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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2022 Feb 10;39(6):529–539. doi: 10.1080/08880018.2022.2025964

Table 1.

Overview of the CareMeds Intervention

Session Skills Training Covered Session Model Construct Addressed
1 Understanding the Role of Parents in Successful Medication
Administration and Empowering Parents for Success
1. Guided evaluation of current routines and barriers
2. Setting realistic expectations
3. Organizational plans and charts
4. Introduction to behavioral reward systems
Forgetting; Logistical Barriers; Inadequate Planning
2 Communication with Children
1. Planning for success
2. Communicating with your child
3. Positive attention, specific praise
4. Behaviors to avoid (e.g., negative talk, yelling)
Support; Psychological Control; Reducing Negative Behavioral Control; Parent-Child Conflict
3 Empowering and Encouraging Children
1. Effective directions
2. Active parental involvement, empowering children
3. Acknowledging Emotions
4. Sharing Duties with your child
Support; Psychological Control; Reducing Negative Behavioral Control; Parent-Child Conflict
4 1. Review of positive parenting strategies
2. Tips and Tricks for oral medication administration (pill swallowing, direct modeling)
3. Planning for the future
Support; Psychological Control; Reducing Negative Behavioral Control; Parent-Child Conflict; Inadequate Planning