Parent Intervention Program

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Parent Intervention Program
31st Annual Cross Cultural Conference Youth,
Family and Community Violence Strategies for
Prevention, Intervention and Post-Treatment
Support

• Tiffany H. Williams, APRN, CPNP
• Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Instructor
• Medical University of South Carolina
• College of Nursing

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Program Goals

• Increase positive nurturing parenting
• Decrease negative or harsh parenting style
• Promote parent-teacher collaboration
• Promote supportive school environment with focus
  on social-emotional development

The Incredible Years Training Series
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Theory

• Cognitive Social Theory
• People change as a result of the interactions
  they have on a daily basis with one another

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Methods

• Developmentally based
• Empirically validated
• Emphasis on therapeutic relationship
• Coping
• Videotaped modeling
• Role play rehearsal
• Home assignments
• Group support

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Parent Program (BASIC)

• How to play with child
• Effective praise
• Motivation through rewards
• Limit setting
• Handling misbehavior

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Parent Program (School Series)

• Promote self confidence
• Foster good listening habits
• Coping with child discouragement
• Homework
• Reading with child
• Talking with teacher
• Discussing school problems with child

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Promoting Engagement

• Interview prior to group
• 10-14 parents per group
• Multi-level families
• Day and evening groups
• Meet weekly for 2 hours
• Two trained leaders
• Buddy calls
• Food, transportations, child care

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Effectiveness

• Randomized control group evaluations by developer
  and multiple replications (prevention and
  treatment)
• Increase in positive parenting
• Decrease in harsh disciple
• Reduction in conduct problems
• Increase in child social competence
• 2/3 of children in normal range at 3-year f/u

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Conclusions

• Parenting single most effective treatment for
  young children with conduct problems.
• Parenting training alone does snot consistently
  promote changes at school or with peers for those
  with pervasive behavior problems.

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Partnerships

• Title I Elementary School
• Parent Liaison/ PTA President
• Child Teacher Programs
• MUSC School Based Clinic
• NP

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Plans

• School buy-in
• PTA presentation
• Focus on parents of children in Dino School
• Train students or volunteers as child care
  providers

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Anticipated Challenges

• Child care
• Transportation
• Stigma
• Lack of trust
• Generational parenting
• Time
• Multiple-level parenting

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Community Assets

• Tight-knit
• Extended families
• Multi-generational parenting

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Why Am I Interested in the Parent Program?
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Future Possibilities

• District schools
• Faith-base
• Pediatrician offices
• Community
• Child Protective Services
• Mental Health Services

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• Questions?

• Thoughts?