PPN Newsletter January 2011
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
WHAT'S NEW
Triple P Positive Parenting Program shown to reduce child maltreatment
The Triple P Positive Parenting Program is a multi-level family intervention that aims to prevent child abuse and neglect by promoting positive and nurturing relationships between parents and children. The Triple P program was evaluated in 2009 in a study of families with children under 8 years of age. This study was the first population-based trial of all of the five levels of the evidence-based Triple P system. The researchers randomly assigned entire U.S. counties to the Triple P intervention to assess the effects of the program on county-wide rates of child maltreatment, among other outcomes. The study found that substantiated rates of child maltreatment, child hospitalizations, and out-of-home placements decreased in counties where Triple P was implemented, as compared to counties where Triple P was not implemented.
Read the new Triple P program summarySee other programs on this topic
Recent survey finds class-based changes in rates of marriage and changing public attitudes about family structures
The Pew Research Center recently conducted a national survey of adults on their perceptions of marriage and family. The study found that the rate of marriage, which has declined in all socio-economic groups since 1960, has declined most drastically among adults with only a high school diploma. The decline is partially due to marrying at a later age and partly attributable to increases in separation and divorce. Similarly, nearly forty percent of survey respondents reported that marriage is becoming obsolete, a marked increase since several decades ago. The findings suggest that public opinion regarding changes in the traditional family structure is evenly divided, with about a third of respondents indicating that the increase in the variety of family structures is good, a third saying that it is bad, and a third responding that it doesn't make a difference.
Read the report at the Pew Research Center websiteSee more research on related topics
Students' perceptions of teacher effectiveness are a strong predictor of actual effectiveness
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently released a report from its Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project, which incorporates student outcome data, classroom observations, and student and teacher surveys with the purpose of examining the most critical indicators of teacher effectiveness. The study found that student perceptions of teacher effectiveness are very accurate gauges of actual effectiveness, particularly with regard to questions of whether the teacher adequately controls the classroom and whether the teacher adequately challenges the students. Similarly, teachers who were identified by their students as "teaching to the test" yielded lower gains in measures of teacher effectiveness than teachers who helped their students with broad comprehension skills.
Read the report at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation websiteSee more research on related topics
RESEARCH IN BRIEF
Listed below are research summaries that have been added to the PPN site this month.
See all in this area » Healthy and Safe Children
2010 Monitoring the Future Survey
— Dec. 2010
News release at National Institute on Drug Abuse website
Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2010
— Dec. 2010
Toddlers with Autism Show Improved Social Skills Following Targeted Intervention
— Dec. 2010
Youth's Characteristics and Backgrounds: Findings From the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement
— Dec. 2010
Efforts Under Way to Improve Children's Access to Dental Services, but Sustained Attention Needed to Address Ongoing Concerns
— Nov. 2010
Declining Child Mortality and Continuing Racial Disparities in the Era of the Medicaid and SCHIP Insurance Coverage Expansions
— Oct. 2010
Mental Health Need and Service Use Among Latino Children of Immigrants in the Child Welfare System
— Oct. 2010
The Overlap of Witnessing Partner Violence with Child Maltreatment and other Victimizations in a Nationally Representative Survey of Youth
— Oct. 2010
School-Based Health Centers: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Impact on Health Care Disparities
— Sep. 2010
Trends in Exposure to Television Food Advertisements Among Children and Adolescents in the United States
— Sep. 2010
Childhood Predictors of Young Adult Male Crime
— Aug. 2010
Impact of a Mentoring and Skills Group Program on Mental Health Outcomes for Maltreated Children in Foster Care
— Aug. 2010
Changes in State-Specific Childhood Obesity and Overweight Prevalence in the United States from 2003 to 2007
— July 2010
See all in this area » Children Ready for School
Toddlers with Autism Show Improved Social Skills Following Targeted Intervention
— Dec. 2010
Family and Social Risk, and Parental Investments During the Early Childhood Years as Predictors of Low-Income Children's School Readiness Outcomes
— Fall 2010
Relations Between Early Family Risk, Children's Behavioral Regulation, and Academic Achievement
— Fall 2010
Preschool-to-Third Grade Programs and Practices: A Review of Research
— Aug. 2010
See all in this area » Children Succeeding in School
Learning about Teaching: Initial Findings from the Measures of Effective Teaching Project
— Dec. 2010
Youth's Characteristics and Backgrounds: Findings From the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement
— Dec. 2010
2009 Nation's Report Card for Reading and Math
— Nov. 2010
Relations Between Early Family Risk, Children's Behavioral Regulation, and Academic Achievement
— Fall 2010
Childhood Predictors of Young Adult Male Crime
— Aug. 2010
Preschool-to-Third Grade Programs and Practices: A Review of Research
— Aug. 2010
See all in this area » Strong Families
More Than One in Ten American Households Relies on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits
— Dec. 2010
Youth's Characteristics and Backgrounds: Findings From the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement
— Dec. 2010
The Decline of Marriage and Rise of New Families
— Nov. 2010
Efforts Under Way to Improve Children's Access to Dental Services, but Sustained Attention Needed to Address Ongoing Concerns
— Nov. 2010
Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Aged 12 through 17
— Oct. 2010
Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Aged 6 through 11
— Oct. 2010
Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 18
— Oct. 2010
Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 3
— Oct. 2010
Basic Facts About Low-income Children, 2009: Children Under Age 6
— Oct. 2010
Declining Child Mortality and Continuing Racial Disparities in the Era of the Medicaid and SCHIP Insurance Coverage Expansions
— Oct. 2010
Family and Social Risk, and Parental Investments During the Early Childhood Years as Predictors of Low-Income Children's School Readiness Outcomes
— Fall 2010
Childhood Predictors of Young Adult Male Crime
— Aug. 2010
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