Completed Studies

Leveraging Parent and Staff-Perspectives in the Design of a Family Engagement Intervention that Optimizes Treatment Gains for Adolescents

This study uses group concept mapping to develop a family engagement intervention that optimizes treatment gains for adolescents post-discharge from residential treatment (RT). Partners on the study include parents, RT staff, and mental health advocates.

Co-Developing a Tailored Parent Training for Adolescents Who Have Accessed Residential Treatment

This study lays the groundwork for an intervention that helps adolescents maintain treatment gains in the community by augmenting and testing a web based parent training with tailored support to prepare parents for the reintegration of their adolescents in the home.

Determining the Influence of Parent Mental Health on Two Generation Outcomes in Families with Children in Residential Treatment

The purpose of this study is to test relationships among contextual factors (parent, child, residential treatment), parents’ mental health symptoms (depression, anxiety, PTSD, perceived stress), and two-generation outcomes (positive parenting practices, children’s mental, emotional, and behavioral symptoms).

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Maltreatment Prevention Intervention for Children in Psychiatric Residential Treatment

This study tests the feasibility and  acceptability of the web-based design Parenting Wisely program for parents of adolescents in residing in residential treatment.