Download or read book Foster Parent Training Parenting Self efficacy and Positive Parenting Behaviors written by Kelly N. Mullican and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to provide a greater understanding of the relationships between foster parent training, parenting self-efficacy (PSE), and positive parenting behaviors. This study also aimed to explore some of the challenges that foster parents report in trying to positively parent their foster children. A snowball approach was used to identify past and present foster parents (N = 297) from across the U.S. Participants completed an anonymous, online survey measuring their experience with foster parent training, PSE, and parenting behaviors. Quantitative results indicated different curricula predicted different aspects of PSE, and both Nurturance PSE and Achievement PSE predicted positive parenting behaviors. Qualitative results revealed that the most commonly reported foster parenting challenges were related to foster parenting agencies, child behaviors, and biological families.

Download or read book Parenting Matters written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of research have demonstrated that the parent-child dyad and the environment of the familyâ€"which includes all primary caregiversâ€"are at the foundation of children's well- being and healthy development. From birth, children are learning and rely on parents and the other caregivers in their lives to protect and care for them. The impact of parents may never be greater than during the earliest years of life, when a child's brain is rapidly developing and when nearly all of her or his experiences are created and shaped by parents and the family environment. Parents help children build and refine their knowledge and skills, charting a trajectory for their health and well-being during childhood and beyond. The experience of parenting also impacts parents themselves. For instance, parenting can enrich and give focus to parents' lives; generate stress or calm; and create any number of emotions, including feelings of happiness, sadness, fulfillment, and anger. Parenting of young children today takes place in the context of significant ongoing developments. These include: a rapidly growing body of science on early childhood, increases in funding for programs and services for families, changing demographics of the U.S. population, and greater diversity of family structure. Additionally, parenting is increasingly being shaped by technology and increased access to information about parenting. Parenting Matters identifies parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices associated with positive developmental outcomes in children ages 0-8; universal/preventive and targeted strategies used in a variety of settings that have been effective with parents of young children and that support the identified knowledge, attitudes, and practices; and barriers to and facilitators for parents' use of practices that lead to healthy child outcomes as well as their participation in effective programs and services. This report makes recommendations directed at an array of stakeholders, for promoting the wide-scale adoption of effective programs and services for parents and on areas that warrant further research to inform policy and practice. It is meant to serve as a roadmap for the future of parenting policy, research, and practice in the United States.

Download or read book Correlates of Parental Self efficacy Among Kin and Non kin Foster Parents written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A potentially central influence on parenting is parental self-efficacy, which refers to the parent’s expectations about the degree to which he or she is able to perform effectively or competently as a parent. Parental self-efficacy has been found to play an important role in the associations of parental characteristics, child characteristics, and situational factors, with quality of parenting. However, limited work has been done to examine these relations among foster and kinship caregivers. Foster parents and foster children are at higher risk for parental stress, negative parenting practices, and increased child behavior problems compared to their non-foster counterparts. Therefore the primary goal of current study is to examine these potential correlates of parental self-efficacy among foster and kinship caregivers. Participants were 335 foster or kinship parents (92.5% female; Mage = 45.44; 47.6% Kin, 52.4% Non-kin; 40.9% Hispanic, 36.1% Caucasian, 16.4% African American, 6.6% multi/other) from San Diego County who were part of Keeping Foster Parents Trained and Supported (KEEP), a foster parent training intervention program. Data for the study were taken from baseline phone interviews of the intervention program, prior to any intervention. Participants completed interviewer administered measures of parental self-efficacy, parental stress, parenting strategies, and child behavior problems (Child Behavior Checklist; Parent Daily Report). Linear regressions were used to assess associations between parent and child characteristics and parental self-efficacy. Results indicate that both parent and child characteristics of the family were associated with parental self-efficacy levels in foster parents. Specifically, foster parents with higher levels of parental self-efficacy were less likely to use negative parenting practices (i.e., physical discipline) and evidenced lower levels of general parental stress and stress related to child behavior problems. Foster parents with lower levels of parental self-efficacy were more likely to have children with more externalizing behavior problems. The results from this research extends the current limited research on parental self-efficacy in foster and kinship parents and has implications for the potential role of parental self-efficacy in interventions specific to this population.

