Category: Treatment - Other
Christopher Georgiadis, M.S.
Florida International University
Doral, Florida
Brian Chu, Ph.D.
Professor
Rutgers University
Piscataway, New Jersey
Christopher Georgiadis, M.S.
Florida International University
Doral, Florida
Amanda Sanchez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
George Mason University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laura Nelson Darling, M.A.
Boston University Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Boston, Massachusetts
Alicia Fenley, M.A.
Boston University
Brookline, Massachusetts
Katherine Pickard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Person-centered care is a valued clinical practice and encourages prioritizing the needs, values, and preferences of patients, while simultaneously contextualizing them within the systems they inhabit (Norcross & Wampold, 2018). The tenets of person-centered care include a consideration for patient expectations and preferences, conceptualization of family’s cultural identity and values, and clear and explicit education about the principles used within the context of health services (Barry & Edgman-Levitan, 2012). Despite the scale-up of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for childhood mental health problems, the push towards protocolized intervention may have neglected the flexibility needed to adequately target the tenets of person-centered care known to improve clinical and engagement outcomes (Chorpita & Daleiden, 2018). Although patient-responsiveness to individual youth and family circumstances and needs has been identified as a crucial component of evidence-based practice, a greater understanding of how to adopt such practices into EBTs is needed. The speakers will present the guidance currently available to treatment providers for modifying EBTs, evidence-based assessment and treatment planning practices that may facilitate person-centered care, and the effects of tailoring interventions as a function of key patient and family engagement outcomes.
The first speaker will present findings from a recent empirical study examining recommended modifications to EBTs included within treatment protocols for youth internalizing disorders. Using a novel coding system, the authors coded EBT guidelines for modification based on the specific strategy, as well as the corresponding reason each modification is recommended. The authors examine the frequencies of each code, as well as differences in the inclusion of modification guidance across treatment families and diagnostic targets of each protocol. The second speaker will present results from a study examining how culturally informed assessment practices can promote engagement among families from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds. The speaker will highlight the provider-reported utility of the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) during treatment planning and the association between use of the CFI and family retention in services. The third and fourth speakers will present results from research using a novel coding system to examine Shared Decision-Making (SDM) practices used within a community mental health setting. Results will highlight the rates of SDM practices during early stages of treatment, and the authors will discuss the potential barriers and facilitators to implementing the practice within EBTs. The final speaker will present data from a study examining adaptations implemented to an EBT for infants diagnosed with or at risk for autism. Results will highlight the effects of adaptations on family engagement, and the speaker will discuss implications for tailoring treatments for infants and young children. We will conclude with expert remarks from our Discussant, who will address the individual talks and contextualize findings within the larger literature on the value of responsiveness to patient and family needs, values, and preferences.
Presenter: Christopher Georgiadis, M.S. – Florida International University
Co-author: Deepika Bose, M.S. – Florida International University
Co-author: Rebecca Wolenski, M.S. – Florida International University
Co-author: Natalie Hong, M.S. – Florida International University
Co-author: Stefany Coxe, Ph.D – FIU
Co-author: Jeremy W. Pettit, Ph.D. – Florida International University
Co-author: Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D. – Florida International University
Presenter: Amanda Sanchez, Ph.D. – George Mason University
Co-author: Jason Jent, Ph.D. – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Co-author: Neil Kishan Aggarwal, MD – Columbia University Department of Psychiatry
Co-author: Denise Chavira, Ph.D. – University of California Los Angeles
Co-author: Stefany Coxe, Ph.D – FIU
Co-author: Jon Comer, PhD – Florida International University
Co-author: Dainelys Garcia, PhD – Mailman Center for Child Development
Co-author: Martin LaRoche, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital at Martha Eliot, Harvard Medical School
Presenter: Laura Nelson Darling, M.A. – Boston University Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Co-author: Bruce F. Chorpita, Ph.D. – University of California Los Angeles
Co-author: David Langer, Ph.D. – Suffolk University
Presenter: Alicia R. Fenley, M.A. – Boston University
Co-author: Bruce F. Chorpita, Ph.D. – University of California Los Angeles
Co-author: David Langer, Ph.D. – Suffolk University
Presenter: Katherine Pickard, Ph.D. – Emory University School of Medicine
Co-author: Nicole Hendrix, Ph.D. – Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Autism and Related Disabilities
Co-author: Natalie Brane, M.S. – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Co-author: Karen Guerra, M.S. – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Co-author: Kathryn Ulven Hopkins, M.S. – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta