Strengthening Family Coping Resources Open Trials

Description

Strengthening Families Coping Resources (SFCR) Open Trials completes the second stage of the National Institute on Drug Abuse's intervention development model by testing a new family, skills-based intervention involving pre-post evaluation of families participating in multi-family groups. The purpose of this study is to gather practice-based evidence on the effectiveness of the manualized treatment, on the dynamics involved in the group format, and on implementation fidelity and feasibility. Analyses will involve initial exploration of the following hypotheses: 1) Families will show a significant increase in the constructive use of family coping skills and in general family functioning. 2) The target child will show a reduction in trauma-related symptoms and behavior problems. 3) Parents will show significant reductions in traumatic stress and other symptoms of distress. 4) Families will engage and participate in the treatment. 5) Providers will implement SFCR with fidelity. Other outcomes of interest are the process measures that will be collected to monitor participation in the groups, cultural sensitivity and acceptability, clinician competence, and intervention integrity.

Conditions

Intervention Effectiveness, Practice-based Evidence, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Strengthening Families Coping Resources (SFCR) Open Trials completes the second stage of the National Institute on Drug Abuse's intervention development model by testing a new family, skills-based intervention involving pre-post evaluation of families participating in multi-family groups. The purpose of this study is to gather practice-based evidence on the effectiveness of the manualized treatment, on the dynamics involved in the group format, and on implementation fidelity and feasibility. Analyses will involve initial exploration of the following hypotheses: 1) Families will show a significant increase in the constructive use of family coping skills and in general family functioning. 2) The target child will show a reduction in trauma-related symptoms and behavior problems. 3) Parents will show significant reductions in traumatic stress and other symptoms of distress. 4) Families will engage and participate in the treatment. 5) Providers will implement SFCR with fidelity. Other outcomes of interest are the process measures that will be collected to monitor participation in the groups, cultural sensitivity and acceptability, clinician competence, and intervention integrity.

Strengthening Family Coping Resources Open Trials

Strengthening Family Coping Resources Open Trials

Condition
Intervention Effectiveness
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Divsion of Services Research, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Children aged 1 through 17 years old at the time of recruitment
  • * Child and family exposed to multiple traumas
  • * a partial diagnosis of PTSD (15-week treatment version)
  • * currently in the custody of a caregiver who agrees to participate in the study.
  • * a stable caregiving system as defined by a recent history of stability and unlikely to change in the next 6 months.
  • * Children will be excluded only if they have active suicide ideation, an imminent risk for re-exposure due to their living environment, active psychosis, severe mental retardation or brain injury
  • * Parent/caregiver has active psychosis or is a danger to self/others.

Ages Eligible for Study

1 Year to 17 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Maryland, Baltimore,

Laurel J Kiser, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Study Record Dates

2030-09-30