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Q In families with concerns about their toddler’s behaviour, is a self directed behavioural family intervention (SD-BFI), with or without telephone assistance (TA) by a therapist, effective in improving child behaviour and parenting skills?
METHODS
Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
unconcealed.
Blinding:
unblinded.
Follow up period:
10 weeks, plus 6 months for the 2 intervention groups.
Setting:
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Participants:
126 families with a healthy child 18–36 months of age (mean age 26 mo, 51% boys) who had expressed concerns about the child’s behaviour. Families currently receiving counselling were …
Footnotes
For correspondence: Dr A Morawska, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia. alina{at}psy.uq.edu.au
Source of funding: KidsHelpline, Brisbane, Australia.