Triple P stepping stones trial

I'm very excited to be part of the roll out of Stepping Stones Triple P in Queensland, Australia. It will soon be rolled out in Victoria and New South Wales as well. As part of this community roll out, parents (with a child with disability) who complete the mysay surveys (see below, usually part of the surveys we give any new clients anyway) will get access to an appropriate level of intervention for their family- FOR FREE!

What is Stepping Stones Triple P?

Stepping Stones Triple P is a specially tailored program for parents of children with a disability. It is part of the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program, which is one of the world’s most effective parenting programs, and one of the few based on evidence from ongoing scientific research. There are more than 250 trials, studies and published papers showing it works.

Stepping Stones works by giving parents the skills to raise happy, confident children and to build stronger family relationships. It also helps parents manage problem behaviour and developmental issues common in children with disabilities.

But it doesn’t tell people how to parent. Rather, it gives them simple and practical strategies they can adapt to suit their own values, beliefs and needs.

Stepping Stones is also different because it is not “one-size-fits-all”. It’s a system that offers increasing levels of support to meet parents’ different needs. So parents can choose anything from one-off public seminars to more detailed group courses or individual sessions.

Triple P is now used in more than 20 countries including the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Japan, Iran, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands, Curacao, Switzerland and Romania. It has been translated into 18 languages. http://www.pfsc.uq.edu.au/evidence

Are you the parent or caregiver of a child with a disability?

Parenting a child with a disability comes with exceptional challenges. How do you know what’s best and what works? We can provide specially-tailored parenting support but we need your help.

This is your chance to tell us about your child’s experiences as well as your own. Let us know whether you’re getting enough parenting support and share with us the types of support you would like to receive.

We’ll use your views to deliver a parenting program in ways that suit families across Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales, Australia.

If you have a child with a disability, aged 2–10, go to the My Say website and help us improve parenting services for your family.

To have your say and to find out more about the program, visit www.mysay.org.au.