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Parenting training has a long history of use with typically developing children who had behavior disorders. Parent training is based on social learning theory, principles of operant theory and behavior modification, and tenets of developmental psychopathology. Evidence suggests that building positive parenting skills and targeting parent–child interactions will have collateral effects on children’s behavior problems (The following popper user interface control may not be accessible. Tab to the next button to revert the control to an accessible version.Destroy user interface controlForehand & Mc-Mahon, 1981; The following popper user interface control may not be accessible. Tab to the next button to revert the control to an accessible version.Destroy user interface controlPatterson, 1982).

Unlike parent training for families who have children with behavior problems, programs for children with developmental disabilities often target increasing children’s adaptive behavior, self-help skills, language, or academic skills (The following popper user interface control may not be accessible. Tab to the next button to revert the control to an accessible version.Destroy user interface controlBaker & Brightman, 2004; The following popper user interface control may not be accessible. Tab to the next button to revert the control to an accessible version.Destroy user interface controlBreiner, 1989