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    Parent Engagement in

    School-Based Mental Health

    Services
    Katie Bethel
    Article Title: "Examining frequency and modality of parent

    engagement in an elementary school mental health

    intervention"

    Authors: All of these are individuals who were in

    some way involved in this study. They are

    Jennifer Kurian all parts of psychology departments at

    Desiree W. Murray different universities such as the Illinois

    Institute of Technology and the

    Laura Kuhn University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

    Doré R. LaForett This article is a part of the Journal of

    Applied School Psychology and was

    published by Routledge Taylor&Francis

    Group
    Article Link
    What is parent

    engagement?
    providing social emotional
    supports
    attending school meetings Why is parent

    attending parent meetings


    attending school events
    engagement important?
    students feel more supported
    students attendance is better
    students have better grades
    students have better behavior
    students have better social skills
    What affects parent

    engagement?
    lack of transportation and

    child care Barriers affect low income

    negative interactions with


    families and families of

    therapists and other school

    staff color much more


    stressful life events

    lack of paid time off 30% attendence vs. over

    80% attendence

    Study Notes
    Randomized controlled trial of the "Incredible Tears Dina Dinosaur Small

    Group Program"
    led by study therapists and school counselors
    groups of 4-6 students
    multiple schools in 3 districts
    twice weekly sessions
    Curriculum:
    school rules
    ways to be successful in school
    understanding and recognizing feelings
    problem solving
    etc.
    3 Research Topics

    Whether parents were more


    Parent-therapist alliance

    responsive to certain
    and home-school

    engagement modalities:

    attendance at parent

    realtionship
    meetings, facilitating

    homework completion and

    support of children's

    therapy skills at home


    Examined variation across

    the engagement modalities

    by race/ethnicity and

    income level
    Other parent

    responsibilities
    bi-monthly information phone calls
    weekly home activities
    information sheets sent home for each activity
    3 psychoeducational videos
    encouraged to help use skills at home
    therapists contacted parents prior, during and

    after the study


    Extra Supports
    child care
    money for transportation
    extra support to break

    language barriers
    etc.
    Results
    92% attended at least one parent meeting
    42% attended all 3
    almost 50% reported supporting use of group skills at least

    once per week


    wasn't much correlation between different parent

    modalities
    sociodemographic features were a major contribution to

    results
    parent relationship with therapist was another main

    contribution to results
    Implications

    provide various engagement

    opportunities
    help break barriers leading to low

    parent meeting attendance


    build strong therapist alliances
    lots of communication and

    collaboration

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