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Mellow Parenting is a 14 week one day a week group designed to support families with relationship problems with their infants and young children.
It combines personal support for parents with a video and direct work with parents and children on their own parenting problems.
It has proved effective in recruiting and engaging families with severe problems.
Effectiveness
Mellow Parenting is an evaluated programme which has been shown to be effective in engaging hard-to-reach families with children under five, and in helping them make changes in their relationships with their children.
One year follow-up has shown lasting gains in maternal well being, parent-child interaction, child behaviour and child development.
Sure Start Children’s Centre
Their Practice Guidelines November 2005 recommends Mellow Parenting as an effective evaluated programme.