In Their Own Voice: Mothers in Drug Treatment and Their Views on Parenting,Behavioral Parent Training,and Barriers to Engagement |
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| Authors: | MaryLouise E Kerwin Jeannette Giorgio Ross Steinman Beth Rosenwasser |
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| Institution: | 1. Chair and Professor, Department of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, USA;2. Supervisory Psychologist, PTSD Clinical Team, Sacramento Mental Health Clinic, Mather, California, USA;3. Chair, Department of Psychology, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA;4. Adjunct Faculty, Applied Behavior Analysis Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Abstract: | Behavioral parent training offers mothers in drug treatment a valuable opportunity to improve their parenting skills through real-time, individualized coaching, but these mothers might be reluctant to participate with their child. Participants were 23 mothers or female guardians from 4 drug treatment programs with children 1 to 10 years old. Focus group discussions and questionnaires asked about their perspectives on parenting and their interest in and obstacles to participating in behavioral parent training. Detailed narrative responses and quantitative analyses identified some unique issues in parenting for this population as well as logistical, attitudinal, and emotional barriers to participating in behavioral parent training with their children. |
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| Keywords: | addiction behavioral parent training drug treatment engagement mothers parenting |
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