Identifier
etd-11022006-192135
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Psychology
Document Type
Dissertation
Abstract
Existing research has shown that when parents and teachers work together, everyone benefits; students tend to earn higher grades, perform better on tests, attend school more regularly, have better behavior, and show more positive attitudes toward themselves and toward school (Canter, 2004). This study builds upon these findings by examining the effects of parent training and a parent implemented intervention (parent initiated home-school note via email) on students’ maladaptive classroom behavior and teachers’ ratings on Achenbach’s Teacher Report Form and Conner’s Ratings Scales. In addition, the effects of emailing parental performance feedback on parents’ adherence to intervention procedures (parent initiated home-school note via email) and intervention acceptability as rated by parents and teachers were examined. Study participants were 46 parent-child dyads. Findings of the current investigation suggest that both treatment conditions (i.e., Treatment Alone and Treatment plus performance Feedback) were associated with increases in students’ observed on-task classroom behavior. Teacher ratings of the TRF suggest that student internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, and total problems decreased in both treatment conditions and increased in the No Treatment Condition. A significant difference between treatment conditions was found in the number of notes emailed and parents’ treatment integrity. Overall, the findings of the current investigation suggest that students’ classroom behavior can be influenced by a parent initiated intervention that utilizes computer technology, but additional research is clearly needed in this area. This investigation extends the literature by incorporating computer technology in a parent initiated treatment program using home-based reinforcement.
Date
2006
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Kashunda Lynn, "Training parents in consequence delivery and to initiate school communication using an electronic home-based reinforcement program to modify students' classroom behaviors" (2006). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 1378.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1378
Committee Chair
Noell, George Jr
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_dissertations.1378