Parents struggling to manage young children with challenging behaviour now have another option to deal with the issue, and it has the backing of a clinical trial.
Researchers with The Kidman Centre at UTS, which examines mental health treatment for young people, led a trial involving 130 families with children aged seven to 14 who have oppositional behavioural issues.
Families involved in the trial used either the established Parent Management Training (PMT) program, or a relatively new alternative therapy called Collaborative Proactive Solutions (CPS).
Where PMT is parent-led with rewards or punishments for good and bad behaviour respectively, CPS take more of a “collaborative” approach to problem-solving with the child, lead researcher Dr Rachael Murrihy said.
Read the full story in The Sydney Morning Herald: Trial a positive sign for different approach to disruptive child behaviour