PA182: Promoting Family–School Partnerships: Virtual Professional Development for Rural School Psychologists

Friday, February 16, 2024
1:00 PM–1:50 PM CST

  • PMD: 2,7
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 7: Consultation and Collaboration With Educators and Parents

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. learn about a family–school partnership intervention—Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC);
  2. describe a virtual professional development (VPD) approach to increasing school practitioners’ capacities to implement CBC; and
  3. understand preliminary results of study testing the effects of CBC virtual professional development on (a) rural school practitioners’ knowledge and self-efficacy, (b) social–behavioral outcomes for students with behavior problems, and (c) parent–teacher relationships.

Description

This session presents preliminary results of a study testing an innovative virtual professional development model (online training, coaching) for rural school practitioners. Practitioner, student, and parent–teacher outcomes will be presented.

Presenter(s)

Amanda L. Witte, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lorey A. Wheeler, PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Contributor(s)

Susan M. Sheridan, Stanley A. Garbacz, Laura Escobedo

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