Common Sense Parenting (CSP)

An Evidence-Based Practice

Description

The goal of Common Sense Parenting is to encourage positive behavior, discourage negative behavior, and teach alternatives to problem behavior in children by developing or enhancing parenting skills. The program aims to enhance the role of parents as teachers and is based on a social learning/behavioral model. Parents who participate in the program learn and practice techniques that address issues with discipline, communication, relationships, decision-making, school success, and self-control.

Two-hour parenting sessions are held once a week for six-weeks and are led by professional parent trainers. Trainers use five components- review, instruction, modeling, practice and feedback, and summary- to build on the skills that parents already have.

Goal / Mission

The goal of Common Sense Parenting is to develop or enhance parenting skills.

Impact

Results from the Common Sense Parenting program indicated improvement in child behavior, parent attitudes, family satisfaction and parent problem-solving ability.

Results / Accomplishments

One study of 379 parents from 25 U.S. Air Force bases found that parents who participated in the Common Sense Parenting program reported a significant improvement in their children’s behavior (p<0.01), an increase in their family satisfaction (p<0.01), and a decrease in the risk of physical child abuse (p<0.01).

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Girls and Boys Town USA
Primary Contact
14100 Crawford St.
Boys Town, NE 68010
402-498-1300​
helpkids@boystown.org
http://www.boystown.org/
Topics
Community / Social Environment
Health / Children's Health
Organization(s)
Girls and Boys Town USA
Source
National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
Location
USA
For more details
http://www.boystown.org/parenting/Pages/common-sen...
https://crimesolutions.ojp.gov/ratedprograms/320
Target Audience
Children, Families
Additional Audience
parents

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An Evidence-Based Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures showing improvement in the outcome(s) of interest after the implementation of the program (i.e. increase in smoking cessation, not just the delivery of a smoking cessation program). The outcome measure(s) is/are compared at relevant time periods before and after the intervention or program implementation. Alternatively, the evaluation study compares the outcome(s) between an intervention group and an appropriate control group.
  3. The study is of peer-review quality and presents numbers in a scientific manner; measurements of precision and reliability are included (e.g. confidence intervals, standard errors), results from statistical tests show a significant difference or change in the outcome measure(s), and relevant point estimates and p-values are presented. Note: if the results from an evaluation of a program are presented in a scientific manner and the outcome measure is improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant, the practice is classified as effective and not evidence-based.