Pilot Evaluation of a Psychoeducation Group for Family Caregivers of Children and Adolescents With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (CPG-CA) in China

The CPG-CA intervention is a group psychoeducational internvention for family caregivers of children and adolescents with E/BDs in China. It will consist of 10 to 15 family caregivers of children and adolescents with E/BDs, meeting once a week for 1.5 to 2 hours per session, for a total of 12 sessions over a 3-month period. The sessions will cover the following themes: (1) knowledge about child and adolescent emotional and behavioral disorders; (2) coping skills for common emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents; (3) problem-solving skills; (4) communication skills with children and adolescents; (5) positive parenting techniques; and (6) self-care techniques. A variety of facilitation techniques will be used in the intervention, including didactic teaching, group discussion, role-playing, and homework assignment.