Evidence-Based Parenting Practitioner's Handbook

<p><em>The</em> <em>Evidence-based Parenting Practitioner's Handbook</em> provides a comprehensive overview of the knowledge necessary to effectively deliver evidence-based parenting interventions within community and health settings. Using clear examples of how this knowledge can inform frontline work with parents this practical handbook includes: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>an overview of the policy context underpinning evidence-based parenting work in the US UK Australia and Norway</li> <p> </p> <li>a discussion of how a robust evidence base is established and the ways in which practitioners can access information about good-quality research </li> <p> </p> <li>an overview of how research in the field of child development has contributed to the development of evidence-based parenting interventions </li> <p> </p> <li>an overview of how theories and research in the field of therapeutic practice have contributed to the development of evidence-based parenting interventions </li> <p> </p> <li>what research evidence suggests about the role of the practitioner in the delivery of evidence-based support </li> <p> </p> <li>outcome-focused methods for establishing the evidence base of new parenting interventions </li> <p> </p> <li>outcome-focused methods for commissioning evidence-based parenting services.</li> </ul><p>Emphasizing the ways in which practitioners can evaluate and translate messages from research into applied work with parents and families <em>The Evidence-based Parenting Practitioner's Handbook</em> is suitable for all those involved in the delivery of evidence-based parenting support including frontline practitioners service managers parenting commissioners heads of children's services and policy makers. </p>