Table 1.

Treatment Session Content

Session #	Session Length	Session Content
Session 1:	60-90 Minutes	Educational and Organizational intervention (patients and parents meet separately): 1) education regarding IBD, medication action and side effects, 2) discussion of barriers to adherence, regimen simplification, perceived illness threat, and 3) discussion of organizational cues to prompt adherence.
Sessions 2 and 3:	60-90 Minutes	Behavior Modification Problem Solving Skills and Monitoring Adherence (patients and parents meet separately): 1) training in behavioral contracts and goal setting, 2) positive reinforcement and extinction, 3) discussion/problem solving of goal setting, and 4) training in problem-solving skills, parental monitoring and adolescent self-monitoring of adherence.
Session 4:	60-90 Minutes	Family Functioning (patients and parents meet together): 1) training in communication, negotiation, resolving conflict between family members.