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Early Head Start parents were more emotionally supportive of their children and less detached than control group parents, as well as significantly more supportive of language and learning.

Findings from the National Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a rigorous Congressionally - mandated study, indicate that the program had modest but positive impacts on EHS children at age three in cognitive, language, and social - emotional development, compared to a control group.xxiii In addition, their parents scored higher than control group parents on such aspects of the home environment as parenting behavior and knowledge of infant - toddler development.

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Parents whose children used an Opportunity Scholarship also expressed greater confidence in their children's safety in school than parents in the controlParents whose children used an Opportunity Scholarship also expressed greater confidence in their children's safety in school than parents in the controlparents in the control group.

Also, Hispanic parents in the control group continued to rate their children's schools more favorably than did African American parents.

Teske and Schneider note that the existing empirical work on school vouchers is quite positive on a variety of issues: academic considerations appear paramount when parents choose schools; voucher recipients are more satisfied with their schools than their peers within public schools; and vouchers lead to «clear performance gains for some groups of students using the vouchers, particularly blacks, compared with the control group.»

The effect of the Nurse - Family Partnership on African - American boys specifically has not been isolated, but in one study in Memphis — where the participants were overwhelmingly African - American (though not all boys)-- the children whose parents participated in the program performed significantly better during their first years at school than did those in the control group.

If Mr. Talton could provide two random assignment control - group studies of the attitudes of parents who have actually used a private school - choice program showing anything less than substantial improvement in satisfaction with their child's school, I offered to buy him a steak dinner.

The ANCOVA analyses (table 2) indicated that the parents in the intervention group had improved their mental health more than the parents in the control group 2 months after the intervention (95 % CI, 2.02 to 5.18).

It was proposed that improvement for both parents and adolescents would be greater than that demonstrated by the wait - list control group.

Although outcome measures improved more in the FLNP group than in the control group, the results of this trial fail to show that FLNP improved parenting or child or parental well - being more than could be expected by chance and do not provide evidence that FLNP represents value for money.

As the researchers have reported elsewhere (Stewart - Brown et al, 2012), there was an inherent danger that parents who felt most in need of the programme - with the greatest potential to change their parenting practices - would decline to be part of an RCT rather than risk being allocated to the control group.

Larger effect sizes were found in studies with higher proportion of girls, with a healthy control group, from developing countries, published before 1990, and that used parent rating or clinician ratings rather than child ratings.

Most notably, home - visited families participating in Early Head Start reported experiencing significantly less stress in their parenting roles than did control families.95 The same pattern occurred in Queensland: mothers who received home - visiting services reported less stress in the parenting role than did mothers in the control group.96 Healthy Families programs in Alaska, San Diego, and Hawaii also examined parenting stress in their evaluations.

Although both groups improved over time, and the intervention group more so than the control group, the difference in change between groups was not statistically significant at 9 months (change in negative parenting: control group +1.41, 95 % CI − 0.47 to 3.30; FLNP group +2.31, 95 % CI 0.21 to 4.41; difference in change +0.90, 95 % CI − 1.90 to 3.69; change in supportive parenting: control group +0.38, 95 % CI − 0.15 to 0.91; FLNP group +0.55, 95 % CI − 025.

In the Elmira demonstration, intervention mothers were less likely to punish or physically restrain their children than mothers in the control group.62 Among home - visited families who participated in Early Start, less punitive parenting was observed, though the effect was modest.63 Several other programs have identified reductions in the frequency with which mothers spanked their children at thirty - six months, including Healthy Families San Diego, 64 Early Head Start, 65 and IHDP.66 No effects on harsh parenting were found in the CCDP.67

Behavior therapy is considered probably efficacious for childhood depression, and a number of other experimental interventions show promise but require further evaluation.12 Currently, only 2 research groups have focused on psychosocial interventions for childhood bipolar disorder.13 - 15 Hence, increased attention to creation and testing of treatments specifically targeting depression and bipolar disorder in children is needed.16 In particular, studies should focus on children's developmental needs, address comorbidity, involve family members in treatment, demonstrate treatment gains as rated by parents and clinicians rather than children themselves, and compare experimental interventions with standard care or treatment as usual (TAU) rather than no - treatment or attention control groups.12, 17,18 In addition, parental psychopathology may affect treatment adherence and response.

In another evaluation of an early - intervention approach, parents of 51 preschool - aged children suspected of having an ASD participated in the Hanen More Than Words program either immediately or after a delay.15 Investigators» operationalization of «suspected ASD» included identification of language delay and concerns about social behavior by a pediatrician and / or a speech and language therapist, which resulted in inclusion of children without ASDs within the intervention and control groups.

A second MDRC monograph, reviewing and synthesizing the relevant research, focused on how policies directed at increasing employment among low - income parents affected their adolescent children.4 Unlike elementary school - aged children, the teenagers fared worse than their control group counterparts.

A randomised controlled trial of a version of Group Triple P for fathers in New Zealand has shown that when men are treated as active participants in the parenting process, rather than being assumed to be there to play a supporting role, men are just as likely as their partner to actively participate in group sessGroup Triple P for fathers in New Zealand has shown that when men are treated as active participants in the parenting process, rather than being assumed to be there to play a supporting role, men are just as likely as their partner to actively participate in group sessgroup sessions.

When Parent Management Training (PMT) was provided to parents of problem children ages 3 - 8, the children fared far better than a control group of children assigned to a waiting list for the program.

We hypothesized that VIP and BB would each be associated with enhanced parent - child interaction compared with the control group and that VIP would have greater effects than BB.

