Hidalgo, Victoria , Perez-Padilla, Javier , Sanchez, Jose , Ayala-Nunes, Lara , MAYA SEGURA, JESÚS MANUEL, Grimaldi, Victor , Menendez, Susana
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Early Child Dev. Care
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01/01/2018
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The purpose of this research was to present an overview of the existing family support resources in Spain for at-risk families. We analysed 64 family support services from 16 agencies belong to 11 regions of Spain. In a second phase, 20 positive parenting programmes were analysed in depth to ascertain the extent to which they met evidence-based programme quality criteria. Our results suggest that services for at-risk families are delivered by public, local and social agencies. Most interventions were psycho-educational and aimed at parental training. The analysis of the positive parenting programmes' quality showed both strengths and weaknesses. Most programmes relied on a previous needs analysis and interventions were, to some extent, outlined in a manual. Nevertheless, few programmes have been evaluated according to evidence-based programme criteria. In light of these results, we discuss several practical implications for services and family support policies aimed at at-risk families.
Family support services; quality standards; evidence-based programmes; positive parenting; at-risk families