Research into parenting programmes: evidence-based policy or what?
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Presentation by Stephen Scott, Professor of Child Health and Behaviour, King's College London, and Director of Research, National Academy for Parenting Practitioners
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Research into parenting programmes: evidence-based policy or what?
- 1. Research into parenting programmes: evidence-based policy or what? Stephen Scott Professor of Child Health and Behaviour, King’s College London Director of Research, National Academy for Parenting Practitioners DCSF Research conference 9 February 2010
- 5. Oppositional & defiant Blamed by parents Disliked by siblings Gets into fights Rejected by peers Low self esteem Hard to control Poor school achievements Blames others Stealing and truanting Deviant peer group Antisocial attitude Career offender Unemployed Drug misuse 0 5 10 15 5 years 8 years 11 years 14 years 17 years Escape 1/5 1/5 1/5 4/5 4/5 4/5 4/5 Continuity of anti-social behaviour from age 5 to 17. Source: Scott 2002 % of all children No past antisocial behaviour 1/5 1/5 10% 10% 10% 10%
- 12. Parent SDQ total (p<0.003)
- 13. Youth report home beh (p<0.038)
- 14. “ An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory” Friedrich Engels, 1860
- 17. TRAINER PARENTING PRACTITIONER PARENT CHILD Feedback loops of research contribution
- 18. The National Academy for Parenting Practitioners Page Training : over 4,000 practitioners trained in evidence-based programmes this year alone Research : extensive programme researching what we do and finding out what works and how Dissemination : events with stakeholders explaining what we are about, workshops for practitioners on new ways of working. Website with latest information on what works www.parentingacademy.org
- 21. Implications for training & workforce development 1 st Training Offer: Parenting groups implemented
- 23. Implications for training & workforce development * Does not include SF 1st Training Offer: Implementation significantly correlated with perceived relevance of the training
- 24. Implications for training & workforce development Stage 2: Parenting groups implemented * Phase 1 *
- 26. (2) Target accurately Improvement in antisocial behaviour, according to initial severity level (Scott 2005) Clinical trial worst 2% SPOKES prevention trial targeting worst 20% PALS prevention targeting by geographical area
- 28. (4) Keep attendance up Changes in Sensitive Responding according to number of sessions Attended in PALS trial (Scott, O’Connor & Futh in Press)
- 29. (5) Quality, quality, quality (Scott, Carby and Rendu 2007)
Editor's Notes
- The Press certainly seem to think parents are a live issue. In September these headlines were in papers I saw myself,.without searching. DM “Brtiain is becoming the bad parent of the western world’
- Can parenting make a difference to any of this? Generate emotional confidence and skills within the family: safe to care and have empathy, will be cherished and encouraged, limits set Buffer and build resilience against influences outside the family BUT NOT everything Physical environment eg diet, neighbourhood Changes in society eg availability drugs, video games Schooling and peer pressures about eg drinking Although not a panacea for all society’s ills – I think I can show you that parenting does have an important role to play
- Interestingly, whiles about half of early starters will not go on to become criminal, there are very few who start becoming serious ie repeat 0ffeneder after childhood thus 90% of recidivist offenders began being serious antisocial before the age of 10
- Another study was the ILS of CD Michael Rutter. Was able to work with a HE, MK who worked at the IoP to do a study of the costs of CD. Actual were 70k, but if added in expected from things we didn’t measure, more like £250k each, since confirmed by Freidl and Parsonsage Tantalising since if you could intervene effectively…. But raises what the mechanism is , and whether it can be changed? IS it in fact all due to factors present at birth or soon after poverty – after all CD rates are about 3 ot 5 times higher in the most disadvantaged as opposed to the better off, or being a male,
- Can parenting make a difference to any of this? Generate emotional confidence and skills within the family: safe to care and have empathy, will be cherished and encouraged, limits set Buffer and build resilience against influences outside the family BUT NOT everything Physical environment eg diet, neighbourhood Changes in society eg availability drugs, video games Schooling and peer pressures about eg drinking Although not a panacea for all society’s ills – I think I can show you that parenting does have an important role to play
- Policy in England –eg Ministry name, Every Parent Matters Graham Allen & Ian Duncan Smith: Early Intervention ‘Only parents can deliver’
- HOW with either the parent or the chidl shd you startby address ing thou8ghts = arugfe with them “you’ll end oup inpriosn if you keep ding that” “if you don’t so youre hoemwork you’ll neve get any GCSEs and then you’sll stakc shelesce in Sainsbursy (if youa re luckly) Feelings “you shudl be ashmsaed of yourself” You make me feel terrible when you steal formt eh shops or hit me. It supsets me” or behaviour” if you so that again, yure getting a slap/ we wont get akitten for Chrsitmas” 70s and 80s Patterson – very exciign imeedite envt chidl alomsotseen as abblack box –no need to address thoughts or feelings