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Abstract
Early Pathways is a home-based, parent and child therapy program for the treatment of disruptive behaviors among young children living in poverty. In this study, 199 clinically referred children were randomly assigned to an immediate treatment (IT) or wait-list control (WL) conditions. Results indicated that parents in the IT condition reported significant improvements in their child’s disruptive and prosocial behaviors and increased nurturing and decreased use of corporal and verbal punishment by their parents compared to the WL families. Gains were maintained for children in both the IT and WL conditions at 3-month follow-up.
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Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/orPUBLICation of this article.
Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/orPUBLICation of this article: This research was supported in part by grants from Brighter Futures of Milwaukee, Charles D. Jacobus Family Foundation, Exchange Clubs of Greater Milwaukee Charitable Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Helen Bader Foundation, Hearst Foundation, Roger and Cindy Schaus Family and United Way.
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Sara E. Harris
Sara E. Harris is pursuing a PhD in Counseling Psychology at Marquette University and spends her time as a researcher at the Penfield Children’s Center Behavior Clinic. Her research and professional interests include pediatric psychology, children’s reactions to traumatic stress, development of pediatric psychological tests, and professional ethics.
Robert A. Fox
Robert A. Fox, PhD, is professor of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Marquette University and founder and consulting psychologist of the Behavior Clinic at Penfield Children’s Center. His current research and teaching interests are early childhood disorders, developmental disabilities, and supervision.
Joanna R. Love
Joanna R. Love is pursuing a PhD in Counseling Psychology at Marquette University and also spends her time as a researcher at the Penfield Children’s Center Behavior Clinic. Her research and professional interests involve therapeutic interventions for children who have experienced trauma.