Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) is a parent education program published as a series of books. STEP was developed and published by the psychologists Don Dinkmeyer Sr., Gary D. McKay and Don Dinkmeyer Jr. The publication was supplemented by an extensive concept for training and proliferation. STEP has reached more than 4 million parents and has been translated into Spanish, French, German, and Japanese. Korean and Chinese adaptations are in progress. STEP is based on Alfred Adler's individual psychology and the work of the psychologists Rudolf Dreikurs and Thomas Gordon. An evaluation of the
University of Portsmouth to achieve the highest Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). The University was ranked 25th by The Guardian University Guide 2019, 51st by The Complete University Guide 2019 and 53rd by The Sunday Times University Guide 2018. Internationally, the University was ranked 98th in Times Higher Education's ‘100 under 50’ rankings of international modern universities 2017. Portsmouth was rated in the top 401 - 500 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2017. The University of Portsmouth Students’ Union (UPSU) is a registered charity that represents and supports all UoP students, who automatically