Web-based parenting skills to reduce behavior problems following abusive head trauma: A pilot study☆
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Participants
Participants in the current study constitute a subset of participants from a larger study examining the efficacy of a web-based positive parenting skills intervention (I-InTERACT; Internet-based Interacting Together Everyday: Recovery After Childhood TBI) with families of children with acquired brain injuries (traumatic brain injury, tumors, and abusive head trauma). The larger study was approved by the Institutional Review Board and is included on the national clinical trials website
Results
The I-InTERACT and IRC groups were well-matched with regard to age, parental relationship status, parental education, and computer ownership (Table 1). The range of family income was also similar across groups. In both the I-InTERACT and IRC groups, income ranged from less than $20,000 per year (n = 2) to over $100,000 per year (n = 1). Both groups included one father as a primary caregiver. Average intellectual ability standard scores for children in the I-InTERACT and IRC groups were 93.5 (SD =
Discussion
The I-InTERACT program included parenting skills training and strategies for coping with the cognitive and behavioral sequelae of traumatic brain injury through structured self-guided web pages and synchronous one-on-one coaching sessions with a trained therapist. Findings from this preliminary assessment support the potential efficacy of web-based parent skills training in improving parent–child interactions and reducing the intensity of child behavior problems following AHT. Specifically,
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Work on this project was supported by grant numbers H133G060167 and H133B090010 to the last author from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Department of Education. A portion of this work was presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the Society for Computers in Psychology in Seattle, Washington, the 2011 Federal Interagency Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury in Washington, DC, the 2012 Butters-Kaplan West Coast Neuropsychology Conference in San Diego, CA, and the 2012 North American Brain Injury Society meeting in Miami, FL.