Classified in the DSM-5 under “Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders” lie all abnormal possibilities for aggressive, antisocial, and oppositional behaviors. These behaviors can be displayed through irritable moods, defiant acts, destruction of property, violation of rules, lack of remorse, and aggression towards others or animals, along with several other possible symptoms (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In order to be recognized for treatment, a range of social, emotional, and behavioral dysfunctions must occur and yield with impairment in daily-life functioning (Kazdin, 2005). As noted by the U.S. Congress and World Health Organization, between 17% and 22% of children and adolescents (ages 4-18 years old) suffer significant
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In 2005, Dr. Alan E. Kazdin designed the Parent Management Training (PMT) manual to arrange a treatment guide for psychological professionals to follow or use as a basis in therapy with parents of aggressive, oppositional, or antisocial children (Kazdin, 2005). Parent …show more content…
Video-based intervention is at the forefront of treatment, so therapists can discuss parent modeling skills and role play techniques (Kazdin, 2005). In a study conducted with parents of 114 conduct-problem children from ages three to eight, 93.1 percent of parents were assessed in a one-year follow-up claiming that all significant behavioral changes reported immediately after treatment were maintained (Webster-Stratton, 2001). Furthermore, both parents involved in the Incredible Years Training Series observed a substantial decrease in child behavior problems as well (Webster-Stratton, 2001). On another hand, in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Oppositional Children, parents are coached through a microphone while the therapist watches parent-child playroom interaction in a one-way mirror. The therapist guides the parent into prompting, praising, and commanding with different voice intonations, and provides immediate feedback while the parent is still in the learning environment. In Parent Management Training, Kazdin describes a strategy used in PCIT called PRIDE, which stands for: Praising the child’s behavior, Reflecting the child’s statements, Imitating the child’s play, Describing the child’s play, and using Enthusiasm, for an easier way to remember specific and learned communication skills (Kazdin, 2005). PCIT is described with a very probable
In 2005, Dr. Alan E. Kazdin designed the Parent Management Training (PMT) manual to arrange a treatment guide for psychological professionals to follow or use as a basis in therapy with parents of aggressive, oppositional, or antisocial children (Kazdin, 2005). Parent …show more content…
Video-based intervention is at the forefront of treatment, so therapists can discuss parent modeling skills and role play techniques (Kazdin, 2005). In a study conducted with parents of 114 conduct-problem children from ages three to eight, 93.1 percent of parents were assessed in a one-year follow-up claiming that all significant behavioral changes reported immediately after treatment were maintained (Webster-Stratton, 2001). Furthermore, both parents involved in the Incredible Years Training Series observed a substantial decrease in child behavior problems as well (Webster-Stratton, 2001). On another hand, in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Oppositional Children, parents are coached through a microphone while the therapist watches parent-child playroom interaction in a one-way mirror. The therapist guides the parent into prompting, praising, and commanding with different voice intonations, and provides immediate feedback while the parent is still in the learning environment. In Parent Management Training, Kazdin describes a strategy used in PCIT called PRIDE, which stands for: Praising the child’s behavior, Reflecting the child’s statements, Imitating the child’s play, Describing the child’s play, and using Enthusiasm, for an easier way to remember specific and learned communication skills (Kazdin, 2005). PCIT is described with a very probable