Integrating the Family Check-Up and the parent Coping Power program

Abstract

Engaging families in school-based preventive interventions for aggressive youth can be especially challenging. The current article describes an integration of a parent engagement model, called the Family Check-Up, with an evidence-based intervention for youth with aggressive behaviours called Coping Power. The overall goal of the integration was to increase parental involvement and exposure to the core elements of the Coping Power programme to optimize impact on families and their children. We describe both models, summarize evidence of their efficacy when implemented alone, and provide a rationale for their integration. We also provide case examples to illustrate the implementation of the integrated programme in schools as well as feasibility data to support its continued study and implementation.

Keywords:

• parent engagement
• parent management training
• school-based prevention
• integrated models

Acknowledgements

Preparation of this manuscript was supported in part by the Johns Hopkins Center for Prevention and Early Intervention under a grant funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (P30 MH08643) awarded to Nicholas Ialongo and by the Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education, through Grant R305A100342 to Wendy Reinke. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institutes or the US Department of Education.

Notes

1. Authors contributed equally to the manuscript.

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Kelly Dunn

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Jennifer Cox

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Courtney Vaughn

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Sharon Stephan

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