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The dissemination of evidence‐based parent training (PT) interventions remains extremely limited in Latin American countries. This is concerning when considering the high prevalence of child maltreatment associated with punitive parenting practices across countries in the region. Furthermore, efforts to disseminate PT interventions must be conducted by adhering to the core parenting components that have established effectiveness for such interventions, while ensuring contextual and cultural relevance for focus populations. In this manuscript, we describe the cultural adaptation of an evidence‐based PT intervention in the context of Chile. This initial phase of adaptation was informed by the theoretical tenets of the Ecological Validity Model of cultural adaptation (Bernal et al., J. Abnorm. Child Psychol., 23, 1995, 67). According to findings from a qualitative thematic analysis conducted with five interventionists in training, therapists perceived that the intervention's core components were relevant to Chilean caregivers who participated in the parenting program. Interventionists also provided specific suggestions to enhance the intervention's contextual and cultural relevance. This investigation illustrates the importance of culturally adapting evidence‐based interventions according to comprehensive cultural adaptation frameworks, prior to engaging in large‐scale dissemination of adapted interventions in Latin American contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research seeks to know the experience of participants -15 caregivers of children between 4 and 12 years old from two schools with a high vulnerability index in Santiago de Chile and 4 facilitators - in the GenerationPMTO program adapted to a remote modality, in the context of the COVID-19 health crisis. A descriptive, exploratory, qualitative study was carried out. Semi-structured interviews with 15 caregivers from both schools participating in the program; one focus group with 4 facilitators who implemented the online program; and a documentary review of the journals registered by the facilitators after each session were conducted. The information collected was analyzed qualitatively through the open coding procedures of Grounded Theory. After that, the perspectives of both groups were gathered through an integrated analysis. From the experience of participants, the online adaptation of the program was successful since the facilitators were able to develop the contents and strategies of the intervention in virtual mode, and the families were able to participate and learn them from their homes. This was compatible with physical distancing (given the COVID-19 pandemic) and allowed caregivers' participation in the program to be compatible with other life activities. Among challenges, strengthening group participation and cohesion were highlighted, as well as overcoming barriers related to unstable internet connection and/or inappropriate home conditions to participate. These results show a successful adaptation of the program from the perspective of its participants, providing insights that contribute to improve the adaptation of this and other programs to virtual modality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]