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Saturday, 12:10 PM - 1:40 PM

Experiences of Black and Latiné Families With Young Children Engaged in Parenting Interventions

Parent-focused interventions have been shown to be an efficacious and highly impactful method for promoting healthy behavior and future development in young children. However, families of color are often not adequately represented in family intervention research, with most intervention studies including majority White samples. Further, specific interventions have shown lower levels of efficacy and higher implementation issues with Black and Latiné families. This symposium includes three studies assessing the feasibility and cultural acceptability of parenting programs with Black and Latiné families. Study 1 explores the preliminary feasibility and cultural acceptability and alignment of an emotion coaching parenting program, Tuning in to Kids (TIK), with Black caregivers of preschool-aged children (3-5 years). Study 2 examines the initial feasibility of an integrated parenting program that incorporates ethnic-racial socialization to support the health of Black and Latiné families. Study 3 seeks to understand the areas of cultural alignment and misalignment of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) with Black families at various stages of treatment including PCIT graduates and those who dropped out of treatment. Discussion will focus on improving the acceptability and implementation of parent-focused interventions with diverse families and provide directions for future research.

Paper #1
Title	Black Parents’ Perceptions of an Emotion Coaching Parenting Program in the U.S.
Presenting author	Briana Williams, Brown University, United States

Paper #2
Title	Preliminary support for an integrated parenting intervention for Black and Latiné families
Presenting author	Daniel Cooper, University of South Carolina, United States

Paper #3
Title	Examining the cultural alignment of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) among Black parents
Presenting author	Kaela Farrise, UC Santa Barbara, United States

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Session chair
Kaela Farrise, UC Santa Barbara, United States

Discussant
Dr. Nada Mussad Goodrum, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, United States

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