Full Description
Although many parents use spankings to discipline their children, research shows that corporal punishment harms children and is ineffective at changing their behavior. This book presents 5 effective interventions designed to stop and prevent parents from physically punishing their children.
Each chapter of this book reviews a different intervention, summarizes its evidence base, and generalizability across populations and contexts, and explains how to implement it in community and mental health settings. Some strategies explicitly discourage parents from using physical punishment, while others focus on teaching alternative ways to manage children amp rsquo s behavior. Some can be incorporated into individual, family, or group therapy, while others educate the public in hospitals or other community settings. All of the strategies will help parents change their behavior in ways that promote their children amp rsquo s healthy development. Therapists, social workers, other community health and safety professionals, and policy makers will all appreciate the diverse array of strategies represented in the book.
Contents
Contributors
Introduction: The Rationale for Reducing Physical Punishment, by Elizabeth T. Gershoff and Shawna J. Lee
Part I: Individual- and Family-Level Interventions
Chapter : Brief Online Education, by George W. Holden and Alan S. Brown
Chapter 2: Alternative Biblical Interpretations Intervention, by Cindy Miller-Perrin and Robin Perrin
Chapter 3: Baby Books, by Stephanie M. Reich and Guadalupe D amp iacute az
Chapter 4: Motivational Interviewing, by George W. Holden and Grant W. O. Holland
Part II: Hospital- or Clinic-Based Interventions
Chapter 5: Play Nicely, by Seth Scholer
Chapter : Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK), by Howard Dubowitz
Chapter 7: The Video Interaction Project (VIP), by Caitlin Canfield, Erin Roby, and Alan Mendelsohn
Chapter 8: An Educational Intervention for Health Care Providers, by Gail Hornor, Saribel Garcia Quinones, Deborah Bretl, Ellen Chiocca, Carrie Donnell, Katharine Doughty, Bridget Marshall, and Kristen Morris
Part III: Group-Based Interventions
Chapter 9: Positive Discipline in Every Day Parenting (PDEP), by Joan E. Durrant
Chapter : The ACT Raising Safe Kids Program, by Michele Knox and Morgan Dynes
Chapter : The Chicago Parent Program, by Susan M. Breitenstein, Deborah Gross, and Amie F. Bettencourt
Chapter 2: The Moms amp rsquo Empowerment Program, by Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Kathryn H. Howell, Maria M. Galano, and Sandra A. Graham-Bermann
Part IV: Multilevel or Universal Interventions
Chapter 3: Triple P amp ndash Positive Parenting Program, by Ronald J. Prinz
Chapter 4: No Hit Zones, by Elizabeth T. Gershoff
Chapter 5: Legal Prohibitions on Physical Punishment, by Elizabeth T. Gershoff and Joan E. Durrant
Afterword: Common Themes and Next Steps, by Elizabeth T. Gershoff and Shawna J. Lee
Index
About the Editors
