Child Protection and Parent Training Programs October 8, 2007
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According to a release by the Brookings Institute, harmful parenting practices put children at risk of physical harm and place their long-term development and well-being at risk. Parent training services are becoming an increasingly important focus in child welfare policy because they have the potential to reduce child maltreatment and improve children’s development and well-being. Research shows that the nation’s child protection programs do not often use parent training programs and even when they do they tend to use programs that have little or no validation of their effectiveness.
Recently, the Center on Children and Families invited Dean Richard Barth from the School of Social Work and others to talk about the issues. Barth discussed the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being and parent training programs.
Here is a transcript of Dean Barth’s presentation and the PowerPoint slides he used.
