title: Developing Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) for Parents of Treatment-Resistant Adolescents.
abstract: We describe a project focused on training parents to facilitate their treatment-resistant adolescent's treatment entry and to manage their child after entry into community-based treatment. Controlled studies show that Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) is a unilateral treatment that fosters treatment entry of adults; however, there are no controlled trials for parents with a substance-abusing child. We examined the behavioral parent training literature to guide us in tailoring CRAFT for parents of adolescents. We discuss adaptations to CRAFT, outcomes and experiences gained from a brief pilot of the revised CRAFT program, and the future directions of this work.
authors.affiliation: Treatment Research Institute ; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Kimberly C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.affiliation: Treatment Research Institute.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Versek
authors.affiliation: Treatment Research Institute ; Rowan University.
authors.forename: MaryLouise E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kerwin
authors.affiliation: Treatment Research Institute.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.affiliation: Treatment Research Institute ; University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Lois A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Benishek
authors.affiliation: Treatment Research Institute.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bresani
authors.affiliation: Treatment Research Institute.
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Washio
authors.affiliation: Treatment Research Institute ; University of Maryland.
authors.forename: Amelia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arria
authors.affiliation: University of New Mexico.
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Meyers
keywords: CRAFT; Parents; adolescent substance use; treatment