As the prevalence of mental health conditions in childhood increases, there are growing concerns around the accessibility and scale of evidence-based support. However, barriers to referral, time commitment and engagement rates means recommended traditional group-based parenting programmes are unable to provide population level support at scale. The aim of this feasibility study was to establish whether a suite of purposively constructed animated films and digital resources could positively impact on parent and child outcomes in the early years. Families from a range of backgrounds (n = 129) participated in a mixed method evaluation of the digital programme. After completing online surveys and interviews, the test group was given access to the Embers the Dragon platform for 8 weeks whilst the control group continued as usual. 98% of test group parents showed an improvement in parental response in relation to effective parenting styles. During qualitative interviews, child participants verbally recalled an increased range of emotions and coping strategies highlighted in the programme. Digital interventions can be used to support children’s emotional development independent of clinicians and may provide a solution to sustainable family psychoeducation, thereby fulfilling a preventative agenda and potentially lessening the future impact on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

随着儿童期心理健康状况的增加，人们越来越担心循证支持的可及性和规模。然而，转介、时间承诺和参与率的障碍意味着推荐的传统基于群体的育儿计划无法大规模提供人口水平的支持。这项可行性研究的目的是确定一套有目的地构建的动画电影和数字资源是否可以对早年的父母和孩子产生积极影响。来自不同背景的家庭 ( n= 129) 参与了数字节目的混合方法评估。完成在线调查和访谈后，测试组可以访问 Embers the Dragon 平台 8 周，而对照组则照常进行。98% 的测试组父母表现出与有效养育方式相关的父母反应有所改善。在定性访谈中，儿童参与者口头回忆了节目中强调的情绪和应对策略的范围扩大。数字干预可用于独立于临床医生支持儿童的情绪发展，并可能为可持续的家庭心理教育提供解决方案，从而实现预防议程，并有可能减轻未来对儿童和青少年心理健康服务的影响。