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"I'm Not a Bad Parent! I'm Working Really Hard": Understanding How Personalised Interventions Work for Parents of
Eleanor Davey-Sims1, Holly Mai Davis2, Rob Senior1
1Tavistock Centre, North London Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
|July 22, 2026
Summary
Personalised parenting programmes enhance engagement by offering parents choices and valuing their children. This approach is crucial for parents who have not responded to standard interventions.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Parenting Interventions
- Qualitative Research
Background:
- Parenting programs aim to reduce child conduct problems.
- This study explored personalization experiences within the Personalised Programmes for Children Randomised Controlled Trial (PPC RCT).
- It focused on parents who declined or didn't respond to standard group interventions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To understand parents' experiences with personalized parenting programs.
- To identify key elements of effective personalization for hard-to-reach families.
- To inform future intervention design for child conduct problems.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative study involving 25 parents/carers.
- Semi-structured interviews conducted in-person or online.
- Thematic codebook analysis of verbatim transcripts.
Main Results:
- Three themes emerged: importance of choice, practitioner relationship, and going beyond the usual.
- Parents valued choices in intervention aspects like location and time.
- Inclusion of children and parent-led approaches were highly valued.
Conclusions:
- Personalization through choice (e.g., time, location) is key to valued parenting interventions.
- Engaging parents requires personalized, choice-driven, and parent-led approaches.
- This strategy is vital for parents unresponsive to standard group interventions.
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