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Implementation and Evaluation of TeleGroup Interventions for Youth in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Fri, April 9, 4:20 to 5:50pm EDT (4:20 to 5:50pm EDT), VirtualSession Type: Paper Symposium
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic placed unexpected and urgent pressures on mental health systems worldwide to seek novel treatment delivery formats to safely meet the psychological needs of youth. In response to this crisis, clinicians and researchers took to rapidly adapting services to telehealth delivery formats (Sharma et al., 2020). Although prior research supports the efficacy of teletherapy for youth (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2017), there is little research on telehealth-delivered evidence-based therapies (EBTs) for youth in a group format, which is cost effective and has additional benefits of reducing patient social isolation. Thus, timely research is needed to inform which group based EBTs can be successfully delivered in a “Tele-group” format, for whom they are most appropriate and beneficial, and best practices for implementation. The primary aim of this symposium is to describe adaptations and current empirical research on Tele-Group EBTs for youth with a range of mental health concerns. Investigators from the United States and Canada describe acceptability, feasibility, implementation practices, and preliminary outcomes of Tele-Group-delivered EBT interventions including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for adolescents with suicidality and self-harm, behavior management training (BMT) for disruptive behavior and ADHD, CBT for adolescent girls, and multi-family treatment for adolescent somatization. Collectively, this work represents an important step towards describing how group-based EBT’s have been flexibly adapted to telehealth, examining how youth and families experience these treatments, and reporting on their effects to support the adjustment and mental health of young people and their families in the wake of COVID-19.
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The Central Role of Group Cohesion in Recovery from Adolescent Somatization: Adapting a Multifamily Treatment for Virtual Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Presenting Author: Erin Romanchych, The hospital for sick children; Non-Presenting Author: Amrit Dhariwal, University of British Columbia (UBC); Non-Presenting Author: Janice Cohen, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Telehealth Adapted DBT Multi-Family Skills Group for Adolescents with Suicidality and Non-suicidal Self Injury - Presenting Author: Kyrill Gurtovenko, University of Washington; Non-Presenting Author: Kalina Babeva, Seattle Children's; Non-Presenting Author: Freda Liu, University of Washington; Non-Presenting Author: Hilary Mead, Seattle Children's; Non-Presenting Author: James Williamson, University Of Washington; Non-Presenting Author: Nicole M Stettler; Non-Presenting Author: Cesalie Stepney, Seattle Children’s Hospital; Non-Presenting Author: Samuel McGinnis, Seattle Children’s Hospital; Non-Presenting Author: Andrea Hartman, Seattle Children's Hospital; Non-Presenting Author: Molly Cevasco, Seattle Children’s Hospital; Non-Presenting Author: Lauren Boydston, University of Washington; Non-Presenting Author: Stephanie Pickering, Seattle Children's Hospital
Social Connectedness While Social Distancing: Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Impact of a Virtual Telehealth Group for Adolescent Girls - Presenting Author: Margareth Vanessa Del Cid, OTHER; Non-Presenting Author: Johanna Bailey Folk; Non-Presenting Author: Lauren Haack, University of California, San Francisco; Non-Presenting Author: Joseline Delgadillo, University of California, San Francisco; Non-Presenting Author: Jamie Salas, University of California, San Francisco; Non-Presenting Author: Jacqueline Moses, University of California, San Francisco; Non-Presenting Author: Stacie Collins, University of California, San Francisco; Non-Presenting Author: Marina Tolou-Shams, University of California, San Francisco
"TeleGroup” Adaptations to Behavior Management Training: Provider and Parent Acceptability, Comparative Outcomes, and Implementation Strategies - Presenting Author: Michelle Kuhn, Seattle Children's; Non-Presenting Author: Cindy Ola Trevino, University of Washington; Non-Presenting Author: Tara Rutter, Seattle Children's; Non-Presenting Author: Tyler Sasser, University of Washington; Non-Presenting Author: Erin Schoenfelder-Gonzalez, Seattle Children's