Effective Community-Based Parent Training with Low-Income African American and Latino Parents

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Using PBIS to Lower Learning Distractions and Build Greater Organizational Health in Schools

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Education | Tags: Featured Research
Published in: Prevention Science
PBIS has shown effectiveness in Maryland elementary schools. The effectiveness of PBIS is higher in schools starting with lower organizational health scores. PBIS can be applied in other settings; but effectiveness is not yet known.

Effective Community-Based Parent Training with Low-Income African American and Latino Parents

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Marginalized Groups | Tags: Featured Research
Published in: Prevention Science
Parent training programs designed in partnership with parents can be effective for a culturally and economically diverse population of parents. Parents who attended at least 50% of the CPP intervention reported increased parenting self-efficacy, consistency in discipline, greater expression of warmth toward their children, and fewer child behavioral problems.

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