The Evidence-based Parenting Practitioner's Handbook

ISBN-13: 9780415609920 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 336 str.

Kirsten Asmussen

Opis

This text provides a comprehensive description of what parenting support works & how, with clear examples of how this knowledge can inform frontline work with parents. It includes a discussion of how a robust evidence base is established & the ways in which practitioners can access information about good-quality research.

Spis treści

1. The Need for Evidence-based Parenting Support  2. Understanding the Evidence Base  3. Evidence-based Theories of Child Development  4. Evidence-based Therapies Used in Parenting Work  5. The Role of the Practitioner in Providing Evidence-based Parenting Support  6. Planning and Evaluating Evidence-based Parenting Support  7. Evidence-based Parenting Support at the Community Level  8. Moving Forward

O autorze

Kirsten Asmussen is a developmental psychologist with expertise in the parent/child relationship and parenting interventions. She works at the National Academy for Parenting Research where she leads a team of researchers who evaluate the programmes appearing on the Commissioning Toolkit.