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Many types of child therapy provide direct psychological services to the child (e.g., play therapy). These child-directed therapies typically evaluate child outcome based on parent report of child behavior change (e.g., child appears happier, child less angry) or parental satisfaction (i.e., parent believes child getting the help child needs). Parent report, however, is biased in a positive direction for child outcome regardless of the type of therapy/ treatment utilized (Patterson & Narrett, 1990). Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate child therapy based not only on parent report, but also on actual child behavior change. Most current forms of psychotherapy for children, however, do not have empirical support demonstrating actual child behavior outcomes (Patterson & Narrett, 1990).
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Shriver, M.D. (1998). Teaching Parenting Skills. In: Watson, T.S., Gresham, F.M. (eds) Handbook of Child Behavior Therapy. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5323-6_9
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