6 |
Session 1: IBD education delivered via TEAM website |
7 |
Skype™ technology testing |
Skype™ technology testing |
8 |
Session 2: Parental monitoring of adherence, introduction to adherence monitoring, use of problem solving approach to overcome barriers to adherence |
Session 2: Review of adolescent’s specific medication regimen. Tailored discussion of medication regimen including mechanism of action within the body and potential side effects |
9 |
Telephone check in of family’s progress |
Follow-up email of previous session materials and links to related educational materials |
10 |
Session 3: Functional analysis of family’s specific barriers to adherence, discussion of organizational tools to improve adherence, problem solving of one adherence barrier |
Session 3: Discussion of local and national resources available to patients with IBD via the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America |
11 |
Telephone check in of family’s progress |
Follow-up email of previous session materials and links to related educational materials |
12 |
Session 4: Transition of IBD treatment responsibility from the parent to the adolescent, maintenance of adherence gains, problem solving one future barrier to adherence |
Session 4: Education on the role of healthy lifestyle habits (i.e., nutrition, hydration, sleep, and exercise) as part of a comprehensive IBD management approach |