Nhóm làm việc cho nhóm khách hàng có thể được chạy cũng theo một cách rất có cấu trúc, đào tạo tương tự như cha mẹ, để dạy các kỹ năng làm cha mẹ và luyện tập 'em, cũng như học tập giải quyết vấn đề kỹ thuật liên quan đến khu vực khác của cha mẹ' cuộc sống. | 238 CHILDREN WHO FAIL TO THRIVE to cope with problems while problem-solving further increases perceived self-effectiveness. Group-work for this client group can be run as well in a very structured way similar to parent training to teach parenting skills and practise them as well as learning problem-solving techniques associated with other areas of parents lives. It needs to be remembered however that not all parents can learn in public and not all will desire or need to belong to a group. Accommodating different needs and facilitating individual preferences is a key to successful outcomes. Group-work is one of them. SUMMARY The multidimensional integrated model of intervention developed by the author has been discussed above. Methods and techniques dealing with feeding eating problems interactional and relationship difficulties and behaviour management were fully elaborated upon providing tips and ideas which were easy to follow by parents and carers. Various methods of helping parents such as personal and developmental counselling and group-work were briefly elaborated on as was therapeutic work with children in hospitals and day-nurseries. This chapter also discussed how to respond to immediate needs of failure-to-thrive children and their parents and fully described long-term intervention and treatment. 13 APPROACHES TO FAILURE-TO-THRIVE INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES If we desire to change something in a child we should first consider if that something could be changed with benefit in ourselves. Carl Gustav Jung 1932 INTRODUCTION A number of different disciplines have been active in pursuing failure-to-thrive intervention research and several approaches have been developed over the years to improve the effectiveness of such interventions. Indeed the problem of failure to thrive has attracted a lot of interest and has stimulated research on both sides of the Atlantic amongst different professional disciplines. It also has become very competitive in terms of both .
