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Student Achievement through an
Interdisciplinary Lens
Valerie R. Gue
University of Illinois, Chicago
SPED 595
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Personal Goals• To understand the connections
between research and community service
• To learn about and be involved in various data collection methods
• To gain an understanding of the interdisciplinary approach to supporting student learning
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UIC Institute for Juvenile Research
Research, Training, & Service for Children’s Mental Health:
• Mental health service provider for children, adolescents and their families
• Clinical training site for child psychiatry and child psychology
• Prevention and intervention researchers(http://www.psych.uic.edu/news/ijr.htm)
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Links to Learning: Background Info.• School-based mental health service
model focused on enhancing students’ learning
• Comparison of school-based service with clinic-based services
• Based in high poverty urban schools, with K-4th grade students with disruptive behavior disorders (ODD, CD, ADHD)
(Atkins et al, 2006-2008)
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Links to Learning: Project Goals
• Unite key adults in children’s lives around the goal of learning
• Respond to the need for accessible, effective, & sustainable mental health services in impoverished & under-served communities
• Compare a classroom-based model focused on children’s learning with mental health services as usual
(Atkins et al, 2006-2008)
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Links to Learning: Service Model
(Atkins et al, 2006-2008)
Mental
Health
Providers
Teachers
Effective Instruction Classroom Management
Family Outreach
Parents
Communication Home Routines
Academic Support
Leader Teachers
Family Advocates
Academic Performance
School Behavior
Home Behavior
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Links to Learning: My Mission
• Focus on strategies that teachers used: to improve academic performance, to improve student behavior & to reach out to families
• Interview teachers on the extent to which they used the following classroom strategies or variations of them• Peer Assisted Learning Strategies• Good Behavior Game• Good News Note• Daily Report Card
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• Review the literature (articles, research studies, textbook chapters, training manuals)
• Attend on-site & off-site meetings
• Visit treatment schools
• Engage in one-on-one conversations with project staff
1: Building a Knowledge Base
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• Input pre-measure data on DatStat
• Communicate with research participants through email & telephone
• Conduct interviews at a site convenient for research participants (schools, coffee shops, summer employment sites)
• Problem solve with project staff members strategies to accurately & efficiently collect data
2: Collecting Data
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• Install digital recorder software
• Sync interview data to computer
• Transcribe interview data
• Identify trends/themes among data
• Report findings (at a later date with project staff)
3: Reviewing Data
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• Focus on student achievement through interdisciplinary lenses
• Bonding & therapeutic nature of the teacher interviews
• Meaningful research that leaves a lasting & potentially generative effect on school & family communities
Reflections
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• “Emphasize indigenous resources
• Develop capacity in families and schools to sustain positive change
• Plan for services that can be implemented with existing funding sources”
(Atkins et al, 2003)
Social Validity
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References• Institute for Juvenile Research Website:
http://www.psych.uic.edu/news/ijr.htm
• Atkins, M. S., Graczyk, P. A., Frazier, S. L., & Abdul-Adil, J. (2003). Toward a new model for promoting urban children’s mental health: Accessible, effective, and sustainable school-based mental health services. School Psychology Review: 32(4), 503-514.
• Atkins, M., Cappella, E., Frazier, S., Marinez-Lora, A., Shernoff, E., Watling-Neal, J. (2006-2008). Project Team Documents. UIC Institute for Juvenile Research.