title: STRENGTHENING THE REFLECTIVE FUNCTIONING CAPACITIES OF PARENTS WHO HAVE A CHILD WITH A NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY THROUGH A BRIEF, RELATIONSHIP-FOCUSED INTERVENTION.
abstract: This randomized controlled trial examined the reflective functioning capacities of caregivers who have a child with a neurodevelopmental disorder between the ages of 2 years 0 months and 6 years 11 months. Children with a neurodevelopmental disorder receive a range of diagnoses, including sutism; however, they all exhibit social communication challenges that can derail social relationships. Forty parent-child dyads in Barbados were randomly assigned to either a developmental individual-difference, relationship-based/floortime(DIR/FT) group (n = 20), or a psychoeducational (wait-list) group (n = 20) with parental reflective functioning measured before and after a 12-week DIR/FT treatment intervention. Results revealed significant gains in parental reflective functioning in the treatment group, as compared to the psychoeducational (wait-list) group, after the 12-week relationship-focused intervention.
authors.affiliation: Fielding Graduate University.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sealy
authors.affiliation: Fielding Graduate University.
authors.forename: Ira P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Glovinsky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: DIRFloortime; DIRFloortime®; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Fonctionnement de réflexion; Mentalisierungsfähigkeit; discapacidad neural de desarrollo; funcionamiento reflexivo; handicap neurodéveloppemental; neurodevelopmental disability; neurologische Entwicklungsstörung; parent-child relationship; reflective functioning; relación progenitor-niño; relation parent-enfant; リフレクティブな機能; 反思功能; 発達と個人差と関係性に基づくフロアタイムDIRFloortime®; 神経発達障害; 神經發育障礙; 親と子の関係性; 親子關係