Home-Based Therapy for Young Children in Low-Income Families: A Student Training Program

Autor/inn/en	Mattek, Ryan J.; Jorgenson, Elizabeth T.; Fox, Robert A.
Titel	Home-Based Therapy for Young Children in Low-Income Families: A Student Training Program
Quelle	In: Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 18 (2010) 2, S.189-194 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1066-4807
DOI	10.1177/1066480710364316
Schlagwörter	Counseling Techniques; Therapy; Graduate Students; Behavior Problems; Low Income; Self Efficacy; Pilot Projects; Mental Health Workers; Young Children; Urban Areas; Family Environment; Internship Programs; Program Development; Counselor Training; Measures (Individuals); Scores; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Therapie; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Niedriglohn; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Psychiater; Frühe Kindheit; Urban area; Stadtregion; Familienmilieu; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Programmplanung; Messdaten; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The purpose of this project was to develop an internship training program that offered in-home therapy for young children with significant emotional and behavior problems. The children lived in single-parent, low-income homes in unsafe neighborhoods of a large, urban area. A year-long, training and supervision program was implemented with 10 second-year, graduate students enrolled in 5 different university programs that prepared mental health professionals. Students received specialized instruction in working with diverse families living in poverty and in an evidence-based treatment program. They initially observed veteran counselors implementing the treatment program in homes and gradually assumed responsibility for conducting sessions on their own. Students' scores on a measure of counseling self-efficacy improved significantly from pre- to postinternship. Students reported high levels of satisfaction with the training program and significantly improved confidence levels in their counseling skills at the conclusion of their internship experience. The limitations of these preliminary outcomes for this pilot program are discussed along with the need for more research in this understudied area. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10