title: Video home training (the Orion project): a short-term preventive and treatment intervention for families with young children.
abstract: Developed in Holland and based on short-term, home-centered, filmed video feedback of family interactions, an experimental Orion project was conducted in Israel to determine whether it could be provided through local welfare departments as a routine treatment alternative. This article summarizes an evaluation of 52 families (with problems in parent-child interaction) and 64 control families that participated in the Orion Video Home-Training Project. Only the Orion families showed significant gains in all the eight areas of positive parent-child communication that are the focus of the program, which is based on reinforcing potential family strengths. These gains were generally sustained 6 months after program completion. There were several background variables, such as family status, income, health, education, and employment, that influenced the extent of family gains.
authors.affiliation: Orion Project, School of Social Work, Haifa University, Mt. Carmel, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuppermintz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guttmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D014743:Videotape Recording