title: Efficacy of a Crisis Intervention in Improving Mother-Child Interaction and Children's Play Functioning.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the efficacy of a crisis-based intervention in improving mother-child interaction and children's play functioning for families who had experienced domestic violence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using a pretest-posttest two-group control study design, we assigned the intervention group (n=20 mother-child dyads) to the Family Intervention for Improving Occupational Performance (FI-OP) program and the control group (n=17 dyads) to a playroom program. Both programs consisted of eight 30-min sessions. We videotaped dyads during free play and used standardized tools to assess interactions, play skills, and playfulness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the intervention, mother-child interaction was significantly better in the FI-OP group than in the playroom group. The children in the FI-OP group also demonstrated significantly greater improvement in play skills, but not in playfulness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  FI-OP is a promising program for improving aspects of mother-child interaction and children's play functioning among survivors of domestic violence.
authors.affiliation: Amiya Waldman-Levi, PhD, OTR, was Faculty/Lecturer and Researcher, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, at the time of the study; amiyawl@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Amiya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waldman-Levi
authors.affiliation: Naomi Weintraub, PhD, OTR, is Senior Lecturer and Head, Research and Diagnostic Lab of Writing Functions, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weintraub
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome