Moving an Evidence‐Based Parenting Program Into the Community. Issue 5 (24th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roben, Caroline K.P.; Dozier, Mary; Caron, EB; Bernard, Kristin
• Is Part Of: Child development. Volume 88:Issue 5(2017)
• Page Start: 1447
• Page End: 1452
• Publication Date: 2017-07-24
• Subjects: Child development -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child Development -- Periodicals; Child Development; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pedicatrics; 305.231
• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12898
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-3920

Abstract

Abstract : Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐up (ABC) is a parenting program developed to enhance sensitivity among parents of infants who experience early adversity. In several randomized clinical trials, the intervention's efficacy has been demonstrated. Moving interventions into the community with adequate fidelity is challenging, though, and intervention effects are often much smaller than when tested in randomized clinical trials. To enhance the likelihood that ABC is delivered with high fidelity, a microanalytic fidelity assessment was developed. Using this fidelity tool as a central component of training, supervision, and certification, changes in parent sensitivity for 108 families with children ages 6 months to 2 years were as large as those seen in laboratory settings. These findings are discussed with regard to implications for moving other evidence‐based interventions into the community. Abstract : The title for this Special Section isBringing Developmental Science into the World, edited by Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh‐Pasek, Rachel Grob, and Mark Schlesinger