Triple p
Triple P (engl. For Triple P of P ositive P arenting P rogram ) is an on behavioral therapy and clinical psychological anabolic based education program. It was created by Matt Sanders and his research group at the University of Queensland developed in the 1980s to parents in education to help their children.
Content and structure
Triple P includes a compilation of common and evaluated educational components. The program provides suggestions and tips for promoting the parent-child relationship , for promoting child development and also for dealing with problematic behavior. The approaches and methods of Triple P are based to a large extent on the modern behavior therapy and the self-management therapy of Frederick Kanfer . The focus of the program is the interaction (especially communication) between parents and children. According to Triple P, even small changes in the behavior of parents may be enough to improve the overall family situation.
In order to reach as many parents, several interventions were flat developed. These range from primary / universal (for all families) and secondary / selective (for families with risk factors ) to tertiary / indicated (children show the first signs of abnormal behavior) prevention or intervention . There are different offers for parents of younger children, parents of teenagers and parents of children with disabilities.
aims
The program is preventive and is primarily intended to promote loving relationships between parents and children. It is designed to help parents develop important values, skills, and behaviors in children. The program aims to impart effective parenting skills in order to be able to better deal with different parenting situations. The basis for this is loving care and appropriate communication.
Triple P also wants to help children learn to accept boundaries and to deal with disappointment. The fewer binding values and rules there are and the more individual the life courses in a society, the more important the ability to self-control and self-regulation (psychology) . This also includes the development of self-confidence, self-esteem, self-confidence and a competent handling of one's own feelings. Parents are recommended to react consistently, constantly, directly and decisively to the behavior of their children (based on positive upbringing).
Principles
Triple P, like many other educational programs, follows the basic principles of positive parenting . Building on this, the following suggestions for action for everyday parenting arise for Triple P:
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To develop a positive relationship with the child , it is recommended
- to spend valuable time with your child in a targeted manner,
- to talk a lot with the child,
- Show affection.
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To encourage desirable behavior , it is recommended
- to praise one's child descriptively,
- to pay conscious attention to desirable behavior and
- to provide exciting activities.
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To teach new skills or behavior , it is recommended
- to be a good role model for your child,
- Use "casual learning" when the child is interested in certain things or asks questions,
- To use "ask-say-do" by dividing complicated actions into small steps and teaching the child individual, small steps through questions, explanations and demonstrations,
- To use scoring cards to increase the child's motivation to keep what they have learned.
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As possibilities and ideas for dealing with problematic, such as B. Aggressive behavior (based on key points 1-3) is recommended,
- To establish family rules,
- use direct speaking when a rule is broken,
- in the case of slight problem behavior that aims to get attention (whining, fooling around, ...) using deliberate ignoring,
- To give requests and instructions clearly and calmly and to be careful not to give too difficult and only those that are really important to you,
- to remain calm, to behave consistently and to react decisively and to use consequences that are related to the child's wrongdoing,
- Educational tools such as “quiet time” and “time out” ( time-out technique ).
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The recommended
ways to encourage and support your child are:
- to praise his child's efforts and achievements,
- to show your child that it is important to you
- helping his child to make good friends,
- Encourage their child to set goals, do things for themselves and evaluate what they have achieved
- encourage their child to express their ideas and make decisions,
- helping your child deal with their feelings, think realistically and be optimistic,
- to teach his child to solve problems independently.
organization
The license holder is the University of Queensland in Brisbane . Since 1999 the brand name Triple P has been used by the PAG Institute for Psychology AG in Germany. Seminars, licensing and courses are offered almost across Germany. These are usually chargeable. There are also Triple-P projects in Switzerland, Austria and other countries such as Belgium, England, Canada and the Netherlands.
criticism
However, the child psychiatrist Günther Deegener and the educational scientist Klaus Hurrelmann feared that the program would in principle be welcomed by the recommended in certain situations the temporary separation of the child (approx the opposite could go wrong. This would then favor rigid educational attitudes. The advice is also attached to a sometimes functional control behavior. In the event of misconduct by the children, a catalog of measures based on one another is recommended. Childish and normal behavior would be described by parents as malpractice, as it could disturb the parents.
“Today, almost three years later, I got a more detailed impression of the Triple P program through scientific congresses and specialist contacts . I think it is a very mature program that has worked very well in hundreds of cases. I also find the intensive efforts to evaluate the effects of the program through verified scientific studies positive. Under the direction of Prof. Kurt Hahlweg from the University of Braunschweig, exemplary work is being done here, which one can only wish for in other educational programs. "
When discussing educational approaches , the change in values in this area, from authoritarian upbringing in the war and pre-war periods, to laissez-faire approaches in the 1960s and 1970s, to modern authoritative (including democratic or participatory) education, must also be taken into account. Triple P was developed as an authoritative approach. Some critics, such as B. Günther Deegener, see an excessive emphasis on authoritarian elements.
literature
- K. Hahlweg: Prevention of behavioral disorders in children. Before the child falls into the well. In: W. Deutsch, M. Wenglorz (Ed.): Central developmental disorders in children and adolescents. Current knowledge about development, therapy and prevention. Klett-Cotta publishing house, Stuttgart 2001.
- MR Sanders, W. Cann, C. Markie-Dadds: The Triple P - Positive Parenting Program. A universal population-level approach to the prevention of child abuse. In: Child abuse review. Volume 12, 2003, pp. 155-171.
Web links
- Homepage Triple P in Germany
- Homepage Triple P in Australia
- Homepage Triple P in Switzerland
- PDF overview of the content (PDF; 670 kB) as well as materials for positive education
Individual evidence
- ↑ What is Triple P? Article in the online magazine sciencegarden
- ↑ Parents can learn parenting skills - with Triple P ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Critical WDR contribution ( Memento from December 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ cf. GEO 4/2002
- ↑ Hurrelmann, Deegener: Critical Opinion on Triple P, 2002 ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 210 kB).
