Harnessing innovative technologies to advance children's mental health: behavioral parent training as an example.

ABSTRACT: Disruptive behaviors of childhood are among the most common reasons for referral of children to mental health professionals. Behavioral parent training (BPT) is the most efficacious intervention for these problem behaviors, yet BPT is substantially underutilized beyond university research and clinic settings. With the aim of addressing this research-to-practice gap, this article highlights the considerable, but largely unrealized, potential for technology to overcome the two most pressing challenges hindering the diffusion of BPT: (1). The dearth of BPT training and supervision opportunities for therapists who work with families of children with disruptive behaviors; and (2). The failure to engage and retain families in BPT services when services are available. To this end, this review pre

SUBMITTER: Jones DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3566281 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature