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Academic -- UNF -- Doctor of Education; Ed. D. in Educational Leadership; 2007 -- Education; Preschool -- Parent participation; Parents -- Attitudes; Home and school; University of North Florida -- Department of Counseling and Educational Leadership
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Assessing The Impact Of Family Coaching On Parental Attitudes And Behaviors, James Young
Assessing The Impact Of Family Coaching On Parental Attitudes And Behaviors, James Young
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of participation in a family coaching program on perceptions of parental self-efficacy, families' use of encouragement, and reinforcement behaviors. A second purpose of the study was to ascertain the lasting effect on families participating in a family involvement intervention that included coaching. Families with prekindergarten and/or kindergarten children attending school in a low-income neighborhood and neighboring child care centers were recruited for the study.
The Family Coaching Institute, the family involvement intervention for this study, consisted of three 5-week, 2-hour biweekly sessions. Attendance ranged from 3 to 15 sessions. Child …