History and Development of Program The Systematic Training for Effective Parenting education program was developed by Dinkmeyer and McKay, who are used concepts from Adlerian and the Parent Effectiveness Training parenting ideas (Nystul, 1982, p. 63). Four of the five articles that were found on the Systematic Training for Effective Parenting education program, had different types of locations and populations. One of the articles uses parents that are in Lithuanian, and were mostly from metropolitan areas who were married had either a part-time or full-time job, and graduated from a University (Jonyniene, Kern, & Gfroerer, 2015, p. 395).
The second article used was from the Fairview Day Hospital and consisted of white and black patients and …show more content…
After looking for classes online in Washington State there are two classes, one is located in North Seattle and is offered by Family Works which costs ten dollars which covers the text book. The other class that is offered is Snoqualmie and offered by Friends of Youth, there is no price listed for the class (Family Law CASA, 2015). There is a STEP leader training program that the STEP website offers to allow professionals to teach classes to parents (Jonyniene, Kern, & Gfroerer, 2015, p. 394). After the class the professionals can offer a more experienced outlook on the program that is offered. On the STEP publishers’ website there is also a kit that you can by that has all the resources that are available for leaders of the program this kit includes a resource guide, DVD, parents handbook, and color posters (STEP Publishers, …show more content…
In one of the articles collected the authors talk about the review of the research on Systematic Training for Effective Parenting. In the authors review discussions on Dinkmeyer, McKay, and Dinkermeyer Jr’s claims for the STEP program being effective and what is accurate. These claims include; positive changes in attitudes of parents, behavior change in children, and specific behavior changes procedures. After the authors researched they found that after looking at past studies the evidence does not always coincide with each other. Some studies show improvement, while others do not show significant improvement or no change (Robinson, Robinson, & Dunn, 2003, p.
The second article used was from the Fairview Day Hospital and consisted of white and black patients and …show more content…
After looking for classes online in Washington State there are two classes, one is located in North Seattle and is offered by Family Works which costs ten dollars which covers the text book. The other class that is offered is Snoqualmie and offered by Friends of Youth, there is no price listed for the class (Family Law CASA, 2015). There is a STEP leader training program that the STEP website offers to allow professionals to teach classes to parents (Jonyniene, Kern, & Gfroerer, 2015, p. 394). After the class the professionals can offer a more experienced outlook on the program that is offered. On the STEP publishers’ website there is also a kit that you can by that has all the resources that are available for leaders of the program this kit includes a resource guide, DVD, parents handbook, and color posters (STEP Publishers, …show more content…
In one of the articles collected the authors talk about the review of the research on Systematic Training for Effective Parenting. In the authors review discussions on Dinkmeyer, McKay, and Dinkermeyer Jr’s claims for the STEP program being effective and what is accurate. These claims include; positive changes in attitudes of parents, behavior change in children, and specific behavior changes procedures. After the authors researched they found that after looking at past studies the evidence does not always coincide with each other. Some studies show improvement, while others do not show significant improvement or no change (Robinson, Robinson, & Dunn, 2003, p.