The well-established empirical and theoretical links between child disruptive behaviors, parenting practices, and family relationships have given rise to the development and evaluation of family-based interventions for the treatment of Disruptive Behavior Disorders (DBDs).

ORI investigators have teamed up with colleagues at Influents Innovations, Inc. to provide parents of early-to-mid adolescents with guided support for implementing positive parenting strategies that reduce youth problem behaviors.
This technology-based parenting support program is designed to promote parents' positive parenting practices, which in turn are expected to result in improvements in youth functioning and reductions in behavioral and socioemotional problems, thereby reducing their risk for long-term psychosocial adjustment problems.