![]() ![]() Parent training has a more extensive evidence base than any other psychosocial treatment for any disorder in the child mental health context. Internationally, childhood conduct problems represent one of the most common mental disorders diagnosed in children under seven years and if left untreated, may persist into adulthood with widespread social and economic consequences. Parent training-also known as Behavioural Parent Training or Parent Management Training-is a term used to describe an empirically sound suite of programmes for the treatment of childhood conduct problems and other childhood psychopathology. The paper is oriented toward practitioners of PCIT but is of relevance to all providers of parent training interventions for young children. It also acknowledges factors within the clinical setting that impact on time-out’s use, such as the views of administrators and professional colleagues. This practitioner review explores the dynamics of the parent-practitioner relationship as they apply to the teaching and coaching of time-out to parents. Yet this relationship, and practitioner perspectives, attitudes and values as they relate to time-out, are often overlooked. ![]() The parent-practitioner relationship is integral to the success of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), an evidence-based treatment which involves live coaching of parent(s) with their young child(ren). This dissonance has the potential to undermine the dissemination and implementation of an effective suite of treatments for common and disabling childhood conditions. However, this research evidence has been largely oriented towards the academic community and is often in conflict with the widespread misinformation about time-out within communities of parents, and within groups of treatment practitioners. Existing comprehensive reviews suggest that time-out is both safe and effective when used predictably, infrequently, calmly and as one component of a collection of parenting strategies-i.e., when utilised in the manner advocated by most parent training programmes. Time-out is a component of many evidence-based parent training programmes for the treatment of childhood conduct problems. ![]()
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