Children who have suffered early abuse or neglect may later present
with significant behavior problems including emotional instability, depression, and a tendency to be aggressive or violent with others.
Mr. Newman also believes that an inconsistency in parenting at home, before children ever start school in kindergarten, creates
significant behavior problems for many children.
Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study addressed the question of whether increasing the intensity of the Parenting Young Children Program (PYC) program [now called the Early Pathways Program (EPP)-RSB- would improve results for young children with
significant behavior problems from families living in poverty.
In the current sample, children placed in out of home care
exhibited significant behavior problems in comparison to children who received adequate care, and using the same pre - and postplacement measure of adaptation, foster care children showed elevated levels of behavior problems following release from care.