Errorless compliance training: building a cooperative relationship between parents with brain injury and their oppositional children

Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2002 Oct;72(4):585-95. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.72.4.585.

Abstract

Errorless compliance training, a noncoercive intervention for improving child compliance, was evaluated in a multiple baseline across-subjects design with 12 oppositional children (ages 2-7 years) and their brain-injured parents, who suffered from cognitive deficits, impulsivity, and/or emotional instability. Generalized and durable increases were observed in child compliance after treatment. Pre/post improvements were also noted on a measure of parent self-esteem. Errorless compliance training may be well suited to intervention with parents with cognitive and behavioral impairments that decrease their potential to benefit from traditional parenting approaches.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / psychology*
  • Brain Injuries / complications
  • Brain Injuries / psychology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cognition Disorders / etiology
  • Cooperative Behavior*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / etiology
  • Observer Variation
  • Parent-Child Relations*
  • Parents / psychology
  • Patient Compliance / statistics & numerical data*
  • Self Concept
  • Teaching / methods*