Re: Increasing parental involvement in child abuse treatment?

["Jolyn Mikow" <jmikow@xxxxxx>]

Ronald Rooney has done a lot with involuntary clients. See his book "
STRATAGIES FOR WORKING WITH INVOLUNTARY CLIENTS". Also he has done, with
others a Child Welfare Training Project in Minnesota on the same. There was
to be an evaluation of that training , but I have not see the results.I
have found the information and materials very useful in my work with CPS
clients. 

Jolyn Mikow, LMSW
University of Houston
Grad. School of Social Work


At 01:49 PM 2/26/99 -0500, David Wolfe wrote:
>We find that mandated parents need to have specific expectations up front, so
>we would spend as long as it takes to establish their goals and commitment
>(usually their goal is child behavior, but that's a good start).  A written
>contract is then developed and signed (see Wolfe, 1991: Preventing Physical
>and Emotional Abuse of Children, Guilford).  You can establish the # of
missed
>sessions, etc., and the consequences of same, up front.  Some parents, of
>course, simply aren't candidates for intervention, and this method will flush
>them out earlier.
>Good luck with your important work.
>D. Wolfe
>
>BRubin525@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> Is anyone aware of any research or clinical interventions for increasing
>> parental involvement in mandated child abuse programs?  I imagine that "no
>> shows" and "cancellations" must be a major problem when treating this
>> population. Any thoughts on how this can be minimized, especially if they
>> cannot be charged for missed sessions?
>
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>David Wolfe, Ph.D.
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>University of Western Ontario
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Jolyn Mikow,LMSW
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Protective Services Training Institute
University of Houston, GSSW
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