Download or read book Parenting written by Loredana Benedetto and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through parenting, adults raise their children and introduce them into the belonging community. Parents are active determinants of their children’s well-being, but children themselves are too. The volume focuses on some relevant theoretical issues related to children’s and adolescent adjustments, adult maternal and paternal behaviors, and their self-efficacy beliefs and competence interacting with children’s characteristics. The volume also presents evidence-based treatments involving parents as key components of the intervention strategies for childhood internalizing/externalizing disorders. Parent behaviors produce changes and consequences in the child’s emotive-behavioral adjustment; thus, a modification of the parenting style may be an effective way to help children and to ameliorate the family climate. Practitioners interested in parenting will find in the updated studies here reviewed new suggestions for preventive family interventions.

Download or read book A Comparative Investigation of the Effectiveness of Two Foster Parent Training Programs written by Jean-Claude Dutès and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Power of Positive Parenting written by Matthew R. Sanders and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Safe, nurturing, and positive parent-child interactions lay the foundations for healthy child development. How children are raised in their early years and beyond affects many different aspects of their lives, including brain development, language, social skills, emotional regulation, mental and physical health, health risk behavior, and the capacity to cope with a spectrum of major life events. As such, parenting is the most important potentially modifiable target of preventive intervention. The Power of Positive Parenting provides an in-depth description of "Triple P," one of the most extensively studied parenting programs in the world, backed by more than 30 years of ongoing research. Triple P has its origins in social learning theory and the principles of behavior, cognitive, and affective change, and its aim is to prevent severe behavioral, emotional, and developmental problems in children and adolescents by enhancing the knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents. Triple P incorporates five levels of intervention on a tiered continuum of increasing strength for parents of children from birth to age 16. The programs comprising the Triple P system are designed to create a family-friendly environment that better supports parents, with a range of programs tailored to their differing needs. This volume draws on the editors' experience of developing Triple P, and chapters address every aspect of the system, as well as how it can be applied to a diverse range of child and parent problems in different age groups and cultural contexts.

Download or read book Foster Parenting written by United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Promoting Positive Parenting written by Femmie Juffer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Classic Edition of Promoting Positive Parenting illuminates the widespread success of the Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (VIPP-SD), now used in many countries, offering thousands of families the support they need to thrive. A new preface from the authors reflects on the original research and development of the program, considers its effectiveness, and outlines future aims to broaden implementation and test new modalities. The original volume offers a new generation of students and professionals an introduction to the brief and focused parenting intervention program that has been successful in a variety of clinical and nonclinical groups and cultures. It offers detailed descriptions and case reports of studies with the program, describes the implementation and testing of VIPP-based interventions in a variety of family and childcare settings, and in various countries including the Netherlands, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It details the successful implementation of the program in samples of insecure mothers, mothers with eating disorders, preterm infants, adopted children, children suffering from dermatitis, and children with early externalizing behavior problems. The Classic Edition of Promoting Positive Parenting is for all those concerned with family support and parenting interventions in the fields of developmental and clinical psychology, human development and family studies, psychiatry, social work, public health and nursing, and early childhood education.

Download or read book Foster Parents Involvement in Authoritative Parenting and Desire for Future Parenting Training written by Linda K. Kraemer and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a definite link between parent-child relationships and the effect of parenting on the outcomes of children. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that there are more than 547,000 children currently in foster placement in the United States due to inadequate and inappropriate parenting. Mediating influences such as stressors, socioeconomic status, level of education, and knowledge of child rearing approaches are viewed as factors determining parenting abilities. Previous research has determined that authoritative parenting style is the most nurturing and tends to produce children who are more socially adjusted, competent, and self-assured. Children parented in nonauthoritative parenting styles are more likely to suffer maladaptive behaviors. When abuse is the result of improper parenting, one alternative option for temporary care is the foster care system. However, once placed, children with severe behavior problems strain the abilities of foster parents who are often unprepared to parent in a style most adaptive to the needs of these children. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of authoritative parenting among foster parents and to assess whether involvement in authoritative parenting and perceived desire for training in authoritative parenting differed based on foster parents' total household income, level of education, and the number of years involved in foster parenting. Results showed that foster parents in this study demonstrated an overall involvement in the use of authoritative parenting and indicated an overall interest in authoritative parenting training. While the variable of income had no effect on either foster parents' use of authoritative parenting or their desire for training on authoritative parenting, education was a significant factor in the use of authoritative parenting. The results of this study may be used to more fully understand the demographic characteristics that affect foster parents' involvement in authoritative parenting and desire for additional training. Recommendations for future research and training efforts for training foster parents in the use of authoritative parenting are offered. Continuing research and development of new training techniques could increase the ability of foster parents to parent effectively, increase self-efficacy as foster parents, and ultimately increase foster parent retention rates.

