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Selected Seminars Triple P is one of the interventions within the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program® System (System Triple P) which is designed to help parents learn strategies to promote social competence and self-regulation in children as well as decrease problem behavior. It involves a series of positive parenting presentations designed to reach a large group of parents (20 to 200). The seminars address common parenting problems and provide parents with suggestions to try at home. Parents are taught how to use positive parenting to encourage children to learn the skills and competencies they need to promote their health, development, and well-being. There are three seminar topics, with each taking around 60 minutes to present, plus 30 minutes for question time. In Seminar 1 – The Power of Positive Parenting – practitioners introduce parents to five key principles of positive parenting. In Seminar 2 – Raising Confident, Competent Children – parents are introduced to six core building blocks that are designed to help children to become confident and successful at school and beyond. Seminar 3 – Raising Resilient Children – introduces six additional core building blocks for parents to use when helping their children to manage their feelings and coping skills. Other Triple P interventions have been rated on the CEBC. Triple P – Positive Parenting Program® – Level 4 (Level 4 Triple P) has been rated a 1 – Well-Supported by Research Evidence CEBC on the CEBC Scientific Rating Scale. Triple P – Positive Parenting Program® – Level 3 Discussion Group, has been rated a 2 – Supported by Research Evidence on the same scale. Triple P – Positive Parenting Program® – Level 3 Primary Care (Level 3 Triple P Primary) has also been rated.
ABCD is a 4- to 6-week psychoeducational group-based parenting program. The program is founded in social learning principles and acceptance-based strategies. ABCD focuses on building stronger relationships between parents and their adolescent child by educating parents on the developmental stage of adolescence and associated challenges of this period in life. The program also tackles issues commonly faced by parents when parenting adolescents and aims to promote enhanced parental acceptance of their adolescent child.
ABCD emphasizes the importance of collaborative decision-making and problem-solving between parent and adolescent. Parents are also taught strategies around effective monitoring of their adolescent child and how to deal with inappropriate and risky behaviors (e.g., drug use). Finally, parents are informed on the importance of self-care and personal well-being.
Group delivery was chosen as a way to normalize common issues and challenges faced by parents. Within the group format, parents are provided with a forum to discuss and share ideas and experiences around parenting adolescents, which in turn can counteract feelings of isolation. In addition to group discussion and content learning, group-based activities and in-home exercises promote real-life skill development that is supplemented by brief instructions and constructive feedback.
CPS is a treatment model that is designed to help parents/caregivers and children learn to collaboratively and proactively solve the problems that contribute to the children’s challenging behaviors, with the goal of improving family communication, cohesion, and relationships. It is made up of four modules that teach parents: (a) to identify lagging skills and unsolved problems that contribute to oppositional episodes; (b) to prioritize which unsolved problems to focus on first; (c) about the Plans framework—the three potential responses to solving problems: Plan A (solving a problem unilaterally, by imposing the adult will), Plan B (solving a problem collaboratively and proactively), and Plan C (setting aside the problem for now); and (d) how to implement Plan B with their child by gathering information from the child to get a clear understanding of their concern or perspective, defining the adult concern on the same unsolved problem, and finally having the child and adult brainstorm solutions to arrive at a plan of action that is both realistic and mutually satisfactory. The clinician actively guides the initial problem-solving process, however, the goal of treatment is to help the child and parents become independent in solving problems together. In general, parent(s) and child are in attendance at all of the sessions, although there are times when a clinician may feel that it would be beneficial to discuss certain issues with the child or parent(s) individually.
Tuning in to Teens (TINT) is a parenting program that focuses on emotions and is designed to assist parents to establish better relationships with their adolescents. TINT is based on the Tuning in to Kids® parenting program. TINT teaches parents emotion coaching skills as well as ways of responding to their young person in a way that helps maintain a connected relationship. When adolescents are emotional, parents learn to notice the emotion, name it, show empathy, and then wait for the emotion to subside before trying to talk about the situation leading to the emotional experience and or what to do about it. The program emphasizes connecting and calming before talking about what to do next: this is critical to the success of this process. The program aims to prevent problems developing in adolescents, promote emotional competence (in parents and youth), and when present, reduce and treat problems with adolescent’s emotional and behavioral functioning. There is a longer version for parents and caregivers of clinical/high need adolescents but it has not been reviewed by the CEBC.
