This report provides a comprehensive description and discussion of 5 years of activities supported by the National Institute of Mental Health for the Personnel for Parent Development Program designed to train mental health, social service and educational professionals to deliver specific types of group parent training services. The report details group training services that can teach parents to use specialized child management and therapeutic communications and can help stimulate positive child-rearing attitudes. It begins by indicating the national significance of the program and the local issues that had to be dealt with as it was created and implemented. Program objectives and aspects of the program are described, including actual training events. In addition, the report presents an evaluation of the program and discusses the results in terms of efficacy and future direction. The report concludes with a summation of the program and its results. An extensive appendix provides the documents and materials that are necessary for program replication and evaluation. (HOD)