PSY 335 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Gerald Patterson, Strategic Family Therapy, Oppositional Defiant Disorder
27 Apr 2016
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Clients of psychological services for children and adolescents. Early child psychotherapies focused on intrapsychic factors, but now they attend to both intrapsychic and interpersonal factors. Many risk factors for psychopathology in children/youth involve conditions over which young people have limited control (e. g. poverty, antisocial role models, parental psychopathology, etc. ) Protective factors include problem-solving skills, social competence, supportive family relationships, positive school-home relations, etc. These risk factors and protective factors underline importance of addressing context in which child"s problem(s) developed and is maintained. While adults usually seek services after recognizing the presence of a problem, children are usually referred by adults who are troubled/concerned by young person"s behaviour. Poor agreement between parents and youth about goals of psychological services. Imperfect match between views of youth, their parents, and their teachers on nature of problem. Depending on jurisdiction, consent procedures may be determined by client"s chronological age, or based on therapist discretion about competency.
