Developing Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) for Parents of Treatment-Resistant Adolescents.

Authors

Kimberly C KirbyFollow
Brian Versek
Mary Louise Kerwin, Rowan UniversityFollow
Kathleen Meyers
Lois A Benishek
Elena Bresani
Yukiko Washio
Amelia Arria
Robert J Meyers

Document Type

Article

Version Deposited

Accepted for publication (PostPrint)

Publication Date

5-4-2015

Publication Title

Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

DOI

10.1080/1067828X.2013.777379

Abstract

We describe a project focused on training parents to facilitate their treatment-resistant adolescent's treatment entry and to manage their child after entry into community-based treatment. Controlled studies show that Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) is a unilateral treatment that fosters treatment entry of adults; however, there are no controlled trials for parents with a substance-abusing child. We examined the behavioral parent training literature to guide us in tailoring CRAFT for parents of adolescents. We discuss adaptations to CRAFT, outcomes and experiences gained from a brief pilot of the revised CRAFT program, and the future directions of this work.

Comments

PubMed Central (PMC) Author Manuscript.

Recommended Citation

Kirby, K. C., Versek, B., Kerwin, M. L. E., Meyers, K. Bresani, E., Washio, Y. & Meyers, R. J. (2015). Developing Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) for parents of treatment-resistant adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 24, 155-165.