Will Parent Training Reduce Abuse, Enhance Development, and Save Money? Let's Find Out!

Three decades of research has shown that parent training can improve developmental outcomes for children. Recent research suggests that parent training can also reduce child abuse and neglect, especially when the training is embedded in a broader community campaign. Parent training and community campaigns warrant further rigorous experimental evaluation to determine cost-effectiveness. This policy brief presents a strategy for testing community-developed parent training initiatives. Such a test will generate knowledge of the feasibility of different approaches to reducing child maltreatment and promoting child development.

Read the full issue brief from The Future of Children here: http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/pubhub/pubhub_item.jhtml?id=fdc92400012