Working with Families of Children Who Have Experienced Maltreatment

Pasalich, Dave S.; Palfrey, Nicola

doi:10.1017/9781108682053.019

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“…Despite these limitations, and given the published findings supporting the effectiveness of Connect for alternate caregivers ( Pasalich and Palfrey, 2021 ) and e-Connect in other countries ( Bao and Moretti, 2023 ), our results appear encouraging and suggest further research on the feasibility of the trauma-informed version of e-Connect with adoptive and foster parents in Italy.…”

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confidence: 52%

“…Despite these limitations, and given the published findings supporting the effectiveness of Connect for alternate caregivers (Pasalich and Palfrey, 2021) and e-Connect in other countries…”

Section: Limitations and Conclusionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Sessions are designed to engage parents through role plays and reflection exercises that promote emotion-based learning ( Barone et al, 2020 ). Research conducted over 15 years proved CPG ® as effective in building targeted parenting skills, reducing parental stress, increasing the attachment security of adolescents, and improving the quality of parent–adolescent relationships, as well as decreasing the levels of internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescents ( Moretti and Obsuth, 2009 ; Moretti et al, 2015 ; Högström et al, 2017 ; Moretti et al, 2017 ; Osman et al, 2017a , b ; Ozturk et al, 2019 ; Barone et al, 2020 ; Moretti et al, 2020 ; Pasalich et al, 2021 ; Pasalich and Palfrey, 2021 ), with positive outcomes up to 2 years after the intervention ( Högström et al, 2017 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Role-playing has also been adapted to be performed by the two facilitators, each using their screen so parents can clearly observe facial expressions and non-verbal language. To facilitate participants’ attention and facilitators’ efficiency, for each e-Connect group, preferably no more than 10–12 video tiles should appear on the screen ( Pasalich and Palfrey, 2021 ). Research with e-Connect conducted in Canada and Italy ( Bao and Moretti, 2023 ; Benzi et al, 2023 ; Tracheggiani et al, 2023 ) suggests positive outcomes with this online adaptation as with the in-person one, suggesting its use is promising when parents can have difficulty accessing in-person programs.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Supporting adoptive and foster parents of adolescents through the trauma-informed e-Connect parent group: a preliminary descriptive study

Pace,

Muzi,

Moretti

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionAdolescents in adoption and foster care are likely to show internalizing and externalizing problems and affective dysregulation, leading to a lower quality of parent–adolescent attachment relationships and high levels of strain for parents. This study describes the results of the first application of the trauma-informed attachment-based Connect Parent Group in an online form (e-Connect) with Italian adoptive and foster parents. In this study, we describe (1) trends in the aforementioned variables between pre- (T1) and post- (T2) intervention and (2) parents’ feedback and suggestions about the intervention.MethodParticipants were 10 adoptive and 10 foster parents (53% females, Mage = 53.48; SDage = 4.93) who attended e-Connect, an attachment-focused and trauma-informed 10-session online group intervention. This intervention aims at increasing caregiver awareness of attachment and trauma concerning adolescents’ problem behaviors and sensitive responsiveness, thereby leading to improvements in parent–adolescent relationship quality, decreases in adolescents’ problems, and reductions in caregiver strain. One e-Connect group was offered for adoptive parents and one for foster parents. Parents completed questionnaires 1 week before (T1) and after (T2) the intervention and responded to a feedback interview following program completion.ResultsOnly at the descriptive level, scores of adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems, affective dysregulation, and caregivers’ strain show decreasing trends. Parents reported high satisfaction with the program, declaring changes in parent–adolescent relationships both currently (94.7%) and anticipated in the future (100%). All parents indicated that they would recommend e-Connect to other parents.DiscussionGiven promising parents’ feedback, the feasibility of e-Connect supporting adoptive and foster parents of adolescents can be further empirically investigated.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 52%

“…Despite these limitations, and given the published findings supporting the effectiveness of Connect for alternate caregivers (Pasalich and Palfrey, 2021) and e-Connect in other countries…”

Section: Limitations and Conclusionmentioning

confidence: 98%