A community led approach to delivery of the Parents Plus Children's Programme for the parents of children aged 6–11

Parenting groups, how long is enough? The efficacy of a community-run Parents Plus Early Years Program as a preschool parenting intervention of modifiable duration

“…Furthermore both PPEY group formats significantly reduced parent-reported child total difficulties and significantly improved parenting satisfaction. This supports the findings of Kilroy et al, (2011) that a preventative version of the PPEY program in the community was effective in reducing parent-reported behavior problems in preschool and school-aged children and Hand et al, (2013) who found the Parents Plus Children's Programme delivered in community settings significantly improved measures of child behavior, parental stress, and parent satisfaction. These findings demonstrate that both the seven-week and single workshop PPEY group intervention may be effective early interventions as part of a community-led approach to child and adolescent mental health.…”

“…Reaching sufficient numbers of parents in need with widely available, empiricallysupported parenting interventions requires a community-led population approach (Hand et al, 2013). A population approach seeks to break down parents' sense of isolation, increase social and emotional support from others in the community, and publicly acknowledges the importance and difficulties of parenting (Sanders, 2008).…”

“…Program in the community have been found effective in improving parental stress and satisfaction and reducing parent-reported behavior problems in preschool and schoolaged children (Kilroy et al, 2011;Hand, McDonnell, Honari, & Sharry, 2013). Thorell (2009) found a community-based group parenting program significantly reduced child problem behaviors and parental stress for a non-clinical group, but not a clinical group in comparison to waitlist controls.…”

Parents Plus Systemic, Solution‐Focused Parent Training Programs: Description, Review of the Evidence Base, and Meta‐Analysis

“…There have been three studies of the PP Children's Program, one of which was conducted in a child and adolescent mental health clinic setting (Coughlin, Sharry, Fitzpatrick, Guerin, & Drumm, ; Coughlin, Sharry, Guerin, & Beattie, ); another was run in a school for children with intellectual disability (Hand et al., ); and a third was carried out in regular primary schools (Hand et al., ). In a nonrandomized controlled trial of families of children with disruptive behavior disorders and developmental disabilities attending child and adolescent mental health clinics at two Dublin university hospitals, Coughlin et al.…”

Effects of parent management training programs on disruptive behavior for children with a developmental disability: A meta-analysis

“…There are three versions of the SDQparent report, teacher report and child/adolescent report. The parent version of the SDQ was used in three studies (Coughlin et al, 2009;Hand, McDonnell, Honari, & Sharry, 2013;Hand, Raghallaigh, et al, 2013;Quinn et al, 2007).…”