Sentences with phrase «decrease effective parenting skills»

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I utilize my analytic skills to help people with more practical day to day problems such as effective parenting, improving communications in couple relationships, decreasing anxiety and depression in men and women, helping parents work successfully with their special need children, and supporting caregivers who deal with aging parents suffering from dementia.»

Results across both mother report and observations showed that: a) externalizing behavior problems were stable during the baseline period; b) treatment was effective in reducing externalizing behavior problems (ds = 1.67 — 2.50), improving parenting skills (ds = 1.93 — 6.04), and decreasing parenting stress (d = 0.91); and c) treatment gains were maintained at follow - up (ds = 0.53 — 3.50).

Programmes that strengthen family relationships and improve parenting skills are considered to be among the most effective strategies for addressing youth problems, such as delinquency and substance abuse.23, 24 Studies have shown that parent interventions can decrease negative disciplinary behaviour in parents and increase the use of a variety of positive attending and other relationship - enhancing skills to improve child behaviour.27 — 29

Treatment of ODD may include: Parent Training Programs to help manage the child's behavior, Individual Psychotherapy to develop more effective anger management, Family Psychotherapy to improve communication, Cognitive - Behavioral Therapy to assist problem solving and decrease negativity, and Social Skills Training to increase flexibility and improve frustration tolerance with peers.

PCIT uses behavioral principles to: (a) increase positive parenting skills; (b) enhance the parent - child relationship; (c) establish effective and consistent behavior management strategies; and (d) decrease child behavior problems.