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Evaluation of the Social Validity and Implementation Process of a Psychoeducational Program for Parents of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Sankey, Carol; Girard, Sophie; Cappe, Emilie – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The aim of this study was to assess the social validity and document the implementation of a psychoeducational program designed to support parents after their child's diagnosis, from both parents' and professionals' perspectives. A complete version (five workshops and five individual follow-ups) and a shortened version (five workshops only) of the…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Psychoeducational Methods, Parent Education, Parenting Skills
Delivering Evidence-Based Parenting Support in Educational Settings
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Sanders, Matthew R.; Healy, Karyn L.; Hodges, Julie; Kirby, Grace – Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 2021
Parent-child relationships influence learning throughout a child's formal schooling and beyond. The quality of parenting children receive has a major influence on their learning and developmental capabilities. Parental influence is important in the early years of life and extends throughout a child's schooling. Parenting has a pervasive influence…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Parent Education, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence
Family Connections: The Importance of Prison Reading Programs for Incarcerated Parents and Their Children
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Blumberg, Daniel M.; Griffin, Dawn A. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2013
This article introduces a successful reading program, Family Connections, for incarcerated parents and their children. A comprehensive review of the literature supports the need to implement prison programs from an ecological perspective, in which the needs of inmates and their families are considered. More specifically, the benefits of directing…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Family Programs, Nonprofit Organizations, Institutionalized Persons
Context, Diversity and Engagement: Early Intervention with Australian Aboriginal Families in Urban and Remote Contexts
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Robinson, Gary; Tyler, William; Jones, Yomei; Silburn, Sven; Zubrick, Stephen R. – Children & Society, 2012
This article describes challenges met implementing an early intervention programme for Aboriginal parents and their children in the NT (Northern Territory) of Australia in the context of efforts to remediate Aboriginal disadvantage. The intervention is an adaptation of an 8- to 10-week, manualised parenting programme designed for four- to…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Indigenous Populations, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Developing and Implementing Democratic Parenting Methods in a Group Home Servicing Children Ages Three to Eleven.
Santa Lucia, Sister Paul Marie – 1989
Society still carries the lingering remains of the autocratic cultural mores of reward and punishment. Staff in a group home setting for children must be aware of the complexity caused by the mingling of autocratic and democratic mores. This phenomenon causes discrepancy in parenting methods. It was surmised that training the staff (N=4) at one…
Descriptors: Children, Democracy, Group Homes, Models
Set the P.A.C.E.! A Curriculum to Promote Mother-Child Communication about Sexuality and Reduce Sexual Risk Behaviors in Children Ages 6-12
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DiIorio, Colleen K.; Pluhar, Erika I.; Pines, Kathy; Jennings, Tanya – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2006
In this article, we describe the Set the P.A.C.E.! (Parents And Children Empowered) curriculum designed for mothers of children 6-12 years of age. The development of the curriculum was part of a research study to test an intervention to enhance the mother's role in promoting resilience among 6- to 12-year-old children and to reduce the risk of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Sex Education, Mothers, Models