The joint National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence andSocial Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) guidance suggests usinggroup-based parent education when managing conduct disorders in childrenunder 12 or with a developmental age of under 12.
It says individual-based programmes are recommended only when thefamily's needs are too complex for group-based programmes or where thereare particular problems in engaging parents.
Around two-fifths of children with conduct disorders become youngoffenders later in life, according to SCIE.
A spokeswoman for YoungMinds said being the parent of a child with aconduct disorder could be "extremely difficult and very isolating"."Structured parenting groups are a positive step to ensuring thatparents, children and families have the support they need in anon-judgmental local setting," she said.
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