Parents participating in the Calm Parenting Program completed surveys regarding their child’s behavior and their stress as parents at the beginning and then again at the end of this program.  Below is the percent of parents who graduated from Calm Parenting Groups since 2001 whose scores were better on their final surveys (filled out between sessions 11 and 12) than on their initial surveys (filled out between sessions 1 and 2) for each of 3 Measures.

• Parenting Stress Inventory (short form)
  - 97% reported a reduction in total stress
  - 83% reported improvements in their parent/child relationships
  -100% reported their children to be more easily managed
  - 89% reported feeling more confident in their role as parents

• Russell Barkley's Home Situations Questionnaire
  - 83% reported fewer behavior problems with their children in home situations
  - 97% reported reductions in the severity of problem behaviors at home with their children

• Michael Bloomquist's Survey of Parent Attitudes
  - 89% of the parents decreased their own stressful thoughts
  - 94% reduced negative thoughts about their children and family
  - 83% felt more involved with and more reinforcement from their children
  - 88% felt they had improved family interactions
  - 94% reported improvements in discipline and compliance with following rules
  - 80% noted improvements in their children's social skills
  - 94% reported improvements in their problem solving skills
  - 91% reported improvements in their children's ability to cope with anger
  - 73% noted improvements in their children's self-directed academic behaviors
  - 88% saw improvements in their children's emotional well-being & self-esteem

Chart Based Upon Results of 3 Pre-Post Surveys Filled Out By Nearly 400 Parent Graduates 
Barkley’s Home Situations Questionnaire
Abidin’s Parenting Stress Inventory (Short Form) 
Bloomquist’s Survey of Ten Areas of Focus