title: Evaluation of the International Child Development Programme (ICDP) as a community-wide parenting programme.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Many parenting programmes lack proper evaluation, especially under community-wide implementation.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Examining the effectiveness of the eight-week International Child Development Programme (ICDP), implemented as a general programme.
  
  
  METHODS
  Non-clinical caregivers attending ICDP (N= 141) and a non-attending community comparison group (N= 79) completed questionnaires on parenting, psychosocial functioning, and child difficulties before and after ICDP course. Analyses compare changes in scores for both groups over time.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The ICDP group showed more positive attitudes towards child management and reported better child management, improved parental strategies and less impact of child difficulties. Caregivers with low initial scores benefited most. The comparison group showed little change with a significant decrease in scores on the caregiver-child activity scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest that caregivers in the community who do not show clinical signs or have children with behaviour or other disorders, may benefit from participating in parent training based on ICDP.
authors: Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, London, UK.
authors: Lorraine
authors: L
authors: Sherr
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors: Ane-Marthe Solheim
authors: AM
authors: Skar
authors: Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, London, UK.
authors: Claudine
authors: C
authors: Clucas
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors: Stephen
authors: S
authors: von Tetzchner
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors: Karsten
authors: K
authors: Hundeide
keywords: Caregiver guidance; Community intervention; Early child development; Evaluation; ICDP