Leveraging Evidence to Activate Parents

Parent Activation (PA) is comprised of concrete social learning theory steps (i.e., direct instruction, modeling, practice opportunities, and reinforcement) that aim to enhance a parent's confidence, knowledge, and ability to manage his/her child's health. PA is applicable across a range of conditions, including behavioral and psychiatric problems, and it can be delivered by varied providers, including paraprofessionals.

This intervention refers to the typical techniques that JPOs employ to monitor the juveniles on their caseloads (e.g., regular meetings with youth and parents to ensure the youth is following conditions of probation and issuing swift sanctions \[community service; detention\] if conditions are not being followed).