Psychology graduate school training on interventions for child maltreatment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15689205 |
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| Authors | Benjamin A Sigel (0000-0001-9214-4164, corresponding author), Jane F Silovsky (0000-0003-4450-9282) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 229-234 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1942-969X • E-ISSN: 1942-9681 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0024467 |
| OpenAlex | W2112301901 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This current study surveyed psychology programs’ use of empirically supported treatments (ESTs) for children and their families with a history of child maltreatment. In May 2009, there were 599 graduate school programs listed by the Graduate Study in Psychology Online of the American Psychological Association (APA). Psychology graduate school department heads or directors of training were asked to complete an online survey about training offered in treatments for this population. Of the 599 psychology graduate school programs contacted, 201 (34%) responded. Of the 201 programs that responded, 140 provided training in treatments for children and their families with a history of child maltreatment. Results indicated that training in at least 1 EST was provided by 89% of the programs that provided training in treatments for this population. However, training in the treatment rated as meeting the highest standard of evidence, Trauma-focused cognitive–behavioral therapy, was provided in only 45% of the programs. Training in treatments that have been rated as not yet having sufficient research evidence to be labeled as supported were more likely to occur in non-APA accredited and non-PhD programs (i.e., terminal Master’s, EdS, PsyD). As an important vehicle for the dissemination of ESTs in child maltreatment, considerable progress is needed to improve the training provided by psychology graduate programs
Developmental psychology · Medical education · Pedagogy · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · School psychology · Training (meteorology · Applied Psychology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Welfare and Adoption · Medicine · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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