TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1986//
TI  - Cognitive problem-solving training to improve the child-care judgment of child neglectful parents
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Dawson, Brenda
A1  - Armas, A
A1  - McGrath, Melanie L.
A1  - Kelly, Jeffrey A.
SP  - 209
EP  - 221
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
N2  - Child neglect, the failure to adequately meet a youngster''s care needs, is the most frequent form of child maltreatment reported to welfare authorities. However, there have been few empirical reports of treatment outcomes for adjudicated, child neglectful parents. In the current study, an initial assessment of three neglectful parents revealed substantial deficits in cognitive problem-solving skills related to child care judgment. Treatment, consisting of modeling, shaping, practice, and feedback was used to improve each parent''s child care problem-solving skills in a multiple baseline design. Skill enhancement was also found for untrained (generalization) problem situations, and independent caseworker ratings of each family''s functioning provided external validation of the intervention''s clinical impact.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00978560
ID  - ref1
ER  -