Abstract

Families play an important role in supporting children’s learning and behavioral health. School psychologists are ideally situated to promote family–school partnerships, home–school collaboration, and enhance positive parenting practices on behalf of students. When American schools closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, many families experienced increased stress and caregiving burden associated with supporting their children at home. We delivered a behavioral parent training program via telehealth to 42 Spanish-speaking Latinx parents of preschool children with developmental delay (DD) and elevated behavior problems during the pandemic. We used an implementation framework to examine acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, feasibility, fidelity, and implementation cost of the telehealth approach for this sample. Our findings suggest overall positive implementation outcomes for Latinx parents of children with DD. We discuss key implementation issues that are relevant to school psychologists delivering consultation and family-centered interventions to support families and students from diverse backgrounds.

Impact Statement

Parents of children with disabilities experience heightened stress and caregiving burden, likely exacerbated by the school closures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. We delivered a behavioral parent training program via telehealth during the pandemic to Spanish-speaking parents of preschool children with developmental delay to support parenting at home. Study findings suggest strong support for the implementation outcomes investigated.

摘要

家庭在支持儿童的学习和行为健康方面发挥着重要作用。学校心理学家非常适合促进家庭与学校的伙伴关系、家与学校的合作，并代表学生加强积极的育儿实践。2020 年 3 月，当美国学校因 COVID-19 大流行而关闭时，许多家庭因在家养育孩子而承受着更大的压力和看护负担。我们通过远程医疗向 42 名讲西班牙语的拉丁裔学龄前儿童家长提供了一项行为家长培训计划，这些家长在大流行期间有发育迟缓 (DD) 和高行为问题。我们使用实施框架来检查此样本的远程医疗方法的可接受性、采用、适当性、可行性、保真度和实施成本。我们的研究结果表明 DD 儿童的拉丁裔父母的总体实施结果是积极的。我们讨论了与学校心理学家提供咨询和以家庭为中心的干预措施相关的关键实施问题，以支持来自不同背景的家庭和学生。

影响陈述

残疾儿童的父母承受着更大的压力和看护负担，这可能因与 COVID-19 大流行相关的学校停课而加剧。我们在大流行期间通过远程医疗向发育迟缓的学龄前儿童的讲西班牙语的父母提供了行为父母培训计划，以支持在家养育子女。研究结果表明对所调查的实施结果的大力支持。