Improved classroom quality and child behavior in an Arkansas early childhood mental health consultation pilot project
| Autor: | Nicola A. Conners-Burrow, Latunja Sockwell, Leanne Whiteside-Mansell, Elita Amini Virmani, Lorraine McKelvey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject education MEDLINE Context (language use) behavioral disciplines and activities Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Intervention (counseling) Family medicine General partnership Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Developmental and Educational Psychology Medicine Quality (business) Early childhood business Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Infant mental health journal. 33(3) |
| ISSN: | 1097-0355 |
| Popis: | The aim of the current study was to examine the effects of early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) on teacher-level and child-level outcomes in the context of a partnership between community mental health centers in three regions of Arkansas and publically funded early education programs (14 intervention sites and 4 comparison sites). From 2005 to 2008, 193 teachers participated in the study, along with 1,448 children. Data-collection activities included structured classroom observations, teacher ratings of children's strengths and behavior, and teacher surveys to assess satisfaction with ECMHC services. Results suggest that teachers were highly satisfied with the consultation services and that teachers receiving the intervention had lower levels of permissiveness and detachment, with a trend toward higher levels of sensitivity in interactions with children in their classroom. In terms of child outcomes, we found that by the third year of the project, children at intervention sites were rated by their teachers as having fewer behavior problems and more protective factors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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