PARENTS PLUS NEWS
John Sharry will be presenting the Parents Plus approach to evidence at the Evidence into Practice Conference organised by the CES
Date: 23 January 2012, 10.30-4.30pm
Location: DCU School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Conference Room HG23
Description
On the 23rd of January 2012, DCU School of Nursing and Human Sciences
and the Centre for Effective Services will host a conference to explore
the use of evidence in practice. The conference will be
multidisciplinary in nature with presentations from experienced
professionals from a wide variety of disciplines. The primary target
audience for this seminar is front-line and senior practitioners and
managers who are interested in evidence informed practice from the
fields of public health and social care working across the lifecycle. It
is recognised that other groups will have an interest in this topic.
These include researchers, academics, and policy makers.http://www.effectiveservices.org/training-events/evidence-in-practice
Over 700 professionals attended the Parents Plus Innovations in Working with Adolescents Seminar on the 26th September in Croke Park, Dublin, that was held to mark the launch of the Parents Plus Adolescents and Working Things Out Programmes. At the seminar, Prof Alan Carr from UCD presented meta-study of the ten Parents Plus evauations highlighing the sustained positive impact on families. Please see the Parents Plus Special Launch Newletter and Prof Carr's Research Presentation for more information. The event was reported in the Irish Times by Fiona Gartland. The full text of the article is reproduced below
Courses help parents deal with children's behaviour
By Fiona Gartland, Irish Times
MORE THAN 400 families experienced sustained benefits from an Irish programme that helps parents deal with challenging behaviour in children and adolescents, a seminar was told yesterday.
Prof Alan Carr, UCD Department of Psychology, found the Parents Plus programmes, run through a Mater hospital-based charity, were “extremely effective” in improving conduct problems and anti-social behaviour in children and adolescents.
He told the Innovations in Working with Adolescents seminar in Dublin the programme was as effective as any evidence-based programmes that have been developed in the US, Australia and other countries.
Parents Plus provides training and supervision for professionals who wish to deliver these programmes.
The programmes consist of six- to 12- week courses aimed at three different life stages. The early years course aims to help parents maximise their children’s learning, the six- to 11-years course focuses on helping parents to manage difficult behaviour, while the 11- to 16-course helps parents deal with the challenges of the teenage years.Prof Carr undertook a study of 10 evaluations already carried out on the programmes to examine their overall effectiveness. In eight of the evaluations representing 400 families, the benefits of the course increased for families six to 10 months later. Prof Carr said a national roll-out of the programme by the HSE “would make a significant contribution to addressing anti-social behaviour nationally”.
More than 700 professionals attended the seminar, which was launched by Minister of State for Children, Frances Fitzgerald. Other speakers included Parents Plus founders Prof Carol Fitzpatrick and Dr John Sharry.To mark the launch of the updated Working Things Out and Parents Plus Adolescent programmes, the Parents Plus charity are hosting a free professional seminar on the 26th September 2011 in Dublin, The seminar coincides with the 150 anniversary of the Mater Hospital and will be included as part of the year long celebrations.
Click here for Seminar Details and please email admin@parentsplus.ie with your name,
profession, agency and contact details in order to reserve a place.The Parents Plus Accreditation process has been launched for over a year now and we have received many applications resulting in our first Parents Plus facilitators outside the Mater CAMHS being accredited. Their accreditation will be marked at the practice seminar in September
Parents Plus has been a key partner in the Technology Enhanced Therapy Project, along with the school of computer science in TCD and the National Digital Research Centre. This has led to the development of two online mental health programmes namely SeeMySelf a preventative programme to promote positive self esteem and body image and MindBalance a seven module programme to tackle depression being run as a pilot in TCD counselling service. SeeMySelf is being rolled out nationally by Bodywhys.ie
We are looking for trained and experienced facilitators to run PP courses in schools and community groups. Please send in your details if you would like to be included on our database. Also, we frequently get parents looking for Parents Plus Courses. If you would like referrals please send us your details of you courses to post on our website
A two training in the community version of the Parents Plus Early Years Training will take place in Ballyspillane FRC, for 250 Euro. Please email us if you are interested in attending. Some sponsored places are available.
In the last year Parents Plus have provided onsite training have supported the roll out of programmes for 2 in the coming months for Kilkenny Child Care Committee, and Change for Change in Derry.
We are just completing a RCT trial for the PP Adolescent Programme in Kerry secondary schools. Initial results are exciting showing significant results for parents attending the groups – highlighting the effectiveness of community parenting programmes.
To support the delivery of the parenting programmes in the community Parents Plus are continuing their sponsorship scheme which allows agencies and individuals to apply for sponsorship to purchase programme materials and to attend training at a reduced rate. Email admin at parentsplus.ie for more details.