In the FABB Lab, we work to understand how effective family interventions that coach positive and responsive parenting impact the body and improve the lives of families in our community. Of late, we are most interested in understanding how parent-child interventions help to support healthy child development and contribute to long-lasting positive change in families.
We recently completed the Coaching Adaptive Parenting Strategies (CAPS) Study — a randomized clinical trial of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). In the CAPS study, we looked at how the intervention impacts the brain and body of families and how that relates to reduced child abuse and neglect, positive outcomes in parenting behaviors, parent and child self-validation, and social perceptions in child welfare-involved families.
Our lab is currently launching a new follow-up study where we invite CAPS mothers back into our lab to complete a single-visit fMRI assessment. We wish to understand the long-term effects of the PCIT intervention and how it may have impacted brain activity and contributed to parent well-being.