Download or read book Training Foster Parents to Serve Dependent Children written by National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Training Program written by Courtney M. Mattiace and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On any given day, more than half a million youth reside in foster care within the United States (Bruskas, 2008; Child Welfare League of America, 2006). Prior to placement, many of these youth have experienced prolonged and substantiated maltreatment such as abuse and neglect, (Levitt, 2009, Sprang, Clark, Kaak, & Brenzel, 2004), which may predispose them to various mental health issues that warrant mental health care (Landsverk, Burns, Stambaugh, & Reutz, 2009). These mental health needs, which far exceed those of their same aged counterparts not residing in foster care, however, may not being adequately addressed by our child welfare or mental health system (Levitt, 2009). Additionally, research suggests that few foster parents receive appropriate and sufficient training to deal with the specific emotional and behavioral problems of the children placed in their care, resulting in lowered foster parent satisfaction levels and multiple failed placements (Barth, Green, Webb, Wall, Gibbons, & Craig, 2008; Chamberlain, Price, Reid, & Landsverk, 2008; Redding, Fried, & Britner, 2000). Based on the literature, it is this author's belief, that one specific mental health concern of youth in foster care is self-injurious behaviors. This belief is based on research, which identifies common environmental and individual risk factors amongst both individuals who engage in acts of self-injury and youth placed in foster care (Claes, Vandereycken & Vertommen, 2004; Gratz, 2006; Strong, 1998; Suyemoto & MacDonald, 1995, van der Kolk, Perry & Herman, 1991; van der Kolk, McFarlane & Weisaeth, 1996; & Walsh, 2006). Although a paucity of research exists on the exact prevalence rates of self-injurious behavior amongst the foster care population, literature which indicates the need for foster parents to receive increased training on the potential various mental health issues of youth in care is overwhelming. The present work consists of a psycho-educational training program designed to be implemented by certified foster parent trainers and administered to licensed foster parents. This six-hour training was developed from an integration of the research on effective treatments for self-injurious behaviors amongst adolescents, as well as the literature examining the unique mental health needs of youth placed in foster care. The training program utilizes a multi-modal format including case vignettes, role plays, questionnaires, and group activities in conjunction with lecture, to help foster parents become familiar with the current research on self-injurious behaviors and the special risk factors of the youth placed in their home. The training also includes strategies that foster parents can utilize to effectively parent a youth who self-injures, which include communication skills, a suicide assessment protocol, information on how to navigate the mental health system, and resources for support. The implications and limitations of this training, as well as areas of future research are discussed.

Download or read book Practical Tools for Foster Parents written by Lana Temple Plotz M.S. and published by Boys Town Press. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New or experienced foster parents as well as grandparents and other relatives caring for a child forced from home by a crisis will find help and hope in Practical Tools for Foster Parents.More than half a million children today live in out-of-home care, and many have special problems. The need for well-trained, loving foster parents has never been greater. In this book, Boys Town® offers these committed foster parents the professional tools they need, not only to care for foster children but to actually help them get better.Our approach to foster care focuses on building relationships with children, teaching them skills, and empowering them by teaching self-discipline and self-control. Inside, foster parents will find effective, research-based solutions for these common concerns:•Building a warm, trusting relationship with a foster child who still may have a strong attachment to his or her original family.•Working with the foster child's parents, who may be uncooperative or even hostile.•Creating a safe environment for your foster child, you, and your family.•Respecting your foster child's ethnic and cultural background, while teaching the child skills to help him or her succeed in the larger world.•Learning how to handle "blow ups" and prevent and correct misbehavior while you stay calm.•Teaching your foster child how to stay under control, solve problems, and make good decisions, even when he or she is angry or frustrated.•Handling transitions when a foster child moves to another placement or returns home.

