The role of parent training with abusive and neglectful parents

As the number of child abuse and neglect reports has soared over the past two decades, family clinicians and researchers have increasingly implemented and evaluated parent training programs designed to insure capable parenting. Referral to a parenting program is common wizen parents are Sound to be maltreating their children. Yet. what is the empirical evidence to suggest these programs are effective in changing parent behavior? This paper reviews the current research on the effectiveness of parent training programs aimed at parents at high risk for child maltreatment. It summarizes this literature and di-aws implications Sor designing more effective programs to meet the needs of this difficult-to-reach group.