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Publications
  • Comfort, Marilee, Gordon, Philip R. & Naples, Denise. (2011). KIPS: An Evidence-Based Tool for Assessing Parenting
    Strengths and Needs in Diverse Families. Infants & Young Children: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Early Childhood
    Intervention, 24
    (1), 56-74.

    Articles can be searched and ordered at:  http://journals.lww.com/iycjournal/pages/default.aspx

  • Balbernie, Robin & Gorney, Carry (2011). Unlocking the Potential: Video Can Be a Powerful Tool When Working with Hard to Reach Parents. YoungMinds Magazine, 110, 22-23.

    Editor’s Note: This article on video feedback as a powerful clinical tool first appeared in the February/March 2011 issue of YoungMinds Magazine and has been reproduced with the editor's consent. Download PDF. To find out more about YoungMinds Magazine go to www.youngminds.org.uk/magazine

  • Comfort, Marilee, Gordon, Philip R., English, Brenda, Hacker, Karen, Hembree, Renee, Knight, Renee, & Miller, Cheryl (2010). Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale: KIPS Shows How Parents Grow. Zero to Three Journal, 30(4), 33-39.

    Single issues can be ordered at:
    http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/areas-of-expertise/zero-to-three-journal/zero-to-three-journal-index.html

  • Balbernie, Robin (2010). The Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale: A Video-Based Method for Assessment and Intervention in the Early Years. Newsletter for the Association of Infant Mental Health (UK), Winter, 6-11.

    Description of AIMH (UK) and membership available at: http://www.aimh.org.uk/

  • Guskin, Karen (2009). Outcomes Measurement Tools That Help Programs Demonstrate Impact, Parents as Teachers News, Summer issue, 8.

    Now available at
    http://www.parentsasteachers.org/images/stories/documents/Outcomes_Measurement_Tools_rev.pdf

  • Comfort, Marilee & Gordon, Philip R. (2006). The Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale (KIPS): A Practical Observational Assessment of Parenting Behavior. NHSA Dialog: A Research-To-Practice Journal for the Early Intervention Field, 9(1), 22-48.

    Download PDF  |   Articles can be searched and ordered at: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/hnhd20

  • Comfort, Marilee, Gordon, Philip R. & Unger, Donald G. (2006). Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale: A Window Into Many Facets of Parenting. Zero to Three Journal, 26(5), 37-44.

    Single issues can be ordered at:
    http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/areas-of-expertise/zero-to-three-journal/zero-to-three-journal-index.html

 

Reports

  • Evidence-Based Model Crosswalk to MIECHV Benchmarks: Model Alignment with Benchmark Constructs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, June, 2011.
    http://www.mdrc.org/publications/MIECHV_EB_Models_Crosswalk_to_Benchmarks.pdf
    Note: Look under Data Sources to see how KIPS maps to federal MIECHV benchmark constructs, as recommended by Parents as Teachers and Healthy Families America.

  • Further Steps to School Readiness: 2009 Evaluation of the South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness Initiatives, Kimberly Browning, and Zongping Xiang, High Scope Educational Research Foundation, November, 2010. http://www.scfirststeps.org/docs/2009Eval.pdf

  • Summary of Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale (KIPS) Data and Experiences: Collected and Reported by 4 Grantee Programs, Portland Children’s Levy, June, 2011.    |   Download PDF

  • The Family Networks Project, Parenting and Family Research Center, University of South Carolina, Research & Demonstration Project, Quality Improvement Center on Early Childhood, Children’s Bureau, ACF, USDHHS, funded 2010-14.
    http://www.qic-ec.org/projects/columbia
    Note: This Stepping Stones Triple P project uses KIPS as an outcome measure.

  • Healthy Families Virginia Statewide Evaluation Executive Report: FY 2006-2010, Prevent Child Abuse Virginia, Prepared by Joseph Galano and Lee Huntingdon, January, 2011.    |   Download PDF