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Baffsky R, Ivers R, Cullen P, McGillivray L, Werner-Seidler A, Calear AL, Batterham PJ, Toumbourou JW, Stokes R, Kotselas P, Prendergast T, Torok M. Co-design and Development of Implementation Strategies: Enhancing the PAX Good Behaviour Game in Australian Schools. JOURNAL OF PREVENTION (2022) 2023; 44:679-704. [PMID: 37741909 PMCID: PMC10638156 DOI: 10.1007/s10935-023-00749-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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Effective implementation strategies are important for take-up of programs in schools. However, to date, few implementation strategies have been co-designed with teachers and support staff (including principals) in Australia. The aim of this study was to iteratively co-design multiple implementation strategies to enhance the delivery of mental health prevention program, PAX Good Behaviour Game, in New South Wales primary schools. The secondary aim was to evaluate the acceptability of the implementation strategies from the perspective of school staff. Twenty-nine educational staff (including principals) informed the co-design of the implementation strategies across three phases. Phase 1 involved a rapid review of the literature and stakeholder meetings to agree upon potential evidence-based strategies. Phase 2 involved focus group discussions with educational staff to co-design implementation strategies. Phase 3 involved semi-structured interviews with school staff to assess strategy acceptability after implementation at 6-months post-baseline. Data were analysed using deductive, framework analysis. The final co-designed intervention included nine implementation strategies accessible through a toolkit delivered to the school's leadership team. These strategies were deemed acceptable in school settings that experienced periods of both face-to-face and remote learning due to the changing COVID-19 situation in 2021. This paper contributes to the implementation literature by transparently reporting how educational staff-informed implementation strategies were iteratively co-designed. This will provide a roadmap for other researchers to co-design implementation strategies to further support the delivery of evidence-based prevention programs in schools.
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- Rachel Baffsky
- School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Samuels Building, F25, Samuel Terry Ave, Kensington, NSW, Australia.
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- School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Samuels Building, F25, Samuel Terry Ave, Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Samuels Building, F25, Samuel Terry Ave, Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
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- Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
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- School of Psychology and Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development (SEED), Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Education, New South Wales (NSW), Parramatta, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Education, New South Wales (NSW), Parramatta, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Education, New South Wales (NSW), Parramatta, NSW, Australia
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- Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Mixed-Method Examination of Latinx Teachers' Perceptions of Daily Behavioral Report Card Interventions to Support Students with ADHD. ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 2021; 49:29-43. [PMID: 33977337 DOI: 10.1007/s10488-021-01140-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/24/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Daily behavioral report cards (DRC) are an efficacious intervention for children with ADHD, yet there is little information on Latinx teachers' perceptions about ADHD and preferences related to behavioral treatment. The purpose of the current study was to examine the feasibility and acceptability of behavioral consultation with Latinx teachers and students, with a particular focus on the DRC. Participants (n = 23) included elementary school teachers (100% Hispanic/Latinx, 96% female) working with predominantly Hispanic/Latinx students. We leveraged a convergent, mixed-method design to evaluate feasibility, acceptability, as well as several potentially associated factors (i.e., perceptual, practical/logistical, individual, and cultural factors). Quantitative and qualitative measures and analyses were guided by the Consolidated Framework for Intervention Research. We found that Latinx teachers' Daily Report Card (DRC) completion rates (80%) were comparable to previous studies with predominantly non-Latinx white teachers and students. Quantitative indicators of acceptability were also similar to the prior literature. Few variables were associated with DRC completion rates, with the exception of teacher self-report of stress and satisfaction, which were both positively associated with completion rates. Qualitative findings expanded quantitative trends; thematic analyses revealed two overarching themes, that (1) teachers' attitudes toward behavioral interventions matter a great deal, and that (2) teachers' perceived behavioral control over DRC implementation depends a lot on the environment. Findings highlight the importance of stakeholders' perspectives, including teachers, in translating research to practice in real world settings.
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Behavior Analysis Goes to School: Teacher Acceptability of Behavior-Analytic Language in Behavioral Consultation. Behav Anal Pract 2021; 14:131-140. [PMID: 33732583 DOI: 10.1007/s40617-020-00508-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Effective communication is a vital component of behavioral consultation. Behavioral consultants (e.g., behavior analysts, school psychologists) are responsible for drafting behavior intervention plans, delivering accessible training, and providing concise and consumable feedback to teachers. Their reliance on technological descriptions to communicate behavioral principles and procedures may yield poor social validity and hinder the consultant-teacher relationship. In this study, we recruited 164 teachers through Amazon Mechanical Turk and administered a survey to (a) evaluate the social acceptability of technical and nontechnical language used in behavioral consultation across a variety of student populations and (b) gain information about teachers' experiences with behavioral consultation. Implications are discussed for training and the provision of behavioral consultation services.
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Shernoff ES, Frazier SL, Lisetti C, Delmarre A, Bibi Z, Gabbard J. Supporting the Implementation of Evidence-Based Behavior Management Practices through Simulation: A Mixed Method Study. JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10474412.2021.1875840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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What Do Preschool Teachers Know About Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Does It Impact Ratings of Child Impairment? SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s12310-020-09395-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Using Conjoint Analysis to Predict Teachers’ Preferences for Intervention Intensity. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s12310-020-09385-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hubel GS, Cooley JL, Moreland AD. Incorporating evidence-based behavioral teacher training into Head Start mental health consultation: Description and initial outcomes of a large-scale program. PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS 2020; 57:735-756. [PMID: 33833474 DOI: 10.1002/pits.22348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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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.
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- Grace S Hubel
- Department of Psychology, The College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Department of Psychiatry, Developmental Psychobiology Research Group, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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Boon HJ. What do ADHD Neuroimaging Studies Reveal for Teachers, Teacher Educators and Inclusive Education? CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10566-019-09542-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Davenport CA, Alber-Morgan SR, Konrad M. Effects of Behavioral Skills Training on Teacher Implementation of a Reading Racetrack Intervention. EDUCATION & TREATMENT OF CHILDREN 2019; 42:385-408. [PMID: 32606490 PMCID: PMC7325445 DOI: 10.1353/etc.2019.0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This study examined the effects of behavioral skills training (BST) on teachers' implementation fidelity of a reading racetrack (a board game designed to increase sight word fluency) with elementary students identified as struggling readers. BST, an alternative to traditional professional development, is a performance-based protocol incorporating instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback. A multiple probe design across teacher-student dyads demonstrated that BST was functionally related to the teachers' implementation of a reading racetrack with 100% fidelity on at least three consecutive sessions. Additionally, students met mastery criteria for sight word acquisition and demonstrated maintenance at least one to two weeks post intervention.
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Promoting Teachers' Implementation of Classroom-Based Prevention Programming Through Coaching: The Mediating Role of the Coach-Teacher Relationship. ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY IN MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 2019; 45:404-416. [PMID: 29075934 DOI: 10.1007/s10488-017-0832-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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There is growing awareness of the importance of implementation fidelity and the supports, such as coaching, to optimize it. This study examined how coaching activities (i.e., check-ins, needs assessment, modeling, and technical assistance) related directly and indirectly to implementation dosage and quality of the PAX Good Behavior Game, via a mediating pathway through working relationship. Mediation analyses of 138 teachers revealed direct effects of modeling and working relationship on implementation dosage, whereas needs assessment was associated with greater dosage indirectly, by higher ratings of the working relationship. Understanding how coaching activities promote implementation fidelity elements has implications for improving program effectiveness.
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Peng Y, Wang Q. The Impact of Mindful Agency Coaching and Motivational Interviewing on the Development of Positive Learning Dispositions in Undergraduate Students: A Quasi-Experimental Intervention Study. JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTATION 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/10474412.2019.1598266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Teacher attributions for children's attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder behaviors predict experiences with children and with classroom behavioral management in a summer program practicum. PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/pits.22250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Leveraging Technology to Facilitate Teachers’ Use of a Targeted Classroom Intervention: Evaluation of the Daily Report Card.Online (DRC.O) System. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12310-019-09320-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Owens JS, Allan DM, Hustus C, Erchul WP. Examining correlates of teacher receptivity to social influence strategies within a school consultation relationship. PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pits.22163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Mixon CS, Owens JS, Hustus C, Serrano VJ, Holdaway AS. Evaluating the Impact of Online Professional Development on Teachers’ Use of a Targeted Behavioral Classroom Intervention. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s12310-018-9284-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Hustus CL, Owens JS. Assessing Readiness for Change Among School Professionals and Its Relationship with Adoption and Reported Implementation of Mental Health Initiatives. CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10566-018-9463-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Best Practices in School Mental Health for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Framework for Intervention. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s12310-018-9267-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Using Multi-component Consultation to Increase the Integrity with Which Teachers Implement Behavioral Classroom Interventions: A Pilot Study. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s12310-017-9217-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Owens JS, Schwartz ME, Erchul WP, Himawan LK, Evans SW, Coles EK, Schulte AC. Teacher Perceptions of School Consultant Social Influence Strategies: Replication and Expansion. JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTATION 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/10474412.2016.1275649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Consultation and Coaching to Increase the Uptake of Evidence-Based Practices: Introduction to the Special Issue. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s12310-015-9142-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Put Me in, Coach: Observations on Selected Studies Implementing Supportive Interventions to Teachers. SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s12310-015-9144-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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