• Adapted group-based Chicago Parent Program for use with individual families (CPPi) • Clinicians implementing CPPi met at least half of intervention fidelity criteria. • According to interviews and satisfaction surveys, CPPi is highly acceptable. • Participation in CPPi is associated with improvements in parenting self-efficacy. • Participation in CPPi is associated with reductions in externalizing behavior problems. Parent management training (PMT) is the first-line treatment for behavior problems in young children. This study describes the development of an adaptation of the Chicago Parent Program, a group-based PMT, for use with individual families (CPPi) in four urban mental health clinics. This study uses quantitative and qualitative data collected from mental health clinicians and parents and independent fidelity ratings to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of CPPi. Thirty-three parents (75.8% Mothers, 51.5% White) of children aged 2-8 years old who sought mental health services from 14 clinicians (78.6% Female, 57.1% White) enrolled. Of the 33 enrolled parents, 93.9% attended at least one CPPi session; on average, parents attended 5.9 sessions, and 51.5% completed at least 50% of CPPi modules. Most CPPi sessions met at least 50% of fidelity criteria, with the strongest adherence for goal setting and introducing CPPi strategies. Quantitative results demonstrated that CPPi was associated with significant improvements in parenting self-efficacy and reductions in children’s externalizing behaviors. Data from interviews and satisfaction surveys demonstrated strong acceptability of CPPi. Findings will inform future research testing CPPi’s effectiveness in urban and rural child mental health settings.
Bettencourt et al. (Fri,) studied this question.