Transcript Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14

Welcome!
Adapting a Best Practice Program to Reach Latino Families.
Your presenters are:
Diana Castro,
Program Assistant,
Washington State University
Linda Becker,
Prevention Research Manager,
Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Ivón Urquilla,
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Fellow,
Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Objectives
Fortaleciendo Familias Overview
 Washington State Experience
 Challenges
 Training
 Research and Evaluation
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Recent findings and future plans
Best Practice Model
Strengthening Families Program for Parents
and Youth 10-14 Years
 Developed in Iowa, studied original cohort
intensively. 113 families mostly rural, mostly
white in program, similar controls matched.
Famous for its research base.
 Imported to Washington State in 1999.
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Recognized by federal agencies
 National
4H Headquarters & Cooperative State Research,
Education and Extension Service
 Center
for Substance Abuse Prevention
Substance Abuse & Metal Health Services Administration
 National
 US
Institute on Drug Abuse
Department of Education
 Office
of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention
Spanish Program
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By 2002, need for Spanish program was obvious.
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Advisory Group affirmed the need.
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Pan American Health Organization Spanish version was
completed in 2003 in cooperation with the program
developers.
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WSU sponsored a training for Spanish program in February
2004. Eight (8) teams were trained to conduct the program
in Spanish.
Video Clips
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Parent Session 1,
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Love and Limits
Youth Session 6,
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Dealing with Peer Pressure and Friends
Implementing of the Program
Securing Funding
 Location
 Facilitators
 Scheduling
 Recruitment
 Meals or Snacks
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Childcare
Transportation
Incentives
Registration
Certificates
Evaluation
and Fees
Keys to Success
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Recruit and train bi-lingual Latino facilitators to deliver
the program
Develop and adapt program materials to meet
facilitator, parent and youth needs
Develop and maintain positive working relationships
with program partners
Fidelity, but there are areas where adaptations can be
made
Partnerships with community agencies
When You Don’t Speak Spanish
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Learn about the Latino culture
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Get to know Latinos on a personal level
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Examine your personal attitudes and beliefs about
working with Latinos and immigrants
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Get acquainted with staff of programs serving Latino
families and youth in your community
Go the Extra Mile
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Attend as many of the program sessions as possible to
provide support for facilitators and establish a
relationship with Latino family participants
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Treat Latino facilitators as colleagues and valued
members of your Extension teaching team
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Make yourself available and willing to put in extra time
and effort
Training
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Training is required in order to be certified to
teach the SFP
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Training helps to ensure program fidelity
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Facilitators learn the content of the program,
evaluation and goals
Training within Washington State
For information about training within Washington State contact:
Drew Betz
[email protected]
(360) 676-6736
Professional training by experienced Strengthening
Families Program trainers is required in order to be
certified to teach the Strengthening Families
Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 (SFP 10-14).
Training Outside of Washington State
Agency staff are able to become certified as SFP 10-14 facilitators and trainers.
For information about training availability, fees, and scheduling contact outside
of Washington State:
Catherine Webb
2625 N Loop 500
Ames, IA 50011-1260
[email protected]
515.294.1426
Evaluation
Evaluation is about learning from our
experience
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For instance:
 Are we achieving the expected outcomes?
 Does the program work in this setting?
 Are we implementing the program with fidelity?
Spanish Language Evaluation
 We
have translated the evaluation into
Spanish and use it for the Spanish-language
programs
 Latino
parents report significant changes
by the end of the program
Participation
- 2859
Latino – 15%
 American Indian – 6%
 White – 51%
 Other – 5%
 Unknown – 24%
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Here is the breakdown by numbers
White
806
Latino
219
American Indian
81 77
644
212
Other 45 88
Unknown
257
0
430
200
400
600
800
Adult
Youth
1000
1200
1400
1600
Program Outcomes
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Change from before the program to
after (pre-post) is “significant” on all
measures
These changes are the same (for
statistical purposes) for the three
major groups
Parent changes
5
4.4
4.2
4.1
4.3
4.1
3.9
4
3
2
1
Latino
White
Pre
Post
American Indian
Youth changes
4
3.2
3.4
3.3
3.5
3.2
3.5
3.3
3.1
3
3
3.5
2.7
3.2
3.3
3.6
3.5
3.3
3.2
3
2.9
2.8
3.6
3.3
2.9
3.4
3.7
3.6
3.4
3.3
3.1
3
3
2.7
3.1
2.7 2.7
2.5
2
Latino
White
Pre
Post
American Indian
Involvement
Rewards
Fam Mgmt
Harmony
Attach
Peer
Involvement
Rewards
Fam Mgmt
Harmony
Attach
Peer
Involvement
Rewards
Fam Mgmt
Harmony
Attach
Peer
1
Substance use for 208 kids 13-15
11.0%
Cigarettes
Tobacco
6%
6.0%
3%
16.0%
Alcohol
15%
11.0%
Drunk
8%
9.0%
Marijuana
Inhalant
Other illegal
7%
8.0%
5%
5.0%
3%
8th grade WA
SFP 13-15 year olds
Future Research
 Measure
costs of programs to
establish cost versus benefits
 Explore relationships between
outcomes and fidelity
 Demonstrate effectiveness of
Spanish-language program in largescale longitudinal study
Website
WSU Extension Strengthening Families
Program for Parents and Youth 10-14
homepage:
http://sfp.wsu.edu/
How to order
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Manuals, Magnets & Brochures (English & Spanish)
WSU Extension Publications
Phone: (509) 335-2857
Toll-free: (800) 723-1763
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://pubs.wsu.edu
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Videotapes English
Iowa State University
Phone: (515) 294-5247
Website: www.extension.iastate.edu
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Videotapes Spanish
Youth and Family Consulting
Phone: (515) 292-1359
E-mail: [email protected]
For More Information
Visit our website:
http://sfp.wsu.edu/
For general information about
Strengthening Families Program
For information about Research on
Strengthening Families Program
Diana Castro
Program Assistant, WSU
[email protected]
(360) 427-9670 Ext. 684
Laura Griner Hill
[email protected]
(509) 335-8478
Ivón Urquilla
CSAP Fellow
DASA
[email protected]
(360) 725-3816
Linda Becker
Prevention Research Manager
DASA
[email protected]
(360) 725-3705
Thank you for coming!
Enjoy the rest of the conference!