About

In Canada, approximately 10-15% of young children have mild to moderate emotional and behavioural problems. Left unaddressed, these problems can escalate across childhood, hurting young people’s mental health and wellbeing, social relationships and academic achievement.

Families need early intervention support, but BC’s health systems are at capacity. To solve this challenge, early intervention programs are adapting to include telehealth options and group-based delivery models. These models allow more families across BC to access early intervention programs.

This project gathers evidence on the potential effectiveness and health service delivery impacts of adapted early behaviour intervention programs for children and families. It uses the BC-based Confident Parents: Thriving Kids – Behaviour Program (CPTK-B) as a model.

CPTK-B is a skill-building program designed to help parents support their children ages 3–12 who are experiencing mild to moderate behaviour challenges. It is delivered by the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division (CMHA BC). We will be analyzing CPTK-B program data to assess health systems impacts of telehealth and group-based program adaptations.

Principal Investigator

• Dr. Kimberly Thomson, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Funders

• SFU Faculty of Health Sciences Mowafaghian Child Health Faculty Awards
• Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) BC

Project Partners

• Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) BC