SEEK utilizes pediatric primary care as an opportunity to help address social determinants of health and to prevent child maltreatment in families who may have risk factors for child maltreatment. Most children receive this care and there are frequent visits in the first 5 years. Also, the generally good relationship between health professionals and parents offers an opportunity to identify and help address prevalent psychosocial problems. By addressing these problems, SEEK aims to also help strengthen families, support parents and parenting, and promote children's health, development, and safety.
SEEK begins with training professionals to play this role. Online videos and other materials are available on the SEEK website. Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit is offered as well as Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Categories 2 and 4 and Performance Improvement (PI) credits (through the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Family Medicine). The revised SEEK Parent Questionnaire-R (PQ-R) is a tool to screen for the targeted problems: parental depression, substance abuse, major stress, intimate partner violence, food insecurity, and harsh punishment. It is completed in advance and given to the professional at the start of a regular checkup.
The trained professional then briefly assesses and initially addresses identified risk factors and makes necessary referrals to community resources, ideally with the help of a behavioral health professional. Principles of Motivational Interviewing have been incorporated into SEEK. SEEK Parent Handouts are available as adjuncts to advice offered in the visit.
Tuning in to Kids (TIK) is a parenting program that focuses on emotions and is designed to assist parents to establish better relationships with their children. The program teaches parents simple emotion coaching skills - that is how to recognize, understand, and manage their own and their children's emotions. When their children are emotional, parents: notice the emotion, name it, show empathy and then wait for the emotion to subside (often by comforting the child) before trying to talk about the situation leading to the emotional experience and or what to do about it. The program aims to prevent problems developing in children, promote emotional competence in parents and children, and when present, reduce and treat problems with children's emotional and behavioral functioning. Delivery options range from a 6-session program with the general community through to a 10-session program for clinical/high need participants.
Level 4 Triple P is one of the five levels of the Triple P - Positive Parenting Program® System which is also highlighted on the CEBC. Level 4 Triple P helps parents learn strategies that promote social competence and self-regulation in children as well as decrease problem behavior. Parents are encouraged to develop a parenting plan that makes use of a variety of Level 4 Triple P strategies and tools. Parents are then asked to practice their parenting plan with their children. During the course of the program, parents are encouraged to keep track of their children's behavior, as well as their own behavior, and to reflect on what is working with their parenting plan and what is not working so well. They then work with their practitioner to fine tune their plan. Level 4 Triple P practitioners are trained to work with parents' strengths and to provide a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where a parent can continually improve their parenting skills. Level 4 Triple P is offered in several different formats (e.g., individual, group, self-directed, and online). The CEBC evaluated the standard version of Level 4 Triple P as described above and not any other variations (including early teen versions or those for children with developmental delays).
The overall Triple P program is a multi-tiered system of 5 levels of education and support for parents and caregivers of children and adolescents. Although Triple P can be used in parts (e.g., using only one level of the five or a group version versus standard), this entry on the CEBC reviews System Triple P as a whole (i.e., using all 5 levels) in its standard version and only reviewed research evidence that evaluated the whole system. The CEBC also evaluated Triple P Level 4 as a separate program and it is rated a "1 - Well-Supported Research Evidence" on the Scientific Rating Scale in the areas of Parent Training Programs That Address Behavior Problems in Children and Adolescents and Disruptive Behavior Treatment (Child & Adolescent).
As a prevention program, System Triple P helps parents learn strategies that promote social competence and self-regulation in children. Parents become better equipped to handle the stress of everyday child rearing and children become better able to respond positively to their individual developmental challenges. As an early intervention, System Triple P can assist families in greater distress by working with parents of children who are experiencing moderate to severe behavior problems. Throughout the program, parents are encouraged to develop a parenting plan that makes use of a variety of System Triple P strategies and tools. System Triple P practitioners are trained, therefore, to work with parents' strengths and to provide a supportive, non-judgmental environment where a parent can continually improve their parenting skills.
