In addition, PAW builds parental confidence in parenting skills. It seeks to improve communication, problem solving and parent-school communication while improving school attendance and grades and reducing disciplinary infractions. For each problem, parents choose a solution, see it enacted and listen to a critique. The program is designed to be used by parents totally unfamiliar with computers, as well as those with computer experience. The program takes only one to two sessions lasting approximately three hours.
Parents prefer using the program with their teens and pre-teens.
Used as a family intervention, parents and children converse enthusiastically and learn the same skills together. This procedure takes approximately two minutes and requires no skill, credentials, or training on the part of the staff member. Monitoring by the program developer is not necessary, but free telephone consultation is provided if needed. There is no cost for the tool. The following are suggestions of areas you may want to assess if you implement this best practice.