Training Community-Based Professionals to Implement an Empirically Supported Parenting Program

Authors

Robert A. Fox, Marquette UniversityFollow
Kathleen M. Duffy, Marquette University
Kathryn M. Keller, Marquette University

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

13 p.

Publication Date

2006

Publisher

Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Source Publication

Early Child Development and Care

Source ISSN

0300-4430

Abstract

Professionals representing 14 community-based organizations were trained at three different sites serving urban and rural families to implement an empirically supported parenting program for families of young children with challenging behaviors. Of the 44 practitioners trained, 23 successfully completed the program, which involved passing a knowledge test and facilitating the entire 10session program with a family. A total of 28, primarily low-income families completed the program. The family outcomes obtained by the facilitators, based on multiple pre-program and post-program measures, were comparable with those reported previously in the literature for facilitators trained in university settings. The challenges inherent in efforts to increase the community’s capacity to implement empirically supported programs are addressed.

Comments

Accepted version. Early Child Development and Care, Vol. 176, No. 1 (January 2006): 19-31. DOI. © 2006 Taylor & Francis. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Fox, Robert A.; Duffy, Kathleen M.; and Keller, Kathryn M., "Training Community-Based Professionals to Implement an Empirically Supported Parenting Program" (2006). College of Education Faculty Research and Publications. 43.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/edu_fac/43