TY - JOUR
T1 - An ecological approach to child and family clinical and counseling psychology
AU - Stormshak, Elizabeth A.
AU - Dishion, Thomas J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Thanks to the intervention staff of Project Alliance (funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse, Grant DA 07031), The Next Generation (National Institute on Drug Abuse, Grant DA 13773), and The Shadow Project (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Grant AA12702) and to Ann Simas for editing and graphics preparation on this manuscript.
Copyright:
Copyright 2005 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2002/9
Y1 - 2002/9
N2 - The ecological model of child and family clinical and counseling psychology considers mental health service delivery within a health maintenance framework, approaching the complexity of children's behavior in a systematic and organized fashion using science-based intervention practices. The service delivery framework integrates assessment, intervention, and motivation at all phases of an intervention. Assessments enhance the participants' and professionals' appraisal, which in turn impact motivation to change. Interventions are sensitive to assessment-based targets and participant motivation. A menu of interventions range from assessment, feedback, and brief interventions to more extensive mental health services, potentially integrated with other community agencies and school settings. The ecological model suggests revisions in the conceptualization of child and adolescent psychopathology, training for mental health professionals, and strategies for the design and testing of interventions. In general, a reformulation of mental heath services for children and families within an ecological framework enhances the potential for integrating science and practice.
AB - The ecological model of child and family clinical and counseling psychology considers mental health service delivery within a health maintenance framework, approaching the complexity of children's behavior in a systematic and organized fashion using science-based intervention practices. The service delivery framework integrates assessment, intervention, and motivation at all phases of an intervention. Assessments enhance the participants' and professionals' appraisal, which in turn impact motivation to change. Interventions are sensitive to assessment-based targets and participant motivation. A menu of interventions range from assessment, feedback, and brief interventions to more extensive mental health services, potentially integrated with other community agencies and school settings. The ecological model suggests revisions in the conceptualization of child and adolescent psychopathology, training for mental health professionals, and strategies for the design and testing of interventions. In general, a reformulation of mental heath services for children and families within an ecological framework enhances the potential for integrating science and practice.
KW - Child and family interventions
KW - Child therapy
KW - Conduct problems
KW - Ecological model
KW - Family therapy
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1019647131949
DO - 10.1023/A:1019647131949
M3 - Article
C2 - 12240707
AN - SCOPUS:0036719204
SN - 1096-4037
VL - 5
SP - 197
EP - 215
JO - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
JF - Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
IS - 3
ER -