- By Dartington SRU
- Posted on Thursday 14th August, 2014
Why does adherence matter?
Interventions are more effective when they are carried out as intended. But how can programme implementers keep tabs on how faithfully a programme is delivered? “Adherence” is the degree to which practitioners follow the protocols of the intervention – whether they go by the book. It’s one aspect of implementation fidelity, a broader concept that also measures whether the intervention…
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- Posted on Thursday 14th August, 2014
Targeting emotion talk in high-risk homes
Children from high-risk homes tend to have more trouble staying cool in emotionally charged situations. Their mothers are also less likely to coach their children on how to understand and display their emotions, new research finds. The good news is that this provides direction for family programmes.The family home can have a large impact on the way young children learn to manage and understand the…
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- Posted on Thursday 07th August, 2014
How to get disruptive kids to turn up to therapy
Cognitive behavioural programmes can help children learn better behaviour, especially when their parents are involved. But services that target parents of kids with disruptive behaviour often have astonishingly high dropout rates. School-based interventions are a good alternative for hard-to-reach children.In a Dutch trial, 97% of children in a school-based programme for kids with disruptive behav…
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