In a mental health setting, how is parent screening done to determine who may qualify to be a member of a specific program?
We recommend the program to parents and/or children (ages 0-12 years) if their children meet the DSM IV criteria for Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or fall in the borderline or clinical range for behavior problems on standardized measures such as the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist or the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory. Otherwise, we have very few exclusion criteria, beyond the limiting groups to parents of children in similar developmental stages and ages as discussed above. (Information about assessment tools may be found in our research papers.) We also offer the parent and child program to parents referred by child welfare services for child abuse and neglect. We combine single parents, couples, mothers, fathers and parents of all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, as well as mandated and volunteer families in the same groups to provide a rich mix of perspectives on parenting. It is recommended that an extensiv
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