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The use of manual-based interventions tends to improve client outcomes and promote replicability. With an increasingly strong link between funding and the use of empirically supported prevention and intervention programs, manual development and adaptation have become research priorities. As a result, researchers and scholars have generated guidelines for developing manuals from scratch, but there are no extant guidelines for adapting empirically supported, manualized prevention and intervention programs for use with new populations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDeveloping and Validating a New Classroom Climate Observation Assessment Tool.
J Sch Violence
January 2011
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and The Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA.
Article Synopsis
- * The research team created a new observation tool to assess the social climate of classrooms, using a participatory action research (PAR) approach.
- * The article discusses the development and initial validation of this tool in 18 elementary classrooms, aiming to test its reliability, explore its psychometric qualities, and examine its relationship with different types of aggression in the classroom.
Article Synopsis
- School-based violence prevention programs can effectively reduce aggression in children and foster prosocial behaviors, particularly through urban after-school initiatives.
- The PARTNERS Program was developed through collaboration between academic researchers and community leaders, utilizing a community-based participatory research model to address urban youth needs.
- Community engagement was key in refining the program, leading to a design that enhances the likelihood of sustainable violence prevention initiatives and strengthens community capacities.