Incredible or grumpy?

The Department for Education (DfE) has published interim results from its trials of two parenting interventions, the Incredible Years and Supporting Parents with Kids (SPOKES) as part of the Helping Children Achieve study. There is also a paper on what the study has found about how parenting style influences child anti-social behaviour. Another DfE study, the High Need Families project, reports on developing and implementing a new parenting programme, the Helping Families programme, designed for families where there are children with severe and persistent conduct problems. A recent issue of Pulse includes rather more anecdotal evidence of outcomes from a parent and toddler group, beautifully named "grumpy mums". Community Practitioner includes an evaluation of the Strengthening Families programme, a family intervention aimed at improving school engagement and academic success in children aged 10-14.