Table 5.

Percentage of sessions in which child-focused goals were pursued according to therapist and observer ratings and correspondence between rating sources

Goal/strategy	Intensity threshold
	Therapist		Observer
	2+ (%)	3+ (%)	1+ (%)	2+ (%)	3+ (%)	Kappa
Information gathering	90	73	94	78	57	.02
-MH status, behavior, functioning
-Family structure
Information gathering	73	45	41	16	2	.36*
-Psychosocial stressors
Review progress	60	32	18	0	0	.01
Establish treatment/session goals	50	24	32	8	0	−.08
Social/communication/assertiveness skills	43	31	20	8	4	.39**
Experience/express affect	41	31	6	6	0	.12
Family member perspective	41	24	14	0	0	−.08
Identifying signs/cues for emotions	33	24	14	6	0	.55**
Information gathering	28	18	8	2	0	.40**
-High risk issues
Child roles	26	18	2	0	0	.17*
Problem solving skills	24	14	33	18	8	−.14
Stress reduction skills	24	12	0	0	0	–
Understand/differentiate emotions	22	14	8	2	0	.29*
Relaxation skills	22	12	6	0	0	.40**
Cognitive distortions	20	14	8	0	0	−.11
Develop safety or crisis plan	8	8	2	0	0
Appropriate medications	6	4	12	2	2	.47**
Formal supports	6	2	8	2	2	−.03
Informal supports	0	0	0	0	0	–

Note Percentages of sessions in which each goal / strategy was identified as present are reported for sessions rated by therapists (N = 51) and coded by observers (N = 63). Kappa coefficients were calculated dichotomizing the presence/absence of a goal / strategy using intensity cutpoints of 3 for therapists and 1 for observers due to differences in rates of report of goal/strategy presence

* P < .05, ** P < .01