University of Sevilla, Spain

Updates of child psychological treatments

The aim of this symposium is to present some of the updates carried out in the last decade within the field of child treatments. It consists of four presentations, two referring to current intervention proposals developed from the behavioural-cognitive model. The remaining speakers present current discoveries on the recommended treatment for two specific disorders, of special relevance at this age. The first speaker will explain the EDUCA-R programme that aims to promote a positive educational pattern in parents and, with this new style of education, be able to encourage the main resilient qualities in their children. The aim of the second scientific contribution is to show how Well´s Metacognitive Therapy proceeds in its application with children and adolescents. In the symposium´s third presentation there will be a review of the current treatments that present empirical evidence to intervene in post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents. The aim of the last presentation is to analyse the effects and contributions that neurofeedback has to the treatment of ADHD, in comparison to pharmacological treatment and behavioural therapy.

Inmaculada Moreno is Professor of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment Department of the University of Seville. She teaches Behavior Modification Children and Youth at the University of Seville and combines this teaching with his participation in the Master of Health Psychology and Educational Psychology at universities. She is responsible for Group Research "Clinical Psychology and Quality of Life of Patients and Families". Author of several books on Child Behavior Therapy (Therapy childhood behavior. Intervention Guide) Hyperactivity (The hyperactive child. A Guide for Parents, Children Hyperactivity. Operation Guide). Principal Investigator of the draft National Plan i + d + i (PSI2008-06008-C02-01) project. Randomized, controlled, open to assess the efficacy of Neurofeedback in ADHD Behavioral Treatment against a standard drug treatment and study. Her research focused on hyperactivity and Effectiveness of Child Psychological Treatments.