Developing a Multiple Caregiver Group for Caregivers of Adolescents With Disruptive Behaviors

Abstract

This article describes the development of a 6-week multiple caregiver group intervention for primary caregivers of adolescents diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder in low-income African American families. The intervention is aimed at increasing the primary caregivers' self-efficacy in managing interactions within the family and especially with child serving educational, mental health, juvenile justice, and child welfare systems. Development of the intervention involved seven iterative activities performed in a collaborative effort between an interdisciplinary academic team, community engagement specialists, members of the targeted population, and clinical partners from a large public mental health system. The intervention development process described in this article can provide guidance for teams that aim to develop new mental health interventions that target specific outcomes in populations with unique needs.

Mental Health Needs of Adolescents and the Nursing Cares: Integrative Review

“…21 Oruche UM, et al 2017. 22 Zugai JS, et al 2018. 23 The dialogue appears recurrently among the studies as effective intervention, and it is essential to include prerequisites such as which issues should be discussed and where these dialogues should occur.…”

Pilot Randomized Trial of a Family Management Efficacy Intervention for Caregivers of African American Adolescents with Disruptive Behaviors

“…The process by which FAME was developed is described in-depth elsewhere (Oruche et al, 2017). Briefly, we conducted a descriptive study with 15 families of adolescents with ODD/CD to ascertain their main challenges and mental health needs (Oruche et al, 2015;Oruche et al, 2014).…”

“…Each participant received a certificate of FAMILY MANAGEMENT EFFICACY INTERVENTION 13 completion at the end of the intervention. The intervention activities are described in detail elsewhere (Oruche et al, 2017).…”