Not exact matches
Some proponents of sleep training that I have had contact with say, or imply at the very least, that sleep training is beneficial because it can prevent sleep
problems and therefore
improve behaviour, concentration and / or quality of life for the
child.
Parenting programs have been successful at teaching positive parenting techniques and
improving behaviour of
children.5 Given that a large proportion of the population needs to be taught, education will need to reach beyond just families with overt
problems.
Thus, although
improving the economic status of families promotes more positive outcomes for
children's cognitive development and academic achievement, direct services and therapeutic interventions may be a comparatively more promising alternative for
improving children's psychosocial development and reducing
behaviour problems.
Preventing
Behaviour Problems has some useful suggestions for other strategies to improve your child's b
Behaviour Problems has some useful suggestions for other strategies to
improve your
child's
behaviourbehaviour.
In the intervention group, parenting skills as well as the
child's disruptive
behaviour, ADHD symptoms, anxiety, sleep
problems and empathy
improved significantly when compared with the control group and the results were permanent throughout the 12 - month follow - up.
Making music can
improve both pro-social
behaviour (voluntary
behaviour intended to benefit another) and the
problem solving skills of young
children according to a new study.
Building on existing research (Kirschner and Tomasello in 20102) which found that making music significantly
improves pro-social
behaviour in young
children) the current study investigated not only the potential effects of music making (singing or playing an instrument) on pro-sociability but also its effects on
problem - solving and whether there was a difference between boys and girls.
«Although most preterm
children catch up with their full term peers during early elementary school, future interventions to
improve friendships and social interaction skills should start before school entry to prevent later psychopathology and
behaviour problems.»
Thus, although
improving the economic status of families promotes more positive outcomes for
children's cognitive development and academic achievement, direct services and therapeutic interventions may be a comparatively more promising alternative for
improving children's psychosocial development and reducing
behaviour problems.
The key aim was to
improve outcomes in English and maths with close tracking of progress and intervention, working with families to engage them in their
child's learning and, remove barriers to learning such as bullying,
behaviour or emotional
problems.
In clinical trials and real - world evaluations, Triple P has been shown to have long - lasting and widespread effects for families and communities: building stronger family relationships,
improving children's
problem behaviour and ADHD symptoms, reducing parental stress and partner conflict, reducing rates of
child maltreatment and foster care placement, and reducing anxiety and / or depression in
children and parents.
Group based parenting programmes, run both by professionals and by parents, are becoming increasingly popular in the UK and a range of different programmes are available.10 Four recent systematic reviews, one focusing entirely on group based programmes, 11 and three covering these programmes within wider reviews of mental health promotion and
behaviour problem prevention12 — 14 have provided evidence that group based parenting programmes are an effective and cost effective way to
improve parenting, and that such changes have a beneficial effect on
children's mental health and
behaviour.
This free live webinar also looks at new parenting
behaviour, and ways to
improve communication and
problem - solving skills with other significant adults in your
child's life.
In a small scale comparative study, Behan et al. (2001) found that parents who completed the original Parents Plus Programme (for parents of
children aged 4 - 11 years) reported fewer
child behaviour problems and
improved parent -
child interaction post-intervention, when compared to a waiting list control group.
Confident Kids is a short - term early intervention program for helping
children with emotional and behavioural
problems to better manage their feelings and
behaviour and
improve their peer relationships.
Many
child and adolescent
problems improve a great deal when the family dynamics change and when the family learns new ways /
behaviours to help the
child make positive changes.
My colleagues and I have focused our research program on parent support of vulnerable groups and have found, through the use of randomized control trials, that systematic interventions directed at parenting
behaviours improve parental contingency in low - income parents and in adolescent mothers.12, 13 Similarly, we have found that systematic intervention on family
problem - solving
behaviour, what Trivette and Dunst call participatory help - giving practice, also
improves contingency of parent -
child interactions.14
Design (and evaluate) prevention and intervention programs to promote a secure parent - infant attachment relationship in order to
improve developmental outcomes of infants and
children who are at risk for poor developmental outcomes and prevent
behaviour problems and psychopathology.
