Responsive parenting, a preventative mental health training program, teaches parents to observe and measure behaviors of concern and to apply social learning theory principles to increase appropriate social and academic behaviors in the home. The program also includes training parents to teach other parents the Responsive Parenting Model. Criteria for selection into the training program include completion of the Responsive Parenting Course and completion of an independent reliability check during each phase of the project and scientific verification. The training program consists of four levels: (1) the Apprentice Group Leader; (2) the Group Leader; (3) the Apprentice Program Director; and (4) the Program Director. (Author)