ERIC Number: ED624146
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 17
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Evidence of Efficacy of the "Integrated Literacy Study Group" Professional Learning Program to Enhance Reading Instruction for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Gregory J. Benner; Marissa J. Filderman; Lucy Barnard-Brak; Jordan Pennefather; Jean Louise M. Smith; Lisa A. Strycker
Grantee Submission
This article reports on a pilot study of the "Integrated Literacy Study Group," a digitally delivered professional learning intervention to prepare elementary school teachers to provide evidence-based reading instruction and behavioral strategies to students with or are at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. Using broadcast methods, we recruited 72 teachers across five states in the western United States to participate in the randomized controlled trial. Intervention teachers, relative to controls, made significant gains in self-efficacy and use of the reading and behavioral strategies learned in the professional learning program. Students with or at risk of emotional and behavioral disorders served by participating teachers made significant improvements in academic competence and engagement. Teacher professional learning can improve teacher knowledge of evidence-based reading and behavioral strategies for students with (or at risk for) emotional and behavioral disorders, teacher self-efficacy, and teacher practice, with positive impacts on student early literacy and academic competence. [This is the online version of an article published in "Psychology in the Schools."]
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Intervention, Elementary School Teachers, Reading Instruction, Evidence Based Practice, At Risk Students, Faculty Development, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Academic Ability, Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Emergent Literacy, Teacher Improvement, Student Needs, Coaching (Performance), Feedback (Response), Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Characteristics
Related Records: EJ1358120
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A180220