It is very popular that children, who are adopted into a family, will have a high chance of having behavioral difficulties. These children have a hard time adjusting to the new environment and setting which causes outburst in behaviors (Sharac, 2011). This article is about the cost–effectiveness analysis of the parenting programmes for these children (Sharac, 2011). The study is solely focused on comparing the cost and effectiveness for both parents and children who are in home – based parenting programme and for parents and children who use the ‘services- as- usual’ method (Sharac, 2011). The study included parents of children between the ages of 3 and 8; these parents were split into two groups. These two groups are home-based parenting
…show more content…
The services received from the family included more than the social worker that helped with the interventions, it also included health services (Sharac, 2011). Many of the families had a good amount of services they received before and during this study, the ones were before were mostly required appointments they needed in order to adopt. The families receiving adoption support service cost was higher than the families receiving usual care (Sharac, 2011). The study concluded that these interventions benefitted the parents more than they benefitted the children involved. These interventions provided more satisfaction for the parents because they believed that their parenting skills have improved and they learned how to cope with the behavioral problems (Sharac, 2011). The programmes increased the parent’s satisfaction but did not improve the children’s behaviors. In the end the study says that the interventions were not worth the cost, because they were suppose to improve the children’s behaviors but in fact they only improved the parent’s satisfaction. Though they study concluded that the interventions were not worth the cost, it is up to individual’s personal judgment to decide if the improvement of the parent’s satisfaction is worth it (Sharac, …show more content…
This study says proves that some intervention does not improve the child’s behaviors but it does improve something on the parent’s side of the relationship. I liked that the study compared interventions for families who are having issues with children that have gone through adoption to families who are having challenges with children in their birth mothers. In the article it does say that the result could not be completely 100% accurate and is what happens for every family going through this because the sample size was fairly small. I would have to agree that he sample size was small and that the study would be more accurate for most families if they sample size was larger. I also believe that if the sample size was more diverse it would give others more chance to believe the studies results, because in the study the majority of the children that were being observed was females it would make people believe that if the child they are going to adopt is a male they will not have these issues. Overall, this study was interesting and I enjoyed learning about this
The services received from the family included more than the social worker that helped with the interventions, it also included health services (Sharac, 2011). Many of the families had a good amount of services they received before and during this study, the ones were before were mostly required appointments they needed in order to adopt. The families receiving adoption support service cost was higher than the families receiving usual care (Sharac, 2011). The study concluded that these interventions benefitted the parents more than they benefitted the children involved. These interventions provided more satisfaction for the parents because they believed that their parenting skills have improved and they learned how to cope with the behavioral problems (Sharac, 2011). The programmes increased the parent’s satisfaction but did not improve the children’s behaviors. In the end the study says that the interventions were not worth the cost, because they were suppose to improve the children’s behaviors but in fact they only improved the parent’s satisfaction. Though they study concluded that the interventions were not worth the cost, it is up to individual’s personal judgment to decide if the improvement of the parent’s satisfaction is worth it (Sharac, …show more content…
This study says proves that some intervention does not improve the child’s behaviors but it does improve something on the parent’s side of the relationship. I liked that the study compared interventions for families who are having issues with children that have gone through adoption to families who are having challenges with children in their birth mothers. In the article it does say that the result could not be completely 100% accurate and is what happens for every family going through this because the sample size was fairly small. I would have to agree that he sample size was small and that the study would be more accurate for most families if they sample size was larger. I also believe that if the sample size was more diverse it would give others more chance to believe the studies results, because in the study the majority of the children that were being observed was females it would make people believe that if the child they are going to adopt is a male they will not have these issues. Overall, this study was interesting and I enjoyed learning about this