This session is from the NASP 2021 Annual Convention
- PMD: 2,7
- Skill Level: Introduction
- Session 11: Consultation and Collaboration With Educators and Parents
Learner Objectives
This session will help participants…
- better understand the psychosocial experiences of a group of incoming kindergarten parents during COVID-19 and school closures through a thematic analysis of focus groups before and after a 7-week parent group intervention.
- think critically about the impacts of COVID-19 and school closures on their community and ways to best support parents, especially in the transition to kindergarten, as a way to promote optimal child development.
- understand the importance of parental self-efficacy and identify ways to include parents in early intervention programming for incoming kindergarteners.
- learn more about how to implement a Zoom-facilitated parent group that provides school readiness parent psychoeducation, including easy-to-implement activities that parents can do at home.
- become informed about the results of parent-reported self-efficacy, including child adjustment and being able to manage their child’s behaviors, and in facilitating their child’s transition to kindergarten before and after the 7-week parent group intervention.
Description
Due to school closures, COVID-19 has significantly impacted parents’ routines. This study examined the experiences of parents through focus groups during COVID-19. Additionally, parents of incoming kindergarteners participated in virtual psychoeducational parent groups based on the five domains of school readiness. Researchers will discuss ratings of overall parental self-efficacy and efficacy towards the transition to kindergarten before and after participating in the parent groups.
_____________________________
Presenter(s)
Samira A. Amirazizi, University of California, Santa Barbara
Emily R. Edelman, University of California, Santa Barbara
Contributor(s)
Erin Dowdy, Matthew Quirk
