Time-Out with Young Children: A Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Practitioner Review.

ABSTRACT: Time-out is a component of many evidence-based parent training programmes for the treatment of childhood conduct problems. Existing comprehensive reviews suggest that time-out is both safe and effective when used predictably, infrequently, calmly and as one component of a collection of parenting strategies-i.e., when utilised in the manner advocated by most parent training programmes. However, this research evidence has been largely oriented towards the academic community and is often in conflict with the widespread misinformation about time-out within communities of parents, and within groups of treatment practitioners. This dissonance has the potential to undermine the dissemination and implementation of an effective suite of treatments for common and disabling childhood conditions. The

SUBMITTER: Woodfield MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8750921 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature