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S upporting P arents I n R esponsive I nteractions & T eaching

S upporting P arents I n R esponsive I nteractions & T eaching. Jean Johnson, DrPH - Principal Investigator Dewayne Bettag, MS - Co-PI & Project Coordinator. IV) What is RTC?. VI) Expected Outcomes. I) Funding and Partnerships. III) Participants & Overview.

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S upporting P arents I n R esponsive I nteractions & T eaching

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  1. Supporting Parents In Responsive Interactions & Teaching Jean Johnson, DrPH - Principal Investigator Dewayne Bettag, MS - Co-PI & Project Coordinator IV) What is RTC? VI) Expected Outcomes I) Funding and Partnerships III) Participants & Overview • RTC is a developmental curriculum based on decades of multi-cultural research • Created by G. Mahoney & J. D. MacDonald over 25 years of research funded by Office of Special Education Programs of DOE • 11 multi-year research & model demonstration projects awarded • www.responsiveteaching.org • Flexible. individualized program focusing on foundations of healthy development • Relationship focused & parent mediated • Sustainable - embedded in daily routines & activities • Three year grant from the US Department of Education’s Native Hawaiian Education Program Act • Implemented by The Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawai`i at Mānoa • Partnered with ALU LIKE, Inc., a Native • Hawaiian organization • Plan to serve 350 families over 3 yrs • Targeting predominantly Native HI communities along the Wai`anae Coast & in Waimanalo • “At-Risk” children 1 – 4 years • Community-based trainers meet with parent & child together in their home or neighborhood • Develop Family Action Plan based on values and goals of the family combined with the developmental needs of the child • Meet for about 1 hour a week for 6-months to practice strategies • Provide skills, support, & encouragement for the parents based on the Responsive Teaching Curriculum (RTC) • Enhance d positive interactions between child and caregiver(s) • Reduced “problem behaviors” • Reduced caregiver frustration • Increase d frequency of “pivotal behaviors” • Improved social-emotional, communication, and cognitive developmental scores • Increase d school readiness II) What is Project SPIRIT? SPIRIT is a parent-mediated prevention designed to help parents learn to use developmental principles for interacting with their young children in a responsive manner that promotes healthy relationships, optimal development, and school readiness. VII) Outcome Measurements • Range of Quantitative & Qualitative Measures • Empirical observations • Surveys & Interviews • Maternal Behavior Rating Scale • CES-D maternal/parental depression • scale • Child Behavior Rating Scale • Transdisciplinary Play Based • Assessment • Battelle Developmental Inventory 2nd • Ed. (BDI-2) • Parental satisfaction survey & 3- • month follow-up • Monitor & adapt curriculum based on cultural relevancy & sustainability V) What are the components of the RTC?

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