Measurement of PArenting

[Sharon Carnahan <SCarnahan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am searching for good measures of parenting skill and parent child
interaction to use in a Healthy Families America program.  The measure
would be used by paraprofessionals, or possibly by social workers.  We
are currently using the NCAST but the training upkeep is beginning to
make the measure untenable.  Our clients are 1-5 years old; their
mothers are mostly poor, all urban, and about 40% adolescents. We want
to find measures that lend themselves to use for both outcomes (good at
identifying change) and internvention (clear skills are measured & could
be taught.)  SUggestions?

Sharon Carnahan, Ph.D.
(407) 646-2548
carnahan@rollins.edu