Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL)

Scientific Rating:
2
Supported by Research Evidence
See scale of 1-5

Additional Implementation Resources

Since this program Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL) was highly rated on the Scientific Rating Scale, program representatives were asked to provide additional implementation information.

Pre-Implementation Materials

There are pre-implementation materials to measure organizational or provider readiness for Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL) as listed below:

There is a PLL Implementation Checklist and the 8 Laws of Transportability. They are available from the program contact listed at the end of of the program entry.

Formal Support for Implementation

There is formal support available for implementation of Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL) as listed below:

PLL has specific staff dedicated to program implementation assistance, oversight, and supervision. PLL provides each site with a Clinical Supervisor who is dedicated to that site. Additionally, PLL's Director of Implementation, Director of Data and Support Services, and Vice President of Clinical Services, each provide valuable resources to help each site ensure excellence in program implementation and management. As part of PLL implementation procedures, administrators and clinicians at each site are trained and certified in specific areas of program implementation.

Fidelity Measures

There are fidelity measures for Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL) as listed below:

There are four different fidelity measures:

  • Video Supervision Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) - (Therapist Adherence Measure): The PLL provider submits videotaped sessions from group and coaching sessions to the PLL Supervisor. The PLL Supervisor then reviews the video and scores the therapist based on PLL's scientifically validated fidelity instrument. Once reviewed, the PLL Supervisor selects segments from the video to review with the clinician during supervision sessions.
  • PLL Fidelity Dashboard - (Therapist Adherence Measure): The PLL Fidelity Dashboard is a software application that tracks "real time" client and clinician results. The dashboard tracks such items as completion and attrition rates; referral engagement rates; the number of clients that started the program, dropped out, or are in process; average length of stay; and standardized assessment results along with other results.
  • Group Protocol Checklist - (Therapist Adherence Measure): The Group Protocol Checklist is used to assess treatment fidelity adherence to the PLL group therapy model. Each of the six classes has a scientifically validated checklist of key concepts specific to that class that were either covered or not covered by the therapist. In addition, therapists use a Likert scale to measure how closely they followed the Group Manual.
  • Family Therapy Protocol Checklist - (Therapist Adherence Measure): The Family Therapy Protocol Checklist is a self-report tool used to assess treatment fidelity adherence to the PLL Family Therapy Model. After each family therapy session, the therapist completes each of the areas that assess competency of the major tenets of the PLL Family Therapy Model.

For more information, contact the program contact listed at the end of the program entry.

Implementation Guides or Manuals

There are no implementation guides or manuals for Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL).

Research on How to Implement the Program

Research has not been conducted on how to implement Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL).