?athy Sylva|Stephen Scott|Vasiliki Totsika|Katharina Ereky?Stevens|Carolyn Crook
Training parents to help their children read: A randomized control trial
University of Oxford|King's College London|Bangor University|University of Oxford|University of Oxford
low levels literacy high levels behaviour problems middle childhood often cooccur persistent difficulties pose risk academic social development leading social exclusion adulthood although parenttraining programmes shown effective enabling parents support childrens development parent interventions offer combination behavioural literacy trainingthis paper 1 reports prevention programme aimed tackle behaviour literacy problems children beginning school 2 presents effects intervention childrens literacyone hundred four 5 6yearold children selected eight schools inner city disadvantaged community london participated interventionthis randomized control trial pre postmeasurements designed evaluate effectiveness intervention behavioural intervention consisted incredible years group parenting programme combined new programme designed train parents support childrens reading homeanalyses demonstrated significant effect intervention childrens word reading writing skills well parents use reading strategies childrena structured multicomponent preventive package delivered attention fidelity enable parents support childrens reading home increase literacy skills together improvement child behaviour changes could improve life chances children disadvantaged communities