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Parenting From the Outside-In: A Paradigm Shift in Parent Training?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2014

Trevor G. Mazzucchelli  and
Matthew R. Sanders
Trevor G. Mazzucchelli*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Matthew R. Sanders
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
*
Address for correspondence: Trevor G. Mazzucchelli, School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. E-mail: trevor.mazzucchelli@curtin.edu.au
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Abstract

It has recently been asserted that a paradigm shift is emerging in the delivery of parenting programs. Specifically, it has been suggested that interventions from the field of interpersonal neurobiology represent sophisticated alternatives to positive parenting interventions based on social learning models and behavioural principles, and better reflect how contemporary practitioners consider parenting. We examine this assertion, dispel a number of myths, and conclude that characterisations of positive parenting programs are frequently misleading and do not adequately reflect contemporary models of practice. There is little justification to support the claim that the field should abandon this ‘paradigm’. Indeed, there has been a considerable expansion in the evidence base supporting positive parenting programs and the emergence of a public health framework that blends universal and indicated interventions that can greatly increase the reach and lower the costs of delivering parenting interventions.

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attachmentbehavioural family interventionparenting programsparent trainingpositive parentingpositive parenting programTriple P
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Behaviour Change , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , June 2014 , pp. 102 - 109
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Copyright © The Author(s), published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Australian Academic Press Pty Ltd 2014 

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