Parents should feel free to contact the program to discuss their concerns. RIP serves families with young children who have behavior problems. Children are eligible for RIP through the kindergarten year. RIP's most important component is parent implementation. This means that parents learn to work with their own children, support one another, and operate the program.
Parents learn by repeated direct practice followed by supportive feedback.
Beginning behavior management training in areas such as identifying problem behaviors, child development, positive discipline strategies, family conflict resolution. Classroom programs teach children behaviors that will help them be successful in school. Social skills training helps children get along together. Child care and preschool intervention includes consultation with teachers about problems at school. Follow up services for families who complete the program include help in finding school programs and consultation about problems at home and school.