@article{2097db89bec44d7cbbed1f1878909522,
title = "Rural teacher practices and partnerships to address behavioral challenges: The efficacy and mechanisms of conjoint behavioral consultation",
abstract = "The efficacy of conjoint behavioral consultation (CBC), a family-school partnership intervention, for teachers{\textquoteright} practices and process skills was evaluated. Participants were 152 teachers of grades K–3 in 45 Midwest rural schools randomly assigned to treatment or control conditions. Treatment group teachers participated in an 8to 10-week CBC intervention. Outcome measures were (a) self-reports of classroom practices and collaborative process skills and (b) direct observations of teachers{\textquoteright} use of effective behavioral strategies. Relative to control group participants, there was a significant positive intervention effect on CBC teachers{\textquoteright} self-report of appropriate behavioral strategies (β =.47, p <.001), observations of their use of positive attention (β =.50, p <.001) and positive consequences (β =.72, p <.001), and competence in addressing problems (β =.95, p <.001). Teachers{\textquoteright} appropriate strategy use was mediated by their use of problem-solving processes. Implications for rural settings are discussed.",
author = "Sheridan, {Susan M.} and Witte, {Amanda L.} and Kunz, {Gina M.} and Wheeler, {Lorey A.} and Angell, {Samantha R.} and Lester, {Houston F.}",
note = "Funding Information: The research reported was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through grant R324A100115 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education. Funding Information: The research reported was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through grant R324A100115 to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education. Susan M. Sheridan is a George Holmes University Professor and director of the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools at the University of Nebraska– Lincoln; Amanda L. Witte is research assistant professor in the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Gina M. Kunz is director of the College of Education Research Institute and research associate professor at the University of South Carolina; Lorey A. Wheeler is research assistant professor and codirector of the Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics, and Psychometrics housed within the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools at the University of Nebraska– Lincoln; Samantha R. Angell is a doctoral candidate in the educational psychology program (specializing in school psychology) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Houston F. Lester is an advanced postdoctoral fellow in medicine-health services research at the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston. Correspondence may be sent to Susan M. Sheridan at ssheridan2@unl.edu. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1086/698694",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "119",
pages = "99--121",
journal = "Elementary School Journal",
issn = "0013-5984",
publisher = "University of Chicago",
number = "1",
}