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Training for parents of young children with conduct problems: Content, methods, and therapeutic processes

Written by Incredible Years | Jan 14, 1998 8:00:00 AM
Webster-Stratton, C., & Hancock, L. (1998). Training for parents of young children with conduct problems: Content, methods, and therapeutic processes. In J. M. Briesmeister & C. E. Schaefer (Eds.), Handbook of parent training: Parents as co-therapists for children's behavior problems (2nd ed., pp. 98–152). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Abstract

This chapter provides a description of a videotape and research-based parent training program designed to prevent and treat conduct problems in young children, 3 to 8 yrs old. The program was designed with the broad goals of (a) strengthening parenting competence, especially the use of nonviolent discipline approaches; (b) increasing positive family support networks and school involvement; (c) promoting child social competence; and (d) decreasing child conduct problems. Other topics discussed include: parent training methods; parent training process; and therapist strategies. The authors contend that the process of collaboration between therapists and parents is key to the success of parenting programs. 

 
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