears about diagnosing and treating borderline personality disorder in young people, and demonstrating that appropriate diagnosis and
intervention can lead to clinically
meaningful improvements for patients.