Allied Health: engaging families in treatment

Allied Health: engaging families in treatment

Family support and involvement are fundamental in supporting a patient through their recovery journey. The Eating Disorders Unit at The Royal Melbourne Hospital offers a range of family support programs in different forums as a means to provide support and education to family members. We recognize that families come in a range of forms including parents, siblings, cousins, work colleagues and f...

Engaging families in child mental health services.

To increase the involvement of urban youth and families who need mental health services, child mental health agencies and providers might consider the following: (1) examining intake procedures and developing interventions to target specific barriers to service use; (2) providing training and supervision to providers to increase a focus on engagement in the first face-to-face meetings with yout...

Engaging families into child mental health treatment: updates and special considerations.

OBJECTIVE The current paper reviews recent findings regarding how to conceptualize engagement and factors influencing engagement, treatment attendance rates, and interventions that work. METHOD Research related to the definition of engagement, predictors of engagement and treatment termination, attendance rates, and engaging interventions are summarized as an update to the McKay and Bannon (2...

Engaging families through motivational interviewing.

Helping parents change key behaviors may reduce the risk of child maltreatment. However, traditional provider-centered approaches to working with the parents of pediatric patients may increase resistance to behavioral change. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a patient-centered communication technique that helps address problems of provider-centered approaches. In this article, evidence for use...

Engaging Allied-Health Students with Virtual Learning Environment Using Course Management System Tutorial Site†