Main description:

Transforming Teen Behavior: Parent-Teen Protocols for Psychosocial Skills Training is a clinician's guide for treating teens exhibiting emotional and behavioral disturbances. Unlike other protocols, the program involves both parents and teens together, is intended for use by varied provider types of differing training and experience, and is modular in nature to allow flexibility of service. This protocol is well-established, standardized, evidence-based, and interdisciplinary. There are 6 modules outlining parent training techniques and 6 parallel and complementary modules outlining psychosocial skills training techniques for teens. The program is unique in its level of parent involvement and the degree to which it is explicit, structured, and standardized. Developed at Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO), and in use for 8+years, the book summarizes outcome data indicating significant, positive treatment effects.

Contents:

Foreword

Douglas A. Kramer, MD, MS

1. Introduction and Background:

Mary Nord Cook, MD

2. Parenting Approaches for Challenging Kids - Teen and Mastery of Psychosocial Skills - Teen: Overview of Format and Operations

Mary Nord Cook, MD

3. Outcome Data for PACK and MaPS Teen Intensive Outpatient Program

Jocelyn N. Petrella, PhD, Tess S. Simpson, PhD, Patrice Crisostomo, PhD, & Mary Nord Cook, MD

4. PACK-Teen Treatment Protocol

Mary Nord Cook, MD

5. MaPS-Teen Treatment Protocol

Mary Nord Cook, MD

6. Conclusion

Mary Nord Cook, MD