Group parent training: Is it effective for children of all ages?

Polyvagal Theory and developmental psychopathology: Emotion dysregulation and conduct problems from preschool to adolescence

“…It is well known that the most effective interventions for conduct problems are those that include parent training aimed at altering coercive reinforcement contingencies (Brestan & Eyberg, 1998), and that such interventions are far more effective when initiated with younger as opposed to older children (e.g., Ruma, Burke, & Thompson, 1996). Polyvagal Theory suggests a neurobiological mechanism for these findings.…”

La prévention des difficultés de comportement chez les enfants du préscolaire : une recension des caractéristiques des programmes probants

“…De plus, de façon générale, les programmes qui font une évaluation rigoureuse des besoins des parents et tentent d'y répondre seraient les plus efficaces (Reyno & McGrath, 2006). Sur le plan des caractéristiques des enfants, le niveau et la nature des difficultés de ces derniers avant l'intervention influenceraient l'effet des programmes, les enfants éprouvant moins de difficultés ou des difficultés internalisées en bénéficiant davantage (Kaminski et al, 2008;Reyno & McGrath, 2006 Thompson (1996), ces programmes fonctionneraient mieux auprès des enfants qui ont des difficultés moindres, et comme les problèmes de comportement ont tendance à s'amplifier avec le temps, certaines études confondraient cet effet avec l'âge des enfants. Ce type d'intervention serait aussi efficace auprès des garçons qu'auprès des filles (Maughan et al, 2005).…”

A preliminary evaluation: Demographic and clinical profiles and changes in functioning in children receiving psychosocial rehabilitation

“…However, studies investigating other treatment models for children with ED have examined the relationship between the child's demographic (age, gender, ethnicity, living status) and clinical profiles (type and severity of diagnosis) and treatment effects. For example, studies have demonstrated that a child's age at intake influences treatment outcomes in contradictory ways, with some studies showing improvement in cognitive-behavioral treatment response for older youth with behavioral problems (Durlack, Fuhrman, & Lampman, 1991;Dush, Hirt, & Schroeder, 1989;Jayson, Wood, Kroll, Fraser, & Harrington, 1998;Kazdin & Crowley, 1997), while other studies favored improvement in younger children (Dishion & Patterson, 1992;Emslie, Mayes, Laptook, & Batt, 2003;Ruma, Burke, & Thompson, 1996, Southam-Gerow, Kendall, & Weersing, 2001). In addition, ambiguous results have been found in studies examining the impact of the child's gender on treatment outcomes (Dalsgaard, Mortensen, Frydenberg, & Thomsen, 2002;Southam-Gerow et al, 2001;Walrath, Mandell, & Leaf, 2001).…”