The Parents Under Pressure (PuP) program combines psychological principles relating to parenting, child behavior and parental emotion regulation within a case management model. The program is home-based and designed for families in which there are many difficult life circumstances that impact on family functioning. Such problems may include depression and anxiety, substance misuse, family conflict and severe financial stress. The program is highly individualized to suit each family. Parents are given their own Parent Workbook. For many parents, this becomes a personal journal of their treatment experience.
The overarching aim of the PuP program is to help parents facing adversity develop positive and secure relationships with their children. Within this strength-based approach, the family environment becomes more nurturing and less conflictual and child behavior problems can be managed in a calm non punitive manner.
Professor Sharon Dawe and Dr Paul Harnett have been working with students and fellow researchers for over 10 years on the development of the PuP model. We have published a number of studies on the efficacy of PuP and on related issues (see Publications).
PuP program reviewed in UK report
"A thorough literature search was conducted to identify robust studies evaluating the impact of interventions aimed at parents who misuse substances and their children. The search resulted in 238 studies, although many of these were excluded because they were not evaluated with rigorous methods or they did not measurably improve outcomes for children. In fact, only one intervention -- the Parents Under Pressure (PUP) programme in Australia – met all of the search criteria by demonstrating a positive impact on parent and child behaviour". Click on "read more" below for the full report available from the National Academy of Parenting Practises UK
PuP Training Sessions
2010 TRAINING SCHEDULE Brisbane, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt.......................... 25/26th MARCH 2 day intensive; 1 day follow up: 21 MAY...................................................... 24/25th JUNE 2 day intensive; 1 day follow up: 20 AUGUST................................................... 23/24th SEPTEMBER 2 day intensive; 1 day follow up: 26 NOVEMBER............................... Clinical supervision conducted in pairs - times arranged during the 2 day intensive training. Maximum of 10 participants................. Brisbane, Kummara Family Support service, Westend 30th/31st MARCH 2 day intensive; followed by supervision.
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