Florida International University, United States of America.
Florida International University, United States of America.
J Sch Psychol. 2021 Jun;86:133-150. doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2021.04.002. Epub 2021 May 11.
Engaging male caregivers within school settings is a major need within the educational field. Paternal engagement may be particularly important for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children with ADHD have increased risk for a number of poor educational outcomes, which may be attenuated by the benefits of positive male caregiver involvement. The Coaching Our Acting Out Children: Heightening Essential Skills (COACHES) program has been illustrated to be an effective approach for engaging, retaining, and improving the parenting of male caregivers of children with ADHD in clinical settings. The present study reports on the efficacy of the COACHES in Schools program, an adaptation intended for deployment in elementary school settings. Sixty-one male caregivers were randomly assigned to COACHES in Schools or a waitlist control. Results indicated that male caregivers in COACHES in Schools used significantly more praise and less negative talk in a parent-child activity relative to male caregivers in the waitlist control at post-treatment and one-month follow-up. Distal outcomes related to child behavior at home and at school were not significantly different. Implications of the results for future studies and continued efforts to engage male caregivers within school settings are discussed.
在学校环境中吸引男性照顾者是教育领域的主要需求。父亲的参与对于患有注意力缺陷/多动障碍（ADHD）的儿童可能尤为重要。患有 ADHD 的儿童有许多不良教育结果的风险增加，而积极的男性照顾者参与可能会减轻这些风险。“指导我们的行为儿童：提高基本技能（COACHES）”计划已被证明是一种有效的方法，可以吸引、留住和改善临床环境中患有 ADHD 儿童的男性照顾者的育儿方式。本研究报告了 COACHES 在学校计划的疗效，该计划是为在小学环境中部署而改编的。61 名男性照顾者被随机分配到 COACHES 在学校或候补名单对照组。结果表明，与候补名单对照组相比，COACHES 在学校的男性照顾者在亲子活动中使用了更多的表扬，而使用的负面语言更少，在治疗后和一个月随访时都是如此。与家庭和学校儿童行为相关的远端结果没有显著差异。讨论了这些结果对未来研究和继续努力在学校环境中吸引男性照顾者的影响。