Download or read book Self Efficacy Adaptation and Adjustment written by James E. Maddux and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering over fifteen years of research, this compilation offers the first comprehensive review of the relationships between self-efficacy, adaptation, and adjustment. It discusses topics such as depression, anxiety, addictive disorders, vocational and career choice, preventive behavior, rehabilitation, stress, academic achievement and instruction, and collective efficacy. Psychologists concerned with social cognition and practitioners in clinical counseling will find this an invaluable reference.

Download or read book Relations Among Parenting Strategies Family Contextual Variables and Child Behavior Problems Within Foster Families written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children in foster care demonstrate higher risk for internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. What aspects of foster care might help explain these differential levels of behavioral problems found between foster and non-foster youth? Limited research exists concerning the influence of foster parenting strategies on child behavior problems and also characteristics of the foster home environment that might influence the use of certain parenting strategies over others. The primary goals of this study were to examine the relations between foster parenting strategies, child behavior problems, and family contextual variables. Participants were 335 foster/kinship parents (92.5% female; Mage = 45.44; 47.6% Kin; 40.9% Hispanic, 36.1% Caucasian, 16.4% African American, 6.6% multi/other) from San Diego County who were part of Keeping Foster Parents Trained and Supported (KEEP), a foster parent training intervention program. Data for the study were taken from baseline phone interviews, prior to intervention. Participants completed interviewer administered measures of parenting strategies, child behavior problems, and family contextual variables. Correlational and hierarchical and linear regression analyses were used to assess associations between foster parenting strategies, child behavior problems, and family contextual variables. Externalizing and internalizing child behavior problems were positively associated and controlled for in subsequent analyses. Regression analyses revealed more positive discipline was related to higher levels of externalizing behavior problems, controlling for internalizing behavior problems. Neither positive nor negative discipline explained a significant amount of variance in internalizing behavior problems, controlling for externalizing behavior problems. Non-kin caregivers used more positive reinforcement. Younger child age and fewer children in the home were related to more positive reinforcement. Higher levels of foster parent stress associated with child behavior problems was related to more positive discipline. Younger child age was associated with more positive discipline. Higher levels of foster parent stress and foster parent stress associated with child behavior problems were related to more negative discipline. Longer length of time the child spent in the home was associated with more negative discipline. Results extend the current limited research on these relations and offer implications for improving the efficacy of foster parent training interventions

Download or read book The Role of Parenting Self efficacy in a Primary Prevention Program for Child Abuse and Bullying written by Margaret Fesmire Canter and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nurturing Attachments written by Kim S. Golding and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nurturing Attachments combines the experience and wisdom of parents and carers with that of professionals to provide support and practical guidance for foster and adoptive parents looking after children with insecure attachment relationships. It gives an overview of attachment theory and a step-by-step model of parenting which provides the reader with a tried-and-tested framework for developing resilience and emotional growth. Featuring throughout are the stories of Catherine, Zoe, Marcus and Luke, four fictional children in foster care or adoptive homes, who are used to illustrate the ideas and strategies described. The book offers sound advice and provides exercises for parents and their children, as well as useful tools that supervising social workers can use both in individual support of carers as well as in training exercises. This is an essential guide for adoptive and foster parents, professionals including health and social care practitioners, clinical psychologists, child care professionals, and lecturers and students in this field.

Download or read book Handbook of Parent Training written by James M. Briesmeister and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-07-16 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the latest tools for teaching effective and positive parenting skills In the last three decades, parent training has established itself as an empirically sound, highly successful, and cost-effective intervention strategy for both pre-venting and treating behavior disorders in children. Handbook of Parent Training, Third Edition offers a unique opportunity to learn about the latest research findings and clinical developments in parent training from leading innovators in the field. Featuring new chapters, this thoroughly revised and updated edition covers issues that have emerged in recent years. Readers will find the latest information on such topics as: * Behavioral family intervention for childhood anxiety * Working with parents of aggressive school-age children * Preventive parent training techniques that support low-income, ethnic minority parents of preschoolers * Treating autism and Asperger's Syndrome * Parenting and learning tools including role playing and modeling positive and effective parenting styles Offering practical advice and guidance for parent training, each chapter author begins by identifying a specific problem and then describes the best approach to identifying, assessing, and treating the problem. In every instance, descriptions of therapeutic techniques are multimodal and integrate theory, research, implementation strategies, and extensive case material. Handbook of Parent Training, Third Edition is a valuable professional resource for child psychologists, school psychologists, and all mental health professionals with an interest in parent skills training.