Introduction There is a substantial and growing body of evidence concerning the important role that familial risk factors play in facilitating young children’s entry and progression along the “early-starter” pathway of conduct problems. This pathway is characterized by three elements: the onset of conduct problems (such as developmentally excessive levels of aggression, noncompliance, and other...

DISCUSS: Group Intensive Family Training (GIFT) used a preschool-like dynamic, where parents and their children with autism came in to a 3 hour per day, 5 days per week program to learn skills to increase their child’s motivation. Such advances were made using clear instructions, successive conditional discriminations, and self-management skills. Seventy-two parent-child dyads entered the progr...

Introduction: This longitudinal case-controlled study examined the effects of universal parent-focused interventions on parents’ perceived competence in terms of parental efficacy and satisfaction. Method: The study sample consisted of parents from northern Sweden in the general population who participated in parent training programmes from 2010 to 2013, and a matched-comparison group. All pare...

Oppositional, defiant, and disruptive behaviors are common in clinical samples of children with tic disorders. In this study, we sought to evaluate the short-term efficacy of a structured parent training program in children with tic disorders accompanied by disruptive behavior. Children with tic disorders and at least a moderate level of disruptive behavior were randomly assigned to a 10-sessio...