Promote the use of play, creative arts therapies and filial coaching as ways of enabling
children to reach their full potential by alleviating social, emotional,
behaviour and mental health
problems and
improve child / parent relationships, where they are deficient;
Mental health
problems affect around one in five youth in Australia and internationally, 1 with major personal, societal and economic ramifications.2 3
Children's mental health problems are primarily externalising (eg, oppositional defiance, aggression) and internalising (eg, anxiety, depression) problems.1 Up to 50 % of preschool behaviour problems persist through childhood if left untreated, then into adolescence and adulthood.4 Approaches to improving children's mental health in the population would ideally involve effective prevention in addition to clinical treatment of severe problems.5 6 Behavioural parenting programmes have the strongest evidence of efficacy to date for treating children's established behaviour problems.2 7, — , 10 Although effective, parenting programmes to treat children's established behaviour problems are cost - and time - intensive, and require an available workforce trained in evidence - based tre
Children's mental health
problems are primarily externalising (eg, oppositional defiance, aggression) and internalising (eg, anxiety, depression)
problems.1 Up to 50 % of preschool
behaviour problems persist through childhood if left untreated, then into adolescence and adulthood.4 Approaches to
improving children's mental health in the population would ideally involve effective prevention in addition to clinical treatment of severe problems.5 6 Behavioural parenting programmes have the strongest evidence of efficacy to date for treating children's established behaviour problems.2 7, — , 10 Although effective, parenting programmes to treat children's established behaviour problems are cost - and time - intensive, and require an available workforce trained in evidence - based tre
children's mental health in the population would ideally involve effective prevention in addition to clinical treatment of severe
problems.5 6 Behavioural parenting programmes have the strongest evidence of efficacy to date for treating
children's established behaviour problems.2 7, — , 10 Although effective, parenting programmes to treat children's established behaviour problems are cost - and time - intensive, and require an available workforce trained in evidence - based tre
children's established
behaviour problems.2 7, — , 10 Although effective, parenting programmes to treat
children's established behaviour problems are cost - and time - intensive, and require an available workforce trained in evidence - based tre
children's established
behaviour problems are cost - and time - intensive, and require an available workforce trained in evidence - based treatments.
Despite
improved dental health in Swedish
children during decades, it seems plausible to assume that externalising
behaviour problems may influence oral health and dental treatment outcome (Arnrup et al. 2003).
Improve child health, development, and
behaviour problems related to parenting skill deficits.
At 1 - year follow - up, initial treatment effects on
child behaviour problems were maintained, while parenting continued to
improve.
Recent reviews11, 12 have identified a number of PMT interventions that have a strong evidence base for
improving conduct -
problem behaviour in preschool - age
children, including Helping the Noncompliant
Child, 24 the Incredible Years, 25 Parent -
Child Interaction Therapy, 26 Parent Management Training - Oregon, 27 and Triple P (Positive Parenting Program).28
There is strong evidence that behavioural parenting programmes
improve caregiver -
child relationships, reduce
child problem behaviour, and prevent physical and emotional violence against
children.
Existing research points to many valuable outcomes of parenting programmes including
improved maternal psychosocial health (Barlow and Coren, 2000),
improved relationships (Grimshaw and McGuire, 1998; Smith, 1997) and reduced
child behaviour problems (Barlow, 1999; Patterson et al., 1993; 2002b).
Further, the availability of evidence - based parenting interventions that
improve child behaviour, decrease parental stress and are appropriate for use in primary care, such as the Positive Parenting Program (Triple - P), would allow PCPs to intervene effectively for the
problems that they identify.16 — 20
Addressing these essential unmet needs within comprehensive intervention models could substantially
improve parental psychological outcomes which, in turn, may further reduce
child behaviour problems (Totsika et al. 2013).
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