Teachers as psychotherapeutic agents for withdrawn children

2000

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.

“…Guerney, & Flumen, 1970), parents of learning disabled children (L. Guerney, 1983), and parents of children with stuttering problems (Andronico & Blake, 1971).…”

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Filial therapy with Native Americans on the Flathead Reservation.

Glover¹,

2000

“…Parents involved in filial therapy were also found to be more motivated to undertake and stay with their children's treatment (Andronico & B. Guerney, 1967;Ellinwood, 1989;B. Guerney & Flumen, 1970).…”

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Filial therapy with parents of children experiencing learning difficulties.

Kale¹,

1999

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a 10week filial therapy training model as an intervention method for parents of children with learning difficulties. Results of the analysis of covariance revealed that the parents in the experimental group scored significantly higher after training than the parents in the control group on their attitude of acceptance of the child.The experimental group parents attained a significantly lower mean total score on level of stress related to parenting than the control group parents. There was no significant difference between the experimental and control groups' posttest mean scores on the total behavior problems.

“…Parents involved in filial therapy were also discovered to be more motivated to undertake and stay with their children's treatment (Andronico & Guerney, 1967;Ellinwood, 1989;B. Guerney & Flumen, 1970).…”

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Filial therapy with nonoffending parents of children who have been sexually abused.

Costas

1999

This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of a 10-week filial therapy training model as a method of intervention for nonojfending parents and their children who have experienced sexual abuse. Filial therapy is a didactic/dynamic approach used by play therapists to train parents to be therapeutic agents with their children. Analyses ofcovariance revealed that the nonojfending parents in the experimental group significantly increased their level of empathy in their interactions with their children, significantly increased their attitude of acceptance toward their children, and significantly reduced their level of stress. Measures of the children's behavior, anxiety, emotional adjustment, and self-concept indicated positive trends. This study supports filial therapy as an effective intervention for nonoffending parents and their children who have experienced sexual abuse.