TY - JOUR
T1 - Training community members to serve as paraprofessionals in an evidence-based, prevention program for parents of preschoolers
AU - Calzada, Esther J.
AU - Caldwell, Melissa B.
AU - Brotman, Laurie Miller
AU - Brown, Elissa J.
AU - Wallace, Scyatta A.
AU - McQuaid, Jennifer H.
AU - Rojas-Flores, Lisseth
AU - O'Neal, Colleen R.
N1 - Funding Information:
Scyatta A. Wallace, Ph.D. now an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) research fellow at the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, and Lisseth Rojas-Flores, Ph.D. now at the Fuller Theological Seminary, in Pasadena, CA. This research was supported in part by grants to Laurie Miller Brotman, Ph.D. from the U.S. Department of Education, J. P. Morgan Chase, Inc., and Cathy and Stephen Graham. This work was conducted in collaboration with the Harlem Children’s Zone (formally Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families). Special thanks to Charlette Divens, Agnes Kodjo, Cassandra Walker, Sharon Kingston, and Daniel Chesir-Teran for reviewing this manuscript.
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - Widespread dissemination of evidence-based programs for underserved populations may require non-traditional means of service provision. Collaboration with paraprofessionals from communities that are targeted for intervention holds promise as a delivery strategy that may make programs more accessible and acceptable, especially to parents living in low-income, urban neighborhoods. We describe a paraprofessional training program for individuals living in a community targeted for preventive intervention based on high levels of poverty and community violence. The design and implementation of the training program are described in the context of issues related to the use of paraprofessionals in community-based, preventive interventions with parents of young children. We also provide insight into lessons learned from a feasibility study as well as general guidelines for the development of paraprofessional training programs for delivery of evidence-based programs.
AB - Widespread dissemination of evidence-based programs for underserved populations may require non-traditional means of service provision. Collaboration with paraprofessionals from communities that are targeted for intervention holds promise as a delivery strategy that may make programs more accessible and acceptable, especially to parents living in low-income, urban neighborhoods. We describe a paraprofessional training program for individuals living in a community targeted for preventive intervention based on high levels of poverty and community violence. The design and implementation of the training program are described in the context of issues related to the use of paraprofessionals in community-based, preventive interventions with parents of young children. We also provide insight into lessons learned from a feasibility study as well as general guidelines for the development of paraprofessional training programs for delivery of evidence-based programs.
KW - Evidence-based programs
KW - Paraprofessionals
KW - Preventive interventions
KW - Training program
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U2 - 10.1007/s10826-005-6851-5
DO - 10.1007/s10826-005-6851-5
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:24144452833
SN - 1062-1024
VL - 14
SP - 387
EP - 402
JO - Journal of Child and Family Studies
JF - Journal of Child and Family Studies
IS - 3
ER -