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Video Resources

Albert Bandura on Behavior Therapy, Self-Efficacy, and Modeling

Learning Objective: 4. 2 Differentiate the major systems of psychotherapy used to treat children, adolescents, and families.

Description: In this 2-minute clip, Albert Bandura discusses how the Bobo doll experiments led to changes in behavioral intervention.

Questions to Consider

1. How did the Bobo doll experiments lead to changes in treatment?
2. What are the three elements Bandura says that you need to change the society?

For a longer interview with Albert Bandura, see Inside the Psychologist’s Studio with Albert Bandura from the Association for Psychological Science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_U-pSZwHy8 (46 minutes)

Too Many Meds for Foster Kids?

Learning Objective: 4.1 Identify some common medications used to treat childhood disorders and the neurotransmitters they affect.

Description: This 5-minute clip describes the results of a GAO report on the prescription of psychotropic medication for children in foster care.

Questions to Consider

1. Why do foster children receive more prescription medication than other children?
2. How can we be sure that children who need medication receive it while avoiding overprescription problems in other children?
3. One of the experts says that these children have been through terrible experiences and that we should not necessarily try to change their brain chemistry. Explain why he said this.
    

An Overview of American Children and Mental Health

Learning Objective: Be familiar with the research literature on the efficacy and effectiveness of psychotherapy for children.

Description: This 4-minute video from the National Institute of Mental Health describes the results of the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES).

Questions to Consider

1. What is the NHANES study?
2. Describe the findings with respect to treatment of disorders?
3. How can these results be used to further treatment and research in the future?
    

Audio Resources

Treating Children with Mental Disorders

Learning Objective: 4.3 Be familiar with the research literature on the efficacy and effectiveness of psychotherapy for children.

Description: This 17-minute story describes one family’s path in the treatment of a child with bipolar disorder.

Questions to Consider

1. Describe this family’s journey. Do you think that the ups and downs are inevitable in this type of situation or would better treatment have helped?
2. Dr. Williamson discusses how to recognize the signs of serious issues. What are these?
3. Dr. Williamson addresses concerns about the treatment of African American children with mental health issues. Describe these.

Train the Brain: Using Neurofeedback to Treat ADHD

Learning Objective: 4.3 Be familiar with the research literature on the efficacy and effectiveness of psychotherapy for children.

Description: This 5 ½-minute story considers the relatively new treatment neurofeedback for children with ADHD. The audio clip discusses both the promise of the treatment and the need for more treatment.

Questions to Consider

1. Why is neurofeedback appealing to parents? What does it involve?
2. What does the preliminary evidence say about it?
3. If parents like this approach, why is it important that there is more research on it?