THRIVE is a brief parent-child prevention designed to enhance positive parenting skills and reduce negative child mental health outcomes. It is a brief, coached-based, early prevention for children ages 3-7 inspired by Parent Child Interaction Therapy – Emotional Development (PCIT-ED). This prevention utilizes evidence-based techniques shown to foster positive early child development. THRIVE has helped schools and families in the past reduce externalizing behaviors, increase positive peer relationships, and improve caregiver attitudes.
Dr. Joan Luby, MD, and Dr. Patricia Kohl, PhD, are partnering with schools in the St. Louis area to implement THRIVE. The goal is to improve child behavior and school performance, as well as enhance children’s emotional development and functioning.
If you are a school administrator interested in enrolling your school in the study, please contact Claire Baker
(314) 286-2730
Families of children ages 3-7 interested in THRIVE or PCIT and PCIT-ED should contact your school to see if they are participating. You can also contact the Washington University Hermann Center for Child and Family Development to learn more about services being offered.
(314) 286-1700