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Strengthening Child Competencies.
Strengthening Child Competencies.
Stephen Larmar
Griffith University
Stephen Larmar
Griffith University
The Early The Early The Early The Early ImpactImpactImpactImpactProgramProgramProgramProgram
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Overview
• Background
• Challenging behaviour – issues for teachers and parents
• Pathways to maladjustment – risk factors
• Existing models of early intervention and prevention
• The Early Impact (EI) Program
• Initial findings of a controlled inquiry
• Future implications
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Background
Research Domain
Child Psychology:
- Challenging Behaviour.
- At-risk infant aged children.
- Early Intervention and Prevention.
- Strength-based practice.
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Challenging Behaviours:
The Challenge for Teachers
Teachers are faced with the challenge of working with a diverse population of children
Issues associated with ‘teacher preparedness’ in terms of the mainstream classrooms
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Challenging Behaviours:
The Challenge for Parents
Parents of children with challenging behaviours encounter significant challenges at the home level
Increasing pressures with limited support
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Developmental Pathways
Multiple Pathways to Maladjustment
Risk factors:
Individual:
temperament; genetic disposition
Family:
harsh parenting practices; negative parent/child interactions; marital discord; poverty
School:
School organisation; class size; support structures
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Models of Early Intervention and Prevention
Universal
Selected
Indicated
Children and adolescents referred for challenging behaviours would generally participate in selected and indicated forms of
intervention.
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Current Treatments
Predominantly Clinic Based
Family interventions (Prinz & Miller, 1996; Sanders, 1999).
Social-cognitive treatments (Kazdin, Siegel & Bass, 1992).
School interventions
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Treatments Issues
Family interventions accommodate a younger
target group.
The child is dependent on the parent seeking
treatment.
Social-cognitive treatments cater for older
children and adolescent populations.
Evidence indicates that young at-risk children
and their families are not readily accessing
treatment.
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Treatments Issues (cont…)
Many models of treatment apply reactive
strategies.
Such strategies focus on child and family
deficits.
Further, such models of treatment fail to
recognise or draw upon competencies in the
child and family that serve to ameliorate some
of the factors that place children at-risk.
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Promising Early Intervention and Prevention Frameworks
‘Head Start’ (Webster-Stratton, 1998)
‘First Step to Success’ (Walker, Severson, Feil, Stiller & Golly, 1998)
‘Fast Track’ (Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group, 2001).
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The Early Impact (EI) Program
EI Program
School Component Home
Component
Universal Component• Class curriculum.• Teacher’s management strategies.
Indicated Component• One-on-one support provided by aBehaviour Consultant.
Indicated Component• Child Management Training.
Target Child
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Theoretical and Applied Contributions
Building and extending upon existing early
intervention frameworks:
- Broader ecological approach.
- Earlier screening and program implementation.
- Teacher management component.
- Less reliance on external consultation
- Targets infants aged 4-6 years.
- Cost effectiveness
- STRENGTH BASED EMPHASIS
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The EI School Component
School Component
Universal Component• Class curriculum.• Teacher’s management
strategies.
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The EI Home Component
Home Component
Indicated Component• Child Management
Training.
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The EI Individual Component
Target Child
Indicated Component• One-on-one support provided by aBehaviour Consultant.
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The EI Program Evaluation:
A Randomised Trial
Participating Schools:
Selected from Education Queensland’s Mt Gravatt District.
Paired and matched on size and socio-economic status.
Randomly assigned to experimental or control conditions.
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The EI Program Evaluation
Sample:
Population n=455.
Experimental Group n=212.
Control Group n=243.
Age of participants (4-5 years).
Drawn from participating school’s pre-school
cohort.
Indicated participants identified as at-risk for the
development of conduct problems.
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The EI Program’s Initial Findings
Effectiveness of the EI Program?
Intervention Effect:
• Significant reduction in challenging behaviours at the school level
Social Validity:
• 87% retention rate
• High satisfaction rates
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Future Implications
Further research needs to:
- examine the significance of programs that are strength
based and that draw on the capacities, competencies and resources inherent within the child, family and school.
- be centred upon factors beyond child management strategies and social skills training.
- investigate alternative treatments to successfully engage more at-risk families.
- give consideration to the development of treatment programs that can be easily disseminated into regular
school settings.
- be directed towards the significance of home-school
partnerships in assisting children at-risk of problem behaviour.