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Weekly Sessions for Parents by CPTs

At the commencement of the project with parents, a workshop was convened with
parents by the PSU/PEU-CCMOs to sensitize them about the expectations/outcomes of

the programme. Thereafter, the CPTs were engaged with a maximum of five parents for
two visits, each lasting two hours per week,. This was done on an on-going basis over three

months for a total minimum 24 hours of contact time per parent. During the following three
months the CPTs visited the trainees twice per month (six visits). The CPTs were specifically

tasked to assist parents to identify, define and respond to problem behaviours during
these visits. They taught parents skills in positive reinforcement, negotiation, contracting,

and appropriate negative consequences for misbehavior. In the last three months CPTs
reinforced lessons that had been taught, acted as resource guides, and monitored the

implementation of the skills taught in the homes. CPTs also made referrals where those were
necessary to the Social Workers/ Psychologists or other agencies for further interventions.

Monthly Workshops with Parents by Professionals

In order to assist both parents and CPTs in the intervention, additional strengthening was
provided through workshops conducted on a monthly basis by the Parenting Consultant

and other professionals from Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) with whom the
CSJP collaborated to facilitate the sessions. These MDAs included the Ministry of Health,

the Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offenses and Child Abuse (CISOCA), and Child
Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA). The monthly workshops were both

informative and interactive in their approaches, and focused on topics being studied,
as well as other topics of interest and issues affecting children and parents. The activities

were based on the assumptions of various theories, such as, Coercion Theory, Ecological
Systems Theory and Rational Emotional Behaviour Therapy (REBT).

Monitoring and Evaluation:

The Monitoring and Evaluation unit of the CSJP was responsible for the overall monitoring
of the project: for quality control, standardized implementation processes, and the impact

evaluation that collected and evaluated the data. A base-line survey was administered
followed by a first follow-up survey after the intervention. Children of parents who were

registered for the training were asked to complete the survey that asked questions about

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