According to the Family Works, Inc. website, Parenting Wisely’s (PW’s) online interactive format “ensures maximum learning and skill retention. Parents can use the program unsupervised at their own speed (A narrated introduction explains how to navigate and successfully use the program). With our Agency Subscription program, administrators have the ability to monitor and track progress.
“[PW also] allows social service agencies, schools, juvenile detention centers, and community organizations to run an affordable, effective parent education program.” Retrieved from https://www.familyworksinc.com/programs.html
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare rates PW ‘s evidence-base as "3 - Promising Research Evidence" on its “Scientific Rating Scale based on the published, peer-reviewed research available. The practice must have at least one study utilizing some form of control (e.g., untreated group, placebo group, matched wait list study) establishing the practice's benefit over the placebo, or found it to be comparable to or better than an appropriate comparison practice. Please see the Scientific Rating Scale for more information.” Retrieved from https://www.cebc4cw.org/program/parenting-wisely/detailed
The following publication describes a randomized controlled trial of PW:
Kacir, C., & Gordon, D. A. (1999). Parenting Adolescents Wisely: The effectiveness of an interactive videodisk parent training program in Appalachia. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 21(4), 1-22.
