Parenting Interventions

Code:

PEDH12

Acronym:

IP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Psychology

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree in Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MPSI	21	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2021	1	-	6	54	162
MTP	14	Official Curricular Structure	1	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This course aims to increase knowledge and skill of coming practitioners in the area of parenting intervention.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester students should be able to:

1. Identify the dimensions of positive parenting and its impact on child and youth development

2. Define parenting education according with the levels and modalities of parenting intervention

3. Identify the conceptual framework and the objectives of parenting education

4. Use strategies to promote positive parenting in the context of parent education

5. Discuss the adequacy of parenting interventions to the target groups

6. Know evidence based parental education programs and relevant research in this field.

7. Identify methods and instruments for evaluating the efficacy and the  effectiveness of parenting education

8. Integrate the ethical and deontological principles underlying the practice of parenting education

9. Know the quality standards for parental education programs.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The family as a context of human development.

1.1. Positive parenting as a children's right.

1.2. Risk and protective factors in positive parenting.

2. Models for parenting intervention.

2.1. Types and levels of intervention

2.2. Parenting intervention: theoretical framework, objectives, target groups, types and modes of intervention

2.3. Strategies to promote positive parenting

3. Evaluation of the efficacy and the effectiveness of parenting programs

3.1. Evaluation design

3.2. Evaluation instruments

3.3. Obstacles and limitations

4. Ethical and deontological issues in parenting intervention

5. Evidence-based parenting programs

5.1. Definition criteria

5.2. Empirical evidence

5.3. Advantages and limitations

5.4. Quality standards.

6. Implementation of parenting programs.

Mandatory literature

Asmussen Kirsten; The^evidence-based parenting practitioner.s handbook. ISBN: 978-0-415-60993-7
Rodrigo, M.J.; Máiquez, M.L. & Martín, J.C.(2010). ; Buenas práticas profesionales para el apoyo de la parentalidad positiva. , Madrid: Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias.
Van Ryzin Mark J. 340; Family-based prevention programs for children and adolescents. ISBN: 978-1-84872-485-3
Ponzetti James J. 340; Evidence-based parenting education. ISBN: 978-1-84872-590-4
M. Sanders & A. Morawska (Eds) (2018).; Handbook of parenting and child development across the lifespan, Springer.

Complementary Bibliography

Almeida, A., Abreu-Lima, I., Cruz, O., Gaspar, M.F., Brandão, T., et al. (2012). ; Parent education interventions: Results from a national study in Portugal. , European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 9, 1-15.
Pereira Ana Isabel 570; Promoção da parentalidade positiva. ISBN: 978-989-8659-60-6
Sanders, M.R., Markie-Dadds, C. & Turner, K.M.T (2003). ; Theoretical, scientific and clinical foundations of the Triple P: a population approach to the promotion of parenting competence. , Parenting Research and Practice Monograph, 1, 1-24.

Teaching methods and learning activities

1. Lectures, under the responsibility of the professor

2. Role-play of the strategies that promote positive parenting

3. Large group discussion on the simulation experiments that were performed - peer learning

4. Tutorial in groups of two students - the teacher guides the students’ essay on parental education programs. This essay is: a) discussed in class; b) delivered as a written report.

5. Peer learning - students watch and discuss the papers presented by colleagues in the context of the classroom.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Applied psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	25,00
Prova oral	15,00
Trabalho escrito	10,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	58,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students should be present in at least 75% of classes and performe the project proposed by professors.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification results from the weighted average of grades obtained in the following assignments:

1. Training of strategies to promote positive parenting (25%)

2. Oral presentation and written assignment of the work performed by each group (25%)

3. Final exam (50%).

Grades will be presented on the 0 to 20 scale.
The student must have at least 8 points in each of the assignments' classification.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not considered.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Any situation involving a special assessment should be presented by students and reviewed by professors at the beginning of the semester.

Classification improvement

Only applicable to final exam.

Observations

The course will be taught in Portuguese - Suitable for English-speaking students. Bibliography will be provided in English, slides/pedagogical texts in English, and some parts of the classes will be taught in English.