Re: Increasing parental involvement in child abuse treatment?

["Anthony Urquiza, Ph.D." <ajurquiza@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

first of all, i'm not sure that attrition with mandated child
abuse programs is higher than other types of programs if the
parents/family is court-ordered to treatment.  i suggest reviewing an
old, but informative artilcle by David Wolfe

Wolfe, D.A., Aragona,
J.A., Kaufman, K., & Sandler, J. (1980).  The importance of
adjudication in the treatment of child abusers: Some preliminary findings.
Child Abuse and Neglect. 4. 127-135.

Beyond this, there is a rich
literature on attrition that you may want to address (Kazdin has a
somewhat dated, but very good review of this).  Highlights point to
maternal mental health (i.e., mother depression) and rapport development
as key factors.  Obviously, there is much more - but this is a
start.

Anthony Urquiza, Ph.D.
Pediatrics
UC Davis Medical
Center

At 07:27 PM 2/24/99 EST, 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?
>
>