What is it about?
This article provides some historical context to filial therapy, a summary of problems with service access in rural communities and an overview of a filial therapy intervention with a primary school girl with a pre and post treatment comparison.
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Why is it important?
Single case studies provide a picture of the effect on individuals and add value to discussions about the efficacy of treatment approaches.
Perspectives
This article tracks the journey of a child whose life and family circumstances presented a barrier to her accessing mental health intervention. This child's engagement in the social and learning aspects of school life were affected by her mental health symptoms and this story demonstrates the effect of a filial therapy approach to addressing the problem in a school setting.
jane cooper
Monash University
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This page is a summary of: School-Based Filial Therapy with a Seven-Year-Old Girl in a Rural Australian Primary School: Addressing Emotional and Behavioral Barriers to Meaningful Engagement in Education, The International Journal of Learner Diversity and Identities, January 2019, Common Ground Publishing,
DOI: 10.18848/2327-0128/cgp/v26i01/37-45.
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