| A1 |
1 Family: parents and their adopted daughters (biological half-sisters). |
Mother’s complaint of anger, frustration and fraternal rivalry presented by one daughter (identified patient). |
Psychoanalytic Family Therapy. |
Contribute to the redevelopment of the psychic space of the family involvement in formation. |
Not informed. |
Not informed. |
Improvement of the symptoms of the child (identified patient); greater prominence of the sister targeted by fraternal rivalry; improvement of the bond and establishment of intimacy between family members. |
| A2 |
130 dyads (mother-baby): with first adopted child under 6 months of age. |
Not informed (participants recruited through adoption agencies). |
Book and video-feedback. |
Improve sensitive responsiveness and promote secure attachment relationships between babies and parents and child competence. |
Book with suggestions for sensitive parenting; Meetings with video-feedback. |
In the family home and in the research laboratory: 5 meetings: pre- and post- tests plus 3 video-feedback interventions. |
Decreased disorganized attachment rate through combined book and video-feedback intervention; improvement in maternal sensitive responsiveness. |
| A3 |
7 fathers and mothers with one adopted child aged 5 to 15 months. |
General information and advice on parenting and how to come to a better understanding of your children. Moreover, more specific help on issues regarding attachment, hyperactivity or how to help your child at mealtime. |
Marte Meo method: an intervention with video-feedback. |
Helping parents in the needs of their child at the different stages of their development and stimulate them to modify their behavior in a way that aims to promote the development of the child. |
Meetings with video-feedback. |
In the family home: between 3 and 7 meetings per family (about 6 months of intervention). |
The parents perceived the intervention as positive; it was observed that most parents adopt a too fast pace for the child; the fathers expressed interest in focusing on seeing the children, while the mothers were more concerned about seeing the relationship with the child. |
| A4 |
Number of families not reported: dyads or triads (85 adopted children aged 2 to 8 years old). |
Children referred for treatment due to disruptive behaviors and behaviors that are difficult to manage. |
Parent-child interaction therapy: an intervention in the mirror room, with hidden therapists directing parents’ actions with their children. |
Increase positive parenting skills, reduce children’s behavior problems, reduce parental stress, and improve parent-child relationship. |
Didactic Training; Behavior guided, through listening apparatus, by therapists. |
In the outpatient clinic of a University hospital: the average number of appointments (including evaluations) was 17.26 (SD=6.7), lasting from 14 to 20 weeks. |
Significant improvements in positive parenting techniques; reductions in parental stress and reductions in children’s externalizing and internalizing behaviors. |
| A5 |
1 Dyad (mother and son of 6 years). |
The mother thought she was becoming more and more distant from her son. |
Brief attachment-oriented clinical intervention, focused on a multi-method evaluation of attachment, relationships, and representations. |
Help the mother increase her maternal sensitivity and reflect on her mental states of attachment and their influence on the mother-child relationship. |
Video-feedback; feedback of the interview on attachment in adults. |
In a Clinical Center: 5 visits (2 evaluations, 2 interventions and 1 feedback), plus 1 appointment for follow-up after 7 years. |
Modification of the adopted child’s attachment pattern for greater security. Highlighting the importance of intervention in the first months after adoption. |
| A6 |
Number of families not reported: dyads or triads (10 adopted children, aged between 10 and 53 months). |
Young children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Spectrum Disorder and with comorbid experiences of mistreatment or loss. |
Combination of techniques: series of regulatory, somatosensory, relational and cognitive enrichments. |
Help parents make decisions based on clinical knowledge of a child’s current developmental functions. |
Neurosequential model of therapy; parent-child psychotherapy; conscious parental education. |
In a community mental health outpatient clinic: from 24 to 48 meetings, over 6 months). |
Improved scores of various measures of child development; parental care skills improved while stress decreased. |
| A7 |
36 families: dyads or triads - 32 cases with available data (59 parents and 42 children, aged 2 to 17 years old). |
Referred families: social and emotional concerns, emotional regulation and challenging behavior of the child. |
Systemic family therapy with adapted treatment based on mentalization. |
Help build trust, improve the relationship and help parents and children understand each other. |
Adaptation of mentalization-based treatment for families |
In the space of a non-governmental organization (NGO): 6 meetings. |
Positive results in parental mental health and self-efficacy; reports of high levels of satisfaction with therapy; helped parents in the struggles they faced, such as their children’s past experiences. |
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