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An empirical evaluation of school‐based prevention programs that involve parents
Author(s) -
Shepard Jon,
Carlson John S.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/pits.10126
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , psychology , best practice , medical education , school psychology , program evaluation , pedagogy , medicine , political science , paleontology , public administration , law , biology
The purpose of this review article is to provide education professionals with an overview of the current state of research in the area of school‐based prevention programs that involve parents in project objectives and methods. Prevention programs utilizing home‐school collaborative efforts cited within the literature were reviewed in the context of criteria espoused as demonstrating empirical support (Chambless et al., 1998; Lonigan, Elbert, & Bennett Johnson, 1998). To examine the state of the literature, 20 school‐based prevention programs that involved parents and were published between 1989 and 2001 were reviewed. Characteristics related to best practices in home–school collaboration (Christenson, Rounds, & Franklin, 1992). Parent involvement and methodological rigor are examined. A brief review of programs meeting “well‐established” and “probably efficacious” criteria are presented and discussed within the context of future research and practice related to meaningfully involving parents in school‐based prevention programs. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 40: 641–656, 2003.