Project BELONG: Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Family Violence and Trauma
Mother-child Relations, Parenting, Parent Child Abuse
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Mother-child Relations focused on measuring parent-child interactions, mental health care, child health services, parenting confidence, adverse childhood events, dyadic care model
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female gender
- 18 years of age or older
- Has a child under the age of 5 years
- Must be parent or legal guardian of child
- Comfortable communicating in English
- Plan to stay in the greater Boston area for the next 6 months [post IRB-approval]
- Typically available between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM at least one day during the week (Monday thru Friday)
- Must answer "yes" to having experienced hardships in their own life, which may have involved any of the following: threat of violence, family violence, partner violence, family conflict, and/or mistreatment in their own childhood.
- Must be able to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Child previously diagnosed with autism, severe global delay, blindness, deafness or paralysis
Sites / Locations
- Boston Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Mothers with children <3 years of age
Mothers with children 3-5 years of age
Dyads of mothers with children up to 3 years of age will be attending modified Group Attachment Based Intervention (mGABI) sessions at the SPARK Center that will include a small group of other mother-child pairs and approximately two therapists. Dyads will be offered the 10 session therapeutic intervention.
Dyads of mothers with children between the ages of 3 and 5 years will be attending Brief Dyadic Intervention (BDI) sessions at Child Witness to Violence and/or the SPARK Center with their child and an individual therapist. Dyads will be offered the 10 session therapeutic intervention.