Kendra DeLoach McCutcheon (SWK) PI
2020-2021 Falk Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Seed Grant Award
Primary-age students with social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties (SEBD) are at a significantly higher risk of experiencing poor outcomes such as high school dropout rates, poor academic achievement, poor post-school outcomes, and social outcomes. Adverse intrapersonal and interpersonal outcomes may be particularly increased for students with SEBD who face challenges in their well-being, connectedness to peers, and relationships with peers and adults.
This study will focus on youth ages 8 and through 17 years old who have previously experienced school absenteeism, behavioral incidents at school, poor relations with peers, school personnel, and family members, and poor academic achievement. The project will examine the feasibility and acceptability of a brief intervention to build capacity with youth and their families, which may improve student strength, resiliency, and social connectedness. Study participants will engage in the intervention and report their perception of youth’s relational, social, and behavioral functioning.
The results of this project may advance services to youth with SEBD and inform youth, families, social workers, and other helping professionals to develop (?) an intervention that builds child capacity. The data from this study will be used to justify the implementation and expansion of the intervention within schools with school personnel.