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McMahon, Suzanne M.; Wilson, Charlotte E.; Sharry, John – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Parents Plus Special Needs (PPSN) programme, a seven-week parenting group intervention for parents of adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Method: In a cluster randomised controlled trial, 24 intellectual disability services supporting families of adolescents with an intellectual…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Child Rearing, Parent Education, Adolescents
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Mannion, Lydia – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2023
The Parents Plus Early Years (PPEY) Programme was conceptualised as an early group intervention for parents of preschool children with behavioural, emotional and developmental difficulties. This systematic review sought to examine and critically evaluate the existing literature in which the PPEY Programme has been implemented. A number of…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness
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Hallett, Victoria; Mueller, Joanne; Breese, Lauren; Hollett, Megan; Beresford, Bryony; Irvine, Annie; Pickles, Andrew; Slonims, Vicky; Scott, Stephen; Charman, Tony; Simonoff, Emily – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Parent-mediated interventions can reduce behavioral and emotional problems in children with ASD. This report discusses the development of the first group parent intervention targeting behaviors "and" anxiety in children with ASD, across the spectrum of cognitive and language ability. 'Predictive Parenting' was developed from the clinical…
Descriptors: Parents, Child Rearing, Intervention, Parent Education
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Davey, Nicole; Egan, Margaret – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2021
The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management (IYTCM) programme aims to equip teachers with the strategies and skills necessary to promote socio-emotional child development. In Ireland, educational psychologists from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) are involved in the delivery of the IYTCM programme training to primary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques, Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education
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Palmer, Melanie; San José Cáceres, Antonia; Tarver, Joanne; Howlin, Patricia; Slonims, Vicky; Pellicano, Elizabeth; Charman, Tony – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
The EarlyBird programme is a group-based psychoeducation intervention for parents of young children with autism. Although it is widely used in the United Kingdom, the evidence base for the programme is very limited. Using a mixed method, non-randomised research design, we aimed to test (1) the acceptability of the research procedures (recruitment,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Foreign Countries
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Coughlin, Michael; Doyle, Caoimhe; Sharry, John; Guerin, Suzanne; Beattie, Dianne – Child Care in Practice, 2018
This article presents the findings of a qualitative study of parents' perceptions of a video-modelling assisted group-based parent training programme, the Parents Plus Children's Programme (PPCP). PPCP was developed in Ireland and is culturally sensitive to the Irish context. PPCP aims to reduce emotional and behavioural difficulties in children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Video Technology, Models
National Center for Children in Poverty, 2019
Healthy social-emotional growth in infants and toddlers, also known as infant and early childhood mental health (IECMH), provides an essential foundation for early learning, school readiness, and long-term success. Social-emotional development is intertwined with cognitive development. This connection and its role in learning can be observed in…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Infants, Toddlers
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Gerber, Sarah-Jane; Sharry, John; Streek, Adrienne – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
Evidenced based parent training (PT) programmes offer an important intervention strategy to improve early behavioural and emotional difficulties for young children. Initial research highlights the benefits of incorporating PT within local community services such as preschools. The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Parents…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Preschool Education, Evidence Based Practice, Early Intervention
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Saula, Shamsideen Ayinla – African Educational Research Journal, 2017
Children constitute a significant proportion of any nation's population and they are the inheritors of the society. In Nigeria, children hold a great thrust for the future. This paper examined various methods by adult educators in curbing violence among children through various adult education programmes such as literacy education, fundamental…
Descriptors: Violence, Foreign Countries, Prevention, Adult Education