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Improving Outcomes for Families of Children with CP with a Parenting
Intervention combined with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Whittingham K , Sanders, M.R. McKinlay, L. & Boyd R.N.
Koa WhittinghamEmail: [email protected]: @WhittinghamKoaBlog: Parenting from the Heart www.koawhittingham.com/blog/
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Cerebral Palsy •2-2.5 of every 1000 live born children•permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture•attributed to non-progressive disturbances in the developing foetal or infant brain
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Cerebral Palsy
•1 in 4 has a behavioural disorder (Novak, Hines, Goldsmith, & Barclay, 2012)
•7 in 10 preschoolers show significant delay in social milestones with continued social difficulties at school age (Parkes et al., 2009; Whittingham, Fahey, Rawicki, & Boyd, 2010)
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Paucity of research: no RCTs
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Parents of children with CP
• Increased burden of care
• Ongoing grief (chronic sorrow)• 5 times more likely to be experiencing very
high stress (Parkes, Caravale, Marcelli, Franco, & Colver, 2011)
• 4 times more likely to have elevated anxiety symptoms (Barlow, Cullen-Powell, & Cheshire, 2006; Lach et al., 2009).
• 5 times more likely to have moderate depressive symptoms (Barlow, Cullen-Powell, & Cheshire, 2006; Lach et al., 2009).
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Could ACT be beneficial?
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Experiential avoidance: a significant, unique predictorExperiential Avoidance:
17.47% psychological symptoms
8.24% parenting burden
13.76% grief symptoms
Child Behaviour:
3.35% psychological symptoms
6.55% parenting burden
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Needed: RCTs of ‘third-wave’ parenting interventions
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It’s time… for a trial• First RCT of parenting intervention for the CP
population• Test, via an RCT, the additive benefits of ACT
above and beyond parenting intervention
Registered with: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (00336291)Ethics approvals: Queensland Children’s Health Services Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/09/QRCH/125)The University of Queensland Behavioural and Social Sciences Ethical Review Committee (2009001871) Cerebral Palsy League Research Ethics Committee (CPLQ-2010/11/1033).
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Primary and secondary outcomes• Primary outcomes:
• child behaviour problems (ECBI & SDQ)• dysfunctional parenting styles (Parenting Scale)
• Secondary outcomes: • child functional performance (PEDI)• child quality of life (CP-QOL)• parental psychological symptoms (DASS)• experiential avoidance (AAQ-adapted parenting disability)• Parenting confidence (CP Daily Tasks Checklist)• Experienced parenting burden(CP Daily Tasks Checklist)• Parental attitude to child’s emotions (Parent beliefs about negative emotions questionnaire)
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•Recruited parents of children (2-12) with Cerebral Palsy (all severity levels) from across QLD.•Recruitment via QCPRRC database, Cerebral Palsy League, Queensland Cerebral Palsy Register and Queensland Cerebral Palsy Health Service
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80 participants (13 failed to proceed)
22 SSTP23 SSTP + ACT22 WL
Follow up nearly finished!
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Key Sample Characteristics
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ResultsAnalysis: ANCOVA comparing three groups at post with
preintervention scores as covariate and linear contrasts
Significant differences were found for child behaviour, child quality of life, child functional performance, dysfunctional parenting style and parental psychological symptoms
No significant differences were found in experiential avoidance, parental confidence, experienced parenting burden or parental attitude to child emotions
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Summary of Significant Results
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Child Behaviour: ECBI Intensity
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Child Behaviour: ECBI Problem
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Child Emotional Symptoms: SDQ
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Child Hyperactivity: SDQ
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Child Functional Performance Mobility: PEDI Mobility
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Child Quality of Life: CP-QOL Social Wellbeing and Acceptance
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Child Quality of Life: CP-QOL Feelings about Functioning
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Child Quality of Life: CP-QOL Family Health
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Parenting Style: Overreactivity
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Parenting Style: Verbosity
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Parent Psychological symptoms: DASS Depression
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Parent Psychological symptoms: DASS Stress
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What does it mean?
• Stepping Stones Triple P + ACT is an effective intervention for child behaviour problems and dysfunctional parenting styles in the CP population
• Results are suggestive of an additive effect of ACT, above and beyond parenting interventions
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Parenting and ACT: Future Directions
• Greater sample sizes• Integration: build ACT into parenting
intervention• Web-based delivery• Better measurement
• IRAP• Quality of Life• Parent-child relationship
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Thank-youThis research was supported by an NHMRC Postdoctoral fellowship
Cerebral Palsy League, Queensland Cerebral Palsy Register and Queensland Cerebral Palsy Health Service assisted in recruitment
Felicity Brown, Catherine Mak and Diana Wee assisted in intervention delivery
The biggest thanks goes to the awesome parents who took time out of their busy lives to participate in my research and meet their own parenting goals!
Connect with meEmail: [email protected]: @WhittinghamKoaBlog: Parenting from the Heartwww.koawhittingham/blog/