Parenting Programme Mapping Survey Report: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire
Creators: name: Coates, Janine
name: Sayal, Kapil
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Developmental and Educational Psychology
subject: 170103 Educational Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Education
subject: 130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori)
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: FOS: Educational sciences
subject: 130105 Primary Education (excl. Maori)
subject: 111707 Family Care
subject: Health Care
subject: 111704 Community Child Health

description: <b>Aims:</b> This mapping survey aims to map the availability of parenting programmes delivered within the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire (NDL) areas, in order to inform on the services which are available to parents in these counties.<b>Background</b>: In the last five years the UK government has encouraged the delivery of parenting programmes to parents in need through the Parenting Early Intervention Pathfinder (PEIP), which provided funding to all Local Authorities (LA) in the UK to provide these services. In addition, clinical guidelines have promoted the use of parenting programmes as a first step towards the treatment of ADHD, and ADHD-type behaviours.<b>Methods:</b> Fifty three stakeholders from the five NDL LAs the NHS, including CAMHS, and voluntary agencies were contacted requesting information about the parenting services offered by their place of work, of which 26 responded. This was followed up with an indepth online survey to the responding stakeholders, yielding a further eight responses from key personnel within four of the five LA’s, CAMHS services and the voluntary sector. <b>Findings:</b> Findings indicated that a number of parenting programmes are available in each of the NDL LA’s. Parenting programmes are most commonly delivered by the LAs. The most prevalently used programme for ADHD behaviours is 123 Magic, which tends to be delivered by voluntary ADHD agencies or NHS CAMHS rather than the LA. Common universal programmes include Webster Stratton Incredible Years and Triple P which are widely available through the LAs. The majority of funding for programmes comes from the Department of Education Think Families Grant. Inconsistency between referral methods and the collection of effectiveness data were also discovered. <b>Conclusions:</b> Referral criteria for entry onto parenting programmes, particularly with LAs, needs to be developed to reduce workloads, and ensure parents are entered into the programmes which best suit their needs. Schools should also be encouraged to play a greater role in the referral of parents into programmes. In addition, practitioners should be provided with training for the collection, analysis and dissemination of effectiveness data relating to parenting programmes in order provide usable data for evaluation and funding allocation purposes. Consistent training to deliver specific parenting programmes should also be encouraged for quality assurance purposes. Finally, additional funding should be made available for more targeted parenting programmes, specifically tailored towards the needs of parents who have children with complex behavioural needs.