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This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of the 10week filial therapy model as an intervention for Native American parents and their children residing on the Flathead Reservation in Montana. Native American parents significantly increased their level of empathy in their interactions with their children. Children significantly increased their level of desirable play behaviors with their parents.According to 1990 census figures 1.75 million people in the United States consider themselves to be members of, or closely affiliated with, one of the more than 500 different Native American tribes (Census of Population (1990 CP-3-7), 1994. The Native American population has increased dramatically during the last 2 decades, but Native Americans continue to represent less than 1% of the total United States population. And yet, this small segment of the population is troubled by a disproportionate number of social and mental health problems.Nearly three times more Native American families than white families live in poverty (LaFromboise & Low, 1998). Unemployment for This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

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