Know and grow: a qualitative evaluation of a parent skills training intervention

Abstract

Discussion This study reports on preliminary evidence that skillsbased training is acceptable to parents and improves parent functioning including parent self-efficacy, and reduces psychological distress, anxiety, and burden. The study also demonstrated that the intervention can be delivered in a tertiary paediatric treatment setting and it may become cost-effective method for supporting parents and other carers. Future research is required on treatment efficacy and patient outcomes. This abstract was presented in the Parental Roles in Prevention and Support stream of the 2014 ANZAED Conference. Authors’ details School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. Specialised Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia. South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, UK. Psychological Medicine Department, King’s College London, London, UK. Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.