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Effectiveness Of The Coping Power Program In Middle-School Children With Disruptive Behaviours And Hyperactivity Difficulties, Diomaris E. Jurecska, Elizabeth Hamilton, Mary A. Peterson
Effectiveness Of The Coping Power Program In Middle-School Children With Disruptive Behaviours And Hyperactivity Difficulties, Diomaris E. Jurecska, Elizabeth Hamilton, Mary A. Peterson
Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program
The purpose of this article is to discuss the effectiveness of the Coping Power Program (CPP); an evidencebased treatment delivered in a group format to at-risk middle-school children. Initially, two groups were randomised and formed: an intervention group of 24 CPP sessions and a control group. All students were enrolled in public schools from two rural counties in the United States. Out of the 119 total participants 63 (37 male) were in the intervention and 56 (35 male) were in the control group. From the larger intervention group, a subset of students was identified as ‘significantly improved’. Using the Behavior …
Starting Well: Facilitating The Middle School Transition, Mary A. Peterson, Elizabeth Hamilton, Aaron D. Russell
Starting Well: Facilitating The Middle School Transition, Mary A. Peterson, Elizabeth Hamilton, Aaron D. Russell
Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program
School-based mental health programming is a viable intervention because it can provide evidenced-based-treatment (EBT) while avoiding the typical service barriers. In this study, 119 students (ages 10 to 12) were randomly assigned to participate in either a 24-session Coping Power Program (CPP) or a control group. Using the Behavior Assessment Scale for Children-2 (BASC-2), teachers reported significant improvements over time for all students (Attention Problems, Hyperactivity, Externalizing Problems, and Withdrawal, and Study Skills). However, teachers reported that students participating in the CPP showed significantly greater improvement than controls (Learning Problems, School Problems, Behavior Symptom Index, Social Skills, and Adaptive Skills). …