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Direct linkRhonda H. Mercs – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Empowering Children with Hope and Opportunity (ECHO) program has collected data for 20 years. The ECHO staff has fallen short in using this data to clearly demonstrate any impacts and to engage in continuous improvement of the ECHO organization. Thus, the purpose of the current research project is to demonstrate how effective the counseling,…
Descriptors: School Counseling, School Counselors, Social Work, Catholic Schools
Peer reviewedGunning, Ciara; Holloway, Jennifer; Grealish, Leanne – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2020
Parental involvement in intervention can support intervention efficacy, improve generalization, and increase accessibility. The Preschool Life Skills (PLS) program is designed to teach 13 preschool life skills and prevent problem behavior. The current study explores the utility of the PLS program as delivered by parents. In Experiment 1, 6 parents…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Change Agents, Parent Child Relationship, Intervention
Carrasco Ramos, Daisy – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Latino students are the fastest growing minority population and currently have the largest population of student-aged young people. However, Latino students are lagging behind White, Asian, and African American in college attendance rates. The purpose of this study was to examine how an AVID program at an urban high school helps Latino students…
Descriptors: Barriers, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Hispanic American Students
Download full textOgden, Terje; Sørlie, Mari-Anne – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2018
This postscript presents the implementation and evaluation of family and community based intervention programs for children and young people implemented in Norway. The Norwegian experiences and results illustrate how evidence-based programs developed in the U.S. have been transported across geographical and language borders, implemented…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Family Programs
Brennan, Alison L.; Hektner, Joel M.; Brotherson, Sean E.; Hansen, Tracy M. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2016
Background: Parent training programs are increasingly being offered to the general public with little formal evaluation of their effects. One such program, the Nurtured Heart Approach to parenting (NHA; Glasser and Easley in "Transforming the difficult child: The Nurtured Heart Approach," Vaughan Printing, Nashville, 2008), contains…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Sampling, Program Descriptions, Parenting Skills
Cologon, Kathy; Wicks, Lilly; Salvador, Aliza – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
This study investigates whether extension of a caregiver-led interactive language program may enhance its effectiveness in supporting communication. Caregiver-led language programs, which focus on establishing responsive interaction patterns to support opportunities for communication between caregivers and young children within natural settings,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Disabilities
Yap, Dorcas; Lau, Lily; Nasir, Nasriah; Cameron, Christine; Matthews, Jan; Tang, Hui Nee; Moore, Dennis W. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2014
Background: The "Signposts for Building Better Behaviour" program, developed by the Parenting Research Centre, Victoria, Australia, was conducted at a public hospital facility in Singapore. Method: More than 1,000 parents completed the program, and filled in questionnaires about their child's behaviours. Results: Parents rated themselves…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Hospitals, Parent Education, Parent Attitudes
Portwood, Sharon G.; Brooks-Nelson, Ellissa; Schoeneberger, Jason – Children & Schools, 2015
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' (CMS) Parent University is an innovative, collaborative initiative designed to engage parents in their children's education. Working with community partners, Parent University offers unique courses and workshops such as Parenting Awareness, Helping Your Child Learn in the 21st Century, Health and Wellness, and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Change Strategies, Parent Participation, Control Groups
Moore, Heather W.; Barton, Erin E.; Chironis, Maria – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2014
The purpose of this manuscript was to describe a community-based program, Language and Play Everyday (LAPE), aimed at evaluating effective practices for enhancing parents' capacity to increase their toddlers' communication skills. LAPE was a parent education program focused on coaching parents to embed naturalistic language-enhancing…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Child Language, Communication Strategies, Communication Skills
Haines, Jess; Mayorga, Angela M.; McDonald, Julia; O'Brien, Ashley; Gross, Deborah; Taveras, Elsie M.; Epee-Bounya, Alexandra; Gillman, Matthew W. – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
In this article, we describe the development and feasibility evaluation of Parents and Tots Together (PTT), a family-based obesity prevention intervention that embeds weight-related messages within a general parenting programme. To inform the development of PTT, we conducted 5 focus groups with 19 racially/ethnically diverse parents to examine…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Obesity, Focus Groups, Parent Education
Vesely, Colleen K.; Ewaida, Marriam; Anderson, Elaine A. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2014
The cultural competence of 13 parenting education programs for Latino families with young children was examined in this study. Based on our analyses, we make several recommendations for improving the cultural competence and effectiveness of parenting education programs for Latino families with young children. Specifically, we recommend the…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Parent Education, Hispanic Americans, Program Effectiveness
Bridges, Margaret; Cohen, Shana R.; Fuller, Bruce – Institute of Human Development (NJ1), 2012
Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors (AP/OD) is a comprehensive, 10-session parenting skills and advocacy program developed by and for low-income Latino parents with children ages 0 to 5. Drawing from the real-life experiences of Latino parents and local data about their schools and communities, sessions are filled with interactive activities that aim…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Evidence, Child Rearing, Parenting Skills
Broyles, Shelia L.; Brennan, Jesse J.; Burke, Kari Herzog; Kozo, Justine; Taras, Howard L. – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2011
The purpose of this GEM is to describe how an existing nutrition education program--Nutrition Education Aimed at Toddlers, was adapted for Latino Families to achieve a good fit by considering several components--both surface and deep structure characteristics of culture, and report indicators of its acceptability. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Culturally Relevant Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Implementation
Berkel, Cady; Murry, Velma McBride; Roulston, Kathryn J.; Brody, Gene H. – Health Education, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of considering both fidelity and adaptation in assessing the implementation of evidence-based programs. Design/methodology/approach: The current study employs a multi-method strategy to understand two dimensions of implementation (fidelity and adaptation) in the Strong African…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Interviews, Media Adaptation, Teaching Methods
Lau, Anna S.; Fung, Joey J.; Ho, Lorinda Y.; Liu, Lisa L.; Gudino, Omar G. – Behavior Therapy, 2011
We studied the efficacy and implementation outcomes of a culturally responsive parent training (PT) program. Fifty-four Chinese American parents participated in a wait-list controlled group randomized trial (32 immediate treatment, 22 delayed treatment) of a 14-week intervention designed to address the needs of high-risk immigrant families.…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Parent Education, Program Descriptions, Control Groups
