Video-feedback intervention with maltreating parents and their children: program implementation and case study

Abstract

This article describes a video-feedback intervention program with maltreating parents and their children aged 1 to 5 years using a case-study approach. The 8-week program is of interest to researchers and clinicians because it is the first short-term attachment-based intervention program to demonstrate efficacy in enhancing parental sensitivity, improving child attachment security, and reducing disorganized attachment for children and parents who have been reported for child abuse and/or neglect. We have previously described the theoretical and empirical basis of the intervention program and evidence for its efficacy. Details of program implementation and a case study are currently presented.

Keywords:

• attachment-based intervention
• maltreatment
• early childhood
• disorganization
• behavior problems

Acknowledgements

We thank our collaborators, les Centres Jeunesse de Lanaudière, and the clinical workers for their invaluable assistance in the research project.

Funding

This work was supported by a grant from Public Safety Canada’s National Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC) in collaboration with the Quebec Ministry of Public Security [grant number 3150108].