ERIC Number: EJ1249218
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-May
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
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Incorporating Evidence-Based Behavioral Teacher Training into Head Start Mental Health Consultation: Description and Initial Outcomes of a Large-Scale Program
Hubel, Grace S.; Cooley, John L.; Moreland, Angela D.
Psychology in the Schools, v57 n5 p735-756 May 2020
Development of a multicomponent mental health consultation program for a countywide Head Start program is described. The consultation program incorporates strategies from the evidence-based practice, Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT). Through large group professional development trainings before the school year, comprehensive feedback reports based on observations, and in-class coaching via modeling and performance feedback on teachers' use of TCIT skills, the consultation program served 55 Head Start classrooms with 789 children. Outcome data are presented on teachers' improvement in TCIT skill use and the relative effectiveness of two coaching methods (i.e., modeling and performance feedback) used during consultation. Results from multilevel modeling analyses indicated that teachers improved in the use of multiple observed TCIT skills between the initial and midyear assessment (i.e., increased frequency of labeled praises, reflections, behavioral descriptions, and commands that were complied with; decreased frequency of commands that children did not have an opportunity to comply with). Additionally, teachers who received coaching in the form of performance feedback, in comparison to modeling, exhibited greater gains in the frequency of labeled praises and commands that resulted in compliance. Discussion focuses on implementation of evidence-based practice in large-scale preventative early interventions, study limitations, and directions for future research.
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Teacher Student Relationship, Faculty Development, Feedback (Response), Preschool Children, Coaching (Performance), Teaching Skills, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Prevention, Early Intervention, Outcomes of Education, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Consultation Programs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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