Some studies15, 19 noted that mothers with BPD were more likely than control groups to be parenting without the support of a partner, or within a household that frequently changed in its composition.17 This study also noted that children of BPD parents had experienced more changes in school, and more non-maternal care than controls.

Weiss et al33 reported that children (with a mean age of 11) whose mother had BPD, were more likely to have a behavioural disorder or attention deficit disorder than the children in the control group, whose parents had a range of other personality disorders (but not BPD).

Initial assessments conducted roughly 3 months after this 10 - week attachment - based parenting program showed a normalization of diurnal cortisol slopes in CPS - referred children who were randomly assigned to the experimental group, but not in those in the control group.27 Our analyses revealed a similar pattern of results at the preschool follow - up, such that children in the ABC arm showed a more typical pattern of cortisol production, with higher morning levels and a steeper decline across the day, than children in the control condition.

Furthermore, parents in the intervention group might have believed that the parenting programme is efficacious, and consequently feel and perform better than those who were in the control group, as they were aware of group allocation.

Additionally, Early Head Start children and parents had more positive interactions, and these parents provided more support for learning than did those in a control group.

When asked about their adolescent children, parents in the programs under study reported worse school performance, a higher rate of grade repetition, and more use of special educational services than did control group parents.

It found that by the age of four, the IQ of children whose parents participated was 10 points higher than the control group.

In multivariate models, the home visitation group demonstrated significantly better parenting behavior scores at follow - up than did the control group (P =.01) but showed no differences in parenting stress or mental health.

Sells and colleagues (forthcoming) found that participants in the Parenting with Love and Limits ® (PLL) treatment group had significantly fewer offenses during the 12 months after program completion than the control group (23.5 percent for PLL attendees, compared with 59.0 percent for control group).

Parents who participated in the discussion group reported fewer behavioral difficulties in their children after the intervention than those in the control condition.

Parents in the intervention group on lying also scored higher on the perception test than did the control group.

Of the four readiness areas measured, only the Action subscale was significantly higher at posttest for the PLL group than for the control group, though it is unclear whether the youths rated this subscale high because they were ready for change or they thought their parents should change.

Results indicate that Intention to Treat (ITT) intervention effects were found regarding parent report at ages 2 to 5 and teacher report at age 7.5, indicating less growth in problem behavior for children in the intervention group than for those in the control group.

Differences in parent — infant reciprocity and intrusiveness were found, with mother - risk groups scoring less optimally than controls and infant - risk groups scoring the poorest.

MIT using bibliotherapy was chosen as a comparison group because: (a) it seemed inappropriate to withhold treatment by assigning children to wait - list groups when the efficacy of moderately intensive parent training is well - established; (b) comparisons to alternative treatments provide stronger tests of treatment efficacy than do comparisons to untreated controls; and (c) WLC cause problems in assessing outcomes because WLCs generate a disproportionate number of dropouts that are difficult to address in «completer» analyses (Werba et al., 2006).

Children of parents in the KEEP group were also found to have higher rates of reunification with biological or adoptive families and fewer placement disruptions than those in the control condition.

At 6 - month follow - up, parents who participated in the Level 3 Triple P Discussion Group reported fewer behavioral difficulties in their children after the intervention than those in the control condition.

Results indicated at 1 - year follow - up, as compared to control group parents, CPP parents used less corporal punishment and issued fewer commands with their children, while CPP children exhibited fewer behavior problems during observed play and clean - up sessions than controls, but no differences on the ECBI.

With respect to negative parenting, Healthy Families mothers in the High Prevention Opportunity subgroup were less likely than their counterparts in the control group to use harsh parenting, while no differences were detected for the Limited Prevention Opportunity subgroup.

We compared the therapist - led treatments to the MIT condition rather than a wait - list control because: (a) the superiority of parent training over wait - list controls seemed well - established and there appeared to be little additional benefit from conducting another comparison of parent training with a wait - list group; and (b) families receiving mental health care often come for too few sessions to complete a 12 - session treatment program such as those often used in manual - driven, empirically - supported treatments.

Results from Cohort I indicated that parents in the EBPP indicated significant improvements in parental rejection, in the quality of family relationships, and in child behavior outcomes than those in the control group.

With respect to negative parenting, Healthy Families NY mothers in the High Prevention Opportunity subgroup were less likely than their counterparts in the control group to use harsh parenting, while no differences were detected for the Limited Prevention Opportunity subgroup.

First, in studies in which parents are the sole informant on child outcomes following intervention, there is a potential for reporting bias, as parents might be more invested in the intervention condition and motivated to report improvements in child functioning than parents in control groups.

Children in the BASIC parent training video modeling group were observed to have higher rates of prosocial behavior than control group children.

Children in the treatment group that included teacher training and parent training showed marginally significantly greater improvement in internalizing behaviors, as reported by mothers, than the waiting - list control children.

Child training group children had larger reductions than did control group children in parent - reported total problem behaviors, teachers» reports of aggression toward peers, and independent observations of child deviance and noncompliance.

Parents in the treatment group showed significantly greater improvement in positive and negative discipline than parents in the waiting - list controlParents in the treatment group showed significantly greater improvement in positive and negative discipline than parents in the waiting - list controlparents in the waiting - list control group.

Both mothers and fathers in the IVM group and GDVM group reported significantly less - frequent problem behaviors and less spanking than the parents in the control group reported.

The videotape - based parenting - skills group with therapist - facilitated discussion showed greater reductions than the control group showed in the frequency of problem behaviors and in the intensity of the three most troubling behaviors.