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All our programmes listed below have been evaluated by an independent team of researchers from the National Academy of Parenting Research at King’s College London against standards for best practice in the field of parenting work. Find out more information for commissioners.

  • Search for a parenting programme by name

  • Programme name

  • Rating

  • Who is the programme for?

  • Programme outcomes

  • Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
  • Four stars

  • Families with a young person engaging in persistent antisocial behaviour, substance misuse and/or youth offending

  • Improved child behaviour, Reduced risk of child substance misuse, Reduced risk of child offending, Reduced parent stress/depression/mental health problems

  • Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care – Adolescent (MTFC-A)
  • Four stars

  • Parents with an adolescent child at risk of going into residential care because of very serious emotional and/or behavioural difficulties

  • Improved child behaviour, Improved child achievement, Reduced risk of child offending, Other

  • Multisystemic Therapy – Problem Sexual Behaviour (MST-PSB)
  • Four stars

  • Families with a young person who has committed sexual offences or demonstrates sexually abusive behaviours.

  • Improved child behaviour, Improved child achievement, Improved child general wellbeing/mental health, Reduced risk of child substance misuse, Reduced risk of child offending

  • Parent Management Training, Oregon Model (PMTO)
  • Four stars

  • Parents with concerns about their child’s behaviour and/or emotions

  • Improved child behaviour, Improved parenting practices/competency, Reduced parent stress/depression/mental health problems

  • The Incredible Years Early Years (IYEY) BASIC and ADVANCE
  • Four stars

  • Any parent with concerns about their child's behaviour.

  • Improved child behaviour, Reduced child maltreatment (actual or risk), Improved parenting practices/competency, Reduced parent stress/depression/mental health problems

  • Keeping Foster and Kinship Parents Trained and Supported (KEEP)
  • Three stars

  • Foster and kinship carers responsible for a child between the ages of five and 12 years with behavioural difficulties

  • Improved parenting practices/competency, Other

  • Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care – Prevention (MTFC-P)
  • Three stars

  • Parents with a young child who is at risk of going into residential care because of very serious emotional and/or behavioural difficulties

  • Improved child behaviour, Improved child general wellbeing/mental health, Reduced parent stress/depression/mental health problems, Other

  • Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect (MST-CAN)
  • Three stars

  • Families with a recent report of physical abuse or neglect (within the previous 180 days) against a child aged six to 17.

  • Improved child general wellbeing/mental health, Reduced child maltreatment (actual or risk), Improved parenting practices/competency, Improved parent wellbeing, Improved parent life circumstances (employment; education)

  • New Beginnings
  • Three stars

  • Mothers and infants in prison experiencing difficulties in the parent/child relationship

  • Improved child general wellbeing/mental health, Improved parenting practices/competency

  • New Forest Parenting Programme (NFPP)
  • Three stars

  • Parents of a child diagnosed with ADHD.

  • Improved child behaviour, Improved parenting practices/competency

  • Parents Plus Early Years (PPEY)
  • Three stars

  • Parents with concerns about their child’s behaviours (including ADHD), emotional problems, and/or development and learning

  • Improved child behaviour, Improved parent wellbeing, Reduced parent stress/depression/mental health problems

  • Pathways Triple P
  • Three stars

  • Parents with a child on the child protection register or at risk of maltreating their child

  • Improved child behaviour, Reduced child maltreatment (actual or risk), Improved parenting practices/competency

  • The Incredible Years Toddler - BASIC and ADVANCE (IY Toddler)
  • Three stars

  • Parents with a young child who is at risk of developing a substance misuse problem or conduct disorder when he or she is older

  • Improved child behaviour, Improved child general wellbeing/mental health, Reduced risk of child substance misuse, Improved parenting practices/competency

  • Fostering Changes
  • Two stars

  • Foster carers

  • Improved child behaviour, Improved child general wellbeing/mental health, Reduced parent stress/depression/mental health problems, Other

  • Mellow Parenting
  • Two stars

  • Mothers with a child aged under five where there are high levels of social and health needs, as well as child protection concerns.

  • Reduced child maltreatment (actual or risk), Improved parenting practices/competency

About the ratings

To be included on this website, parenting programmes are rated using the Parenting Programme Evaluation Tool (PPET). This tool rates parenting programmes against standards of best practice in four domains:

  1. The specificity of the programme’s target population (Who is it for?)
  2. The programme’s theories and activities (What does it do?)
  3. The programme’s training and implementation support systems (Who delivers the programmes and how?)
  4. The strength of the programme’s evaluation evidence (How we know the programme works?).

All programmes receive a rating from 0 to 4 within each category, resulting in four ratings. A rating of 4 means that the programme meets all of the criteria in the category (in other words, the programme is strongly developed in this domain) and a rating of 0 if they do not meet any of the criteria.

  • Four stars
  • Three stars
  • Two stars
  • One star
  • Zero stars
  • Strong
  • Promising
  • Preliminary
  • Requires further development
  • 0 rated

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