Examining Outcomes of a Multi-Component, Individually-Tailored Consultation Process Focused on Classroom Management for Teachers
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- ADHD
- Sponsor
- Ohio University
- Enrollment
- 125
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Teacher Percent Appropriate Response to Rule Violation (ARRV) - Whole Class (Tier 1 Teacher Outcome)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of the study is to conduct a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the impact of the Classroom Behavior Support Program (CBS; a multi-component, individually-tailored teacher consultation program) on teachers' classroom management practices (universal and targeted) and resulting student behavioral and educational outcomes relative to a best practices comparison consultation condition.
Detailed Description
Participants will be 165 general education teachers (teaching Kindergarten through 6th grade) who have room for growth in classroom management skills, along with their classroom of students and one target student with inattentive and/or disruptive behavior problems. Teachers will be recruited over 3 cohorts (1 cohort per year). Teachers will be randomly assigned to one of two consultation conditions and participate for an entire academic year. Teachers in both conditions will be scheduled to receive consultation every other week between August and December and one time per month between January and March. The focus of the consultation will be teacher implementation of universal classroom management practices (Tier 1) and the targeted intervention applied with the target student (either a daily report card and organization intervention; Tier 2). Teachers will be observed weekly and data from observation will be incorporated into consultation sessions. Investigators will examine the main effects of consultation on growth in teacher practices (universal and targeted) and change in proximal and distal student outcomes (classwide and in target students), as well as the mediators and moderators of these effects.
Investigators
Julie Owens
Professor of Psychology
Ohio University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •TEACHER INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- •Teacher of a general education class in a participating elementary school (teacher grades K-6th grade) with at least one of the following from observation screening data.
- •Below 51% response to student rule violations;
- •A rate of praise per hour that falls below the 30th percentile for teachers of the same grade;
- •A rate of student rule violations that exceeds the 70th percentile for that grade.
- •STUDENT INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- •Student must spend at least 50% of his/her day in the teacher's classroom
- •Student must receive at three or more scores that are lower than a 3 on a positive Daily Behavior Rating (DBR) subscale or three or more scores higher than 3 on a negative DBR subscale.
- •Parents must provide consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- •TEACHER: no exclusionary criteria.
- •STUDENT: Special education eligibility of cognitive disability, autism, or multiple disability.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Teacher Percent Appropriate Response to Rule Violation (ARRV) - Whole Class (Tier 1 Teacher Outcome)
Time Frame: Growth from baseline through study completion, an average of 8 months
Using the Student Behavior-Teacher Response (SBTR) observation system, each student rule violation is tallied using a frequency count procedure. Following each rule violation, teacher responses are coded. Investigators calculate a percent appropriate response for each observation. Scores range from 0% to 100%; higher scores represent better response. Observations are conducted weekly for the duration of the trial (30-minutes each). Data are averaged across observations between consultation sessions.
Teacher Percent Appropriate Response to Rule Violation (ARRV) - Target Student (Tier 2 Teacher Outcome)
Time Frame: Growth from baseline through study completion, an average of 6 months
Once the target student is identified and consented (typically 2 months after the start of school), target student behaviors are observed using the Using the Student Behavior-Teacher Response (SBTR) observation system. Each target student rule violation is tallied using a frequency count procedure. Following each rule violation, teacher responses are coded. Investigators calculate a percent appropriate response for each observation. Scores range from 0% to 100%; higher scores represent better response. Observations are conducted weekly for the duration of the trial (30-minutes each). Data are averaged across observations between consultation sessions.
Target Student Rule Violations (Tier 2 Student Outcome)
Time Frame: Change from baseline through study completion, an average of 6 months
Using the Student Behavior-Teacher Response (SBTR) observation system, target student rule violations are tallied using a frequency count procedure. Using the observation duration, investigators calculate a rate per hour. Scores range from 0 to any upper limit; higher numbers represent more target student rule violations per hour. Observations are conducted weekly for the duration of the trial (30-minutes each). Data are averaged across observations between consultation sessions.
Whole Class Student Rule Violations (Tier 1 Student Outcome)
Time Frame: Change from baseline through study completion, an average of 8 months
Using the Student Behavior-Teacher Response (SBTR) observation system, each student rule violation is tallied using a frequency count procedure. Using the observation duration, investigators calculate a rate per hour. Scores range from 0 to any upper limit; higher numbers represent more classwide rule violations per hour. Observations are conducted weekly for the duration of the trial (30-minutes each). Data are averaged across observations between consultation sessions.
Secondary Outcomes
- Teacher Rate of Praise - Whole Class (Tier 1 Teacher Outcome)(Change from baseline through study completion, an average of 8 months)
- Teacher Rate of Opportunities to Respond (OTR) - Whole Class (Tier 1 Teacher Outcome)(Change from baseline through study completion, an average of 8 months)
- Target Student Grade Point Average (GPA) Intervention Year - (Tier 2 Student Outcome)(Growth from baseline to study completion, an average of 6 months)
- Teacher Ratings of Target Student Academic Performance - (Tier 2 Student Outcome)(Growth from baseline through study completion, an average of 6 months)
- Parent Ratings of Target Student Behavior - (Tier 2 Student Outcome)(Change from baseline to study completion, an average of 6 months)
- Teacher Ratings of Target Student ADHD Symptoms - (Tier 2 Student Outcome)(Change from baseline to study completion, an average of 6 months)
- Parent Ratings of Target Student ADHD Symptoms - (Tier 2 Student Outcome)(Change from baseline to study completion, an average of 6 months)
- Teacher Ratings of Positive and Problematic Student Behaviors - (Tier 2 Student Outcome)(Change from baseline to study completion, an average of 6 months)
- Teacher Rate of Praise - Target Student (Tier 2 Teacher Outcome)(Change from baseline through study completion, an average of 6 months)
- Target Student Grade Point Average (GPA) Long Term Follow Up - (Tier 2 Student Outcome)(Growth from baseline to one year following study completion, an average of 18 months)
- Teacher Ratings of Target Student Behavior - (Tier 2 Student Outcome)(Change from baseline through study completion, an average of 6 months)