Children, Youth, Families & Schools, Nebraska Center for Research on

 

Date of this Version

August 2006

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Sheridan, S. M., Glover, T. A., Black, K. A., Garbacz, S. A., Witte, A. L., Swanger, M. S., Johnsen, L. A., & Meints, C. A. (2006, August). CBC through a new lens: Exploring individual outcomes in groups. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA. Permission to use.

Abstract

- Untreated behavior problems in elementary school students can result in a trajectory of negative life outcomes, which include more failed courses, lower grade point averages, increased absenteeism, and higher retention rates compared to other students (Wagner et al., 1993).

- Family-school partnerships and parental involvement in interventions and educational programs positively correlate with favorable outcomes for students, families, and teachers (e.g., Grolnick & Slowiaczek, 1994).

- Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC; Sheridan, Kratochwill, & Bergan, 1996; Sheridan & Kratochwill, in press) maintains promise as an evidence-based model for increasing ongoing, collaborative family-school interactions (Guli, 2005).

- Conducted with parents and teachers together, as joint consultees.

- Concerns are identified, analyzed, and addressed through collaborative interactions between the consultees and guidance from a consultant.

- Modified recently to (a) provide CBC in a small, group format (i.e., the families of 2-3 students and their teacher) and (b) assure intervention implementation integrity and appropriate levels of consultant support.

- A large-scale, randomized clinical trial is being conducted to investigate the effectiveness of the modified CBC process and to expand upon the single-case experimental research on CBC as a promising, evidence-based consultation model.

- The current study investigated preliminary findings from a subset of the clinical trial.

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