| Ranking |
Evidence-Based Practice |
| Description |
The goal of Common Sense Parenting is to encourage positive behavior, discourage negative behavior, and teach alternatives to problem behavior in children by developing or enhancing parenting skills. The program aims to enhance the role of parents as teachers and is based on a social learning/behavioral model. Parents who participate in the program learn and practice techniques that address issues with discipline, communication, relationships, decision-making, school success, and self-control.
Two-hour parenting sessions are held once a week for six-weeks and are led by professional parent trainers. Trainers use five components- review, instruction, modeling, practice and feedback, and summary- to build on the skills that parents already have.
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| Goal / Mission |
The goal of Common Sense Parenting is to develop or enhance parenting skills. |
| Results / Accomplishments |
One study of 379 parents from 25 U.S. Air Force bases found that parents who participated in the Common Sense Parenting program reported a significant improvement in their children’s behavior (p<0.01), an increase in their family satisfaction (p<0.01), and a decrease in the risk of physical child abuse (p<0.01). |
| Categories |
Social Environment / Family Structure
Social Environment / Children's Social Environment
Health / Children's Health
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| Organization(s) |
Girls and Boys Town USA |
| Source |
National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention |
| Date of Publication |
1997 |
| Location |
Country: USA |
| Primary Contact |
Michelle Bennett
14100 Crawford St.
Boys Town, NE 68010
(402) 498-1059
michelle.bennett@boystown.org
http://www.boystown.org/
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| For more details |
http://www.promoteprevent.org/publications/ebi-...
http://www.springerlink.com/content/m3982h07436...
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| Target Audience |
parents |
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