Parenting Support Framework Evaluation
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Parenting Support Framework Evaluation August 2009 to December 2013 FINAL REPORT Louise Marryat, Lucy Thompson, Margaret McGranachan, Sarah Barry, Fiona Sim, Jane White, and Phil Wilson Qualitative report: Ian Clark, Elaine Cooper and Lorraine Simpson (Iconic Consulting) Acknowledgements There are a number of people who have contributed to the Evaluation of the Parenting Support Framework and the Final Report. Firstly, we would like to thank the preschool staff, teachers, practitioners, parents and children who took the time to organise and complete the measures. In NHSGGC, we wish to thank the Parenting Program Managers, Marie-Claire Leese and Wendy Toner, the Parenting Coordinators, Louise Gaunt and April Montgomery, as well as the former parenting coordinators and all the staff who have delivered Triple P for their commitment to this work and to collecting data, and the administrative staff for coordinating and inputting questionnaire data. In particular we would like to thank Patrick Mandara for his long-standing contribution to the project - collecting and collating the Triple P administrative data and overseeing the data input. Thanks to David Stone and Norma Greenwood for their advice and support in their role as co-chairs of the evaluation subgroup of the parenting core group, and to all the members of the subgroup for their work on this project. Thanks also to Michele McClung, Morag Gunion, Sheila Hunter, Amanda Kerr, Heather Douglas and colleagues at Glasgow City Education Services for their never-ending support, particularly in relation to SEEMIS and in contacting schools and nurseries. Thanks also to the SDQ Steering group, chaired by Morag Gunion, for help and advice. We also wish to thank our office staff, Kim Jones, Sheena McGowan, Elsa Ekevall and Kelly Chung, as well as Sarah Barry, Caroline Haig and Alex McConnachie from the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics for their statistical input and advice. We would like to thank Linda de Caestecker and Mark Feinmann, along with the NHSGGC Parenting Core Group. Thanks finally to John Froggatt, Carolyn Wilson and the Scottish Government Early Years Division for advice and support around national policy developments and for providing funding for much of this programme of work. 2 1. CONTENTS Executive summary ......................................................................................................................... 6 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................. 7 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 9 2. Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 12 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 12 Qualitative data collection........................................................................................................ 12 Quantitative data: Intervention level ....................................................................................... 12 Quantitative data: Population level ......................................................................................... 14 30 month (2.5 year) data collection .................................................................................... 15 Preschool SDQ data collection ............................................................................................. 16 P3 and P6 SDQ data collection ............................................................................................. 16 Longitudinal data .................................................................................................................. 17 3. Results: The implementation of Triple P in Glasgow City ................................................... 19 Overall uptake of interventions ............................................................................................... 19 Overall completion of interventions ........................................................................................ 20 Training ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Training delivered ................................................................................................................. 21 Views on Implementation of Triple P training..................................................................... 22 Views on training .................................................................................................................. 22 Impact of training on workload ............................................................................................ 23 Future training ...................................................................................................................... 23 Continuing Professional Development ................................................................................ 23 Support for practitioners .......................................................................................................... 24 Views on the collection of monitoring data ............................................................................ 24 The completion of Assessment Booklets ............................................................................. 24 Monthly Returns ................................................................................................................... 24 Under-reporting .................................................................................................................... 25 4. Results: The extent that the population of parents are aware of Triple P and other sources of parenting support ....................................................................................................... 27 Awareness of parenting programmes ..................................................................................... 27 Pre-delivery information provision .......................................................................................... 27 First impressions ................................................................................................................... 28 Support for parents .............................................................................................................. 28 5. Results: The pattern of emotional and behavioural difficulties in the population at 2.5, 5, 7 and 10 years ............................................................................................................................... 30 Comparison of patterns with national and international normative data ............................. 31 National and international comparisons with 2.5 year old data ........................................ 31 3 national and international comparisons with 4, 7 and 10 year old data ........................... 32 Overall changes in patterns over time ..................................................................................... 34 The extent that difficulties experienced by individual children persist or change over time ................................................................................................................................................... 35 The extent to which socio-demographic factors such as geographical area, relative deprivation and school influence patterns of emotional and behavioural functioning........ 37 The impact of geographical area ......................................................................................... 37 The impact of schools and other factors ............................................................................. 41 6. Results: The pattern of emotional and behavioural difficulties in a sample of the population at 11 to 16 years ........................................................................................................ 43 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 43 Social and Emotional Well-being of 11-16 year olds in Glasgow City .................................... 43 7. Results: The extent that offers, uptake and completion of Triple-P and other interventions matched the level of emotional and behavioural difficulties .............................. 46 Level 2 - Seminars ................................................................................................................. 46 level 3 - Primary care ............................................................................................................ 47 level 4 - group ....................................................................................................................... 48 The extent that offers, uptake and completion of interventions influenced by socio- demographic factors, parents’ perceptions, belief systems, etc; .......................................... 50 Attitudes towards Triple P and impact on referral practices ................................................. 55 modelling of post-intervention data: which participants are most likely to complete? ... 56 Views of Parent engagement ................................................................................................... 57 8. Results: The extent that completion of interventions influence the