Search

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Emily Blackshaw, lead quantitative analyst and Max Stanford, head of impact and evaluation at Coram outline findings from an evaluation of the use of FGCs at the pre-proceedings stage.

Foundations sets out priorities

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Two experts explain what they hope good practice research body for the children's sector will achieve.

Family Links nurtures parents’ emotional skills

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Family Links’ Nurturing Programme aims to strengthen family relationships by improving the emotional health of both adults and children.

Parents hone their skills thanks to extra support

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Parenting programmes and workshops develop families’ skills and boost their emotional wellbeing while improving relationships between children and parents.

Supporting Families gets major revamp

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Experts welcome flagship programme’s new focus on measuring change in outcomes but some fear lack of funding will hold it back.

Oxfordshire’s collaborative model for sustainable change in families

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| CYP Now

The Care Review’s Case for Change report set out why the children’s social care system needs to provide more support for families.

Rethinking early intervention

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| CYP Now

A decade on from his seminal report, Graham Allen says early intervention needs a fresh sense of purpose.

Enhancing Outcomes of Low-Intensity Parenting Groups Through Sufficient Exemplar Training: A Randomized Control Trial

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Low-intensity parenting programmes play an important role in a public health approach to parenting support that aims to reduce the prevalence of child conduct problems at a population level.

The Cost-Effectiveness of UK Parenting Programmes for Preventing Children’s Behaviour Problems – A Review of the Evidence

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

This paper reviews the economic evidence available to support or question claims that parenting programmes can be a cost-effective component in early intervention packages.

Triple P helps Nottingham expand support for families

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Nottingham City Council says the adoption of Triple P has improved choice of support for families and is delivering better outcomes.

Parenting Programmes: Policy context

Other

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

The focus of parenting support has tended to be on interventions with pre-school age children, such as Coram Family and Childcare’s Parent Champions programme which is a peer support network (see expert view).

Parenting Programmes: Special Report

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Parenting programmes aim to give parents the insights and skills they need to help their children thrive. CYP Now’s special report looks at the latest developments, academic research and examples of best practice.

Children’s letters give parents insight into the impact of their conflict

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) co-parenting programme aims to reduce emotional damage to children caused by family conflict.

Making Fathers Relevant: How Practitioners Include Both Parents in Talk About Parenting Programmes

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

This paper reports on a study that investigated parental engagement during the initial telephone conversations made by practitioners to parents who had been referred for parenting support.

Child, Caregiver, and Therapist Perspectives on Therapeutic Alliance in Usual Care Child Psychotherapy

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

The primary aim of this exploratory study was to examine the stability and cross-informant agreement of child and caregiver alliance across 16 months of psychotherapy, using multiple informants on alliance.

Parent partner programmes, US

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Parent partner programmes bring together parents whose children have been, or at risk of being, taken into care with parents who have previously been involved with welfare agencies and had a positive outcome.

Couple Relationship Quality and the Infant Home Language Environment

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Researchers from the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge studied 93 first-time, heterosexual parents and their interactions with their infants to determine the effect the quality of a relationship had on parents' verbal interaction with children.

Intensive Interventions Suitable for Children on the Edge of Care: Report and Recommendations for Social Finance

Monday, August 26, 2019

| CYP Now

This report identifies the interventions that are effective for children on the edge of care.

How Baby Steps helps put new parents on a firm footing

Monday, July 29, 2019

| CYP Now

NSPCC programme sees new parents who may be less likely to access antenatal education receive the support that can transform outcomes for their families.

Troubled Families programme: its impact and what should replace it

Monday, April 29, 2019

| CYP Now

An evaluation of the government's Troubled Families programme suggests it has helped cut care rates by a third as councils invested millions in early help. With the scheme due to end, leaders say the funding must continue.

Help for children of alcoholics

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

| CYP Now

Councils should create drop-in centres to support children whose parents misuse alcohol, says expert.

Seven features of practice

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Projects in the first phase of the Children's Social Care Innovation Programme have been evaluated to identify practice that has the most impact for children, with seven clear features emerging.

Engaging on the 'Front Line': Exploring How Family Support Teams Construct Meaning in Their Work With Young Mothers