Triple P - Positive Parenting Program - Implementation Information
Scientific Rating: 1
"Well-Supported by Research Evidence"
Pre-implementation Assessments to be given to organizations or providers in order to measure organizational or individual readiness:
- A negotiation process occurs prior to conducting any training within an organization. Triple P's training department assesses each individual organization's readiness to implement the program. These factors include:
- making an organization commitment to implement the program including supporting their staff's attendance at training and subsequent program use
- providing supervision
- having sufficient funds to ensure practitioner and parent resources are available.
- Providing the organization meets these requirements, dialogue between Triple P International and the host organization continues and training begins.
- Manager briefings on Triple P are also available to ensure adequate organizational support.
Implementation Tools for the program (e.g., implementation guides or manuals):
- There are a wide range of implementation resources available to assist Triple P providers. These include:
- practitioner manuals
- parent workbooks
- parent tip sheets
- measures of child and parent outcomes
- flip charts, DVDs, and CDs.
- These resources are available through Triple P International (TPI) and can be found at www.triplep.net or by emailing contact@triple.net.
Fidelity measures:
- There are several fidelity measures incorporated into Triple P.
- For example, each Triple P practitioner undergoes training and accreditation, with training emphasizing the consultation process in working collaboratively with parents. It is important for practitioners to flexibly apply and tailor the intervention to the needs of families.
- Practitioner manuals include session-by-session guides (protocol adherence checklists) to assist practitioners implement Triple P with fidelity.
- Quality assurance processes supporting the use of Triple P include access to a practitioners website for accredited providers (www.triplep.org); technical assistance and consultation for organizations; a training website; quality assurance processes for trainers who train service providers; and a Triple P coordinators website (please email contact@triplep.net for further information on measures of fidelity).
