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Sankey, Carol; Girard, Sophie; Cappe, Emilie – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
The aim of this study was to assess the social validity and document the implementation of a psychoeducational program designed to support parents after their child's diagnosis, from both parents' and professionals' perspectives. A complete version (five workshops and five individual follow-ups) and a shortened version (five workshops only) of the…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Psychoeducational Methods, Parent Education, Parenting Skills
Clements, Peggy; Auchstetter, Amelia; Lin, Shuqiong; Savage, Corey – American Institutes for Research, 2022
This is the final report of an independent evaluation of the CompuPower program that was developed by Arizona State University's Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology (ASU CGEST). CompuPower is a multifaceted program for high school students that is centered on a culturally responsive computing course that includes four key…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, High School Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Secondary School Curriculum
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Berglas, Nancy F.; Jerman, Petra; Rohrbach, Louise A.; Angulo-Olaiz, Francisca; Chou, Chih-Ping; Constantine, Norman A. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2016
Numerous classroom-based interventions have aimed to improve sexual health outcomes for young people, yet few have shown strong, lasting effects. Ecological approaches that address multiple levels of a young person's environment offer largely untapped potential to positively change sexual behaviour. This paper presents results of a…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Urban Schools, High School Students, Program Implementation
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Auerbach, Susan; Collier, Shartriya – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: As accountability pressures have mounted toward ever-higher targets under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, low-achieving schools have sought new tools for raising achievement. The association between parent involvement and student achievement is well established, though the association is an indirect relationship mediated…
Descriptors: Accountability, Immigrants, Reading Skills, Family Literacy
Clarkin-Phillips, Jeanette; Carr, Margaret – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2009
This project came about after discussions with the general manager of the Wellington Region Free Kindergarten Association and Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips (University of Waikato) about setting up a research partnership to support the teachers at Taitoko Kindergarten in Levin. The teachers were establishing an integrated community centre (the whanau…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Pilot Projects, Parent Workshops