title: Preventive intervention for early childhood behavioral problems: an ecological perspective.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to highlight the importance of preventive interventions targeting parents when addressing early childhood behavior problems. The authors briefly review evidence-based parent management training programs, focusing on one particular program, the Incredible Years (IY) Series. Next, the authors discuss the barriers to embedding evidence-based practice such as IY in community contexts and demonstrate how early childhood mental health consultation can be used to enhance community capacity to adopt evidence-based practice and improve outcomes for the large number of young children and their families in need.
authors.affiliation: Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center, Bradley Early Childhood Clinical Research Center, 1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway, Providence, RI, USA. stephanie_shepard@brown.edu
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shepard
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dickstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D002657:Child Development; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic