Topic: Communication, Emotional Competency, Parenting
Target Population: Parents
Sector: Community-Based
Military Sector: All Branches
This program is delivered to parents and caregivers of children and is intended to impact parents, caregivers, and children.
ScreamFree® Parenting, a community-based program, is designed to help parents and caregivers learn how to respond rather than react to children's behaviors and, consequently, create peaceful, healthy relationships.
No peer-reviewed publications evaluating the effectiveness of this program were located.
Program sessions, delivered by organizations, mental health professionals, and Certified ScreamFree Leaders, focus on increasing emotional competency and decreasing emotional reactivity. Parents and caregivers are taught the following concepts:
In addition, parents and caregivers receive ongoing support in the form of newsletters, tips of the day, website community access, articles, and access to questions and answers.
This program has been implemented since 2000 and was first implemented on a U.S. military installation in 2007. More than 1,800 family professionals in 16 different countries have been certified by ScreamFree.
This program is implemented by family professionals and a 2-day training is available. Please visit http://screamfree.com/training/ for more information.
Considerations for implementing this program include finding suitable facilitators and ensuring they obtain training if desired, acquiring participant buy-in, determining mutually convenient times for sessions, providing child care for families with small children, and locating space to deliver the program.
The Clearinghouse can help address these considerations. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu
If you are interested in implementing ScreamFree Parenting, the Clearinghouse is interested in helping you! Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu
Though implementation times vary and are determined by facilitators, the ScreamFree Parenting program can be implemented during a single-day session.
Please visit https://www.amazon.com/Screamfree-Parenting-10th-Anniversary-Revised/dp/0767927435 for information on program materials.
To move ScreamFree Parenting to the Promising category on the Clearinghouse Continuum of Evidence, at least one evaluation should be performed demonstrating positive effects lasting at least six months from program completion.
The Clearinghouse can help you develop an evaluation plan to ensure the program components are meeting your goals. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu
Contact the Clearinghouse with any questions regarding this program.
Phone: 1-877-382-9185 Email: Clearinghouse@psu.edu
You may also contact ScreamFree by phone 1-678-672-6410, email info@screamfree.com or visit http://screamfree.com/contact-us/
