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Triple P Parenting program offers consistency for dealing with behavioural issues

In Greater Victoria, Triple P is offered primarily through community centres, such as Saanich Neighbourhood Place.

Parents most common complaint is that their kids wonB次元官网网址檛 listen.

While the same frustration has been expressed for generations, thereB次元官网网址檚 a program in Greater Victoria that just might help find a remedy.

Since 2008, educators around southern Vancouver Island B次元官网网址 within schools, community centres and public health units B次元官网网址 have been trained on Triple P, or Positive Parenting Program, a system of parenting techniques based on behaviour monitoring and designed to reinforce positive actions and prevent the negative ones.

Previous parenting systems havenB次元官网网址檛 been evidence-based and havenB次元官网网址檛 allowed parents to access the level of information they seek, said Cindy Knott, Vancouver Island Triple P co-ordinator.

That level of information, Knott added, can range from one-time sessions and take-home materials to registration in free parenting workshops and ongoing group support sessions.

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Triple P offers both early prevention and treatment, added Knott, who trains Island Triple P practitioners.

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In Greater Victoria, Triple P is offered primarily through community centres, such as Saanich Neighbourhood Place.

Patricia McKay, co-ordinator of family support services at Saanich Neighbourhood Place, said the feedback she receives from Triple P programs is generally quite positive, even if some of whatB次元官网网址檚 taught is more about reviewing what works than learning new techniques.

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For McKay, key components are knowing how to curb escalating behaviour, engaging in activities and implementing logical consequences.

And while she canB次元官网网址檛 guarantee Triple P will remedy the most common concern she hears, it brings parents one step closer.

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Between March 1, 2009, and Aug. 31, 2010, nearly 2,500 families on Vancouver Island accessed the program. For more information on Triple P programs in Greater Victoria, visit triplepvip.ca.

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