Project Details
Parent Connectors
Description
Parent Connectors will develop and document the feasibility of an intervention aimed at increasing the engagement of families in the broad educational development of their children.
As part of the project, parents of children who have emotional or behavioral problems and who are familiar with navigating the education and mental health systems will be recruited to be trained as Parent Connectors (PC). After training, the PCs will be assigned up to ten parents of children who have ED and will provide support, information and skill building through weekly telephone calls throughout the course of the school year. In addition, a weekly meeting of all PCs will be held with a PC Supervisor to identify knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are drivers of parent involvement. From theses findings, a training curriculum and protocol for implementing the intervention will be developed.