Joint Research Initiatives Psychologists from the University of South Carolina and the University of Queensland are collaborating on a project that will help improve parenting skills in the general population. Dr. Ron Prinz, Carolina Distinguished Professor in Psychology at USC, has been awarded a five-year $7.5 (US) million grant by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to promote positive parenting techniques to those who have children age 6 and younger. His partner in this important scientific work is Dr. Matt Sanders, Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.
Through the project, those that come in frequent contact with parents, such as doctors and day-care workers, will be coached on how to teach parents effective parenting habits. While many parenting programs are stigmatized because they target only parents whose children have gotten into trouble, this program is designed to help parents before trouble occurs. The grant also will pay for a media campaign informing people where to seek parenting help. Overall, this project is studying state-of-the-art strategies for population-based dissemination of effective programs for parents.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Ron Prinz
Carolina Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA
803.777.7143
prinz@sc.eduDr. Matt Sanders
Professor and Director
Parenting and Family Support Centre
School of Psychology
University of Queensland
Brisbane, QLD 4072 AUSTRALIA
+61 (7) 3365 7290
matts@psy.uq.edu.au
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