Promoting effective parenting practices and preventing child behavior problems in school among ethnically diverse families from underserved, urban communities.
@article{Brotman2011PromotingEP,
title={Promoting effective parenting practices and preventing child behavior problems in school among ethnically diverse families from underserved, urban communities.},
author={Laurie M Brotman and Esther J. Calzada and Keng-Yen Huang and Sharon Kingston and Spring R. Dawson-McClure and Dimitra Kamboukos and Amanda Rosenfelt and Amihai Schwab and Eva Petkova},
journal={Child development},
year={2011},
volume={82 1},
pages={
258-76
}
}This study examines the efficacy of ParentCorps among 4-year-old children (N = 171) enrolled in prekindergarten in schools in a large urban school district. ParentCorps includes a series of 13 group sessions for parents and children held at the school during early evening hours and facilitated by teachers and mental health professionals. ParentCorps resulted in significant benefits on effective parenting practices and teacher ratings of child behavior problems in school. Intervention effects…Â
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