Ngaripirliga'ajirri : an early intervention program on the Tiwi Islands : final evaluation report / Gary Robinson, Bill Tyler
- Bib ID:
- 3943716
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- Author:
- Robinson, G. (Gary)
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- Description:
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- [Casuarina, N.T.] : School for Social and Policy Research, Charles Darwin University, c2006
- 162 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1876248890
- Summary:
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Exploring together is a targeted 10 week multi group program based on developmental principles. Children are referred to program by teachers and attend the programs in groups. It includes the parent and the sessions are focusing on child social skills training and parenting management training.
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- Machine derived contents note: 1. Ngaripiriga'ajiri: An early intervention program on the Tiwi Islands 13
- Introduction 13
- Funding and Program Duration: Challenges and constraints 14
- R esources 15
- Working with Schools and Communities 16
- 2. Attendance, Participation and Community Support 19
- 2 1 T he T iw i C om m unity C ontext 19
- 2.2 Participation in Ngaripirliga'ajirri 20
- Participation in the Early Intervention Program 20
- A ttendance of Parents and Children 20
- ildren 21
- Program reach 24
- 3. Overview of Development and Evaluation 27
- 3.1 Culture and Early Intervention: Program development and adaptation 27
- 3.2 Evaluation Project Design 29
- Aims .0 30
- Project Development Timelines 30
- Evaluation M ethods 32
- Measurement of Behaviour Change in Ngaripirliga'ajirri 33
- Lim itations of the Present Study 34
- 4. Ngaripirliga'ajirri: Program process 37
- 4.1 Exploring Together with Tiwi Parents and Children 37
- The Original Intervention 37
- Key Features 37
- Exploring Together in the Tiwi Context 38
- 4 2 Exploring Together Processes in the Tiwi Context 40
- Referral and Group Selection 40
- ro ps and Co n m tty R 4
- a t e s a d / n 4 1
- P e e r R iro p s s 4 1
- A voi a elationshi 41
- m iy Issues and G uidelines for Inclusion 42
- 4.3 Adaptation of Content and Approach: Brief outline 44
- Homework and Evening Play Group: Literacy and program development 44
- Themes in the Children's Group 45
- Adaptation of Themes in the Parents' Group 6
- Children's Group: Rules and consequences 48
- R l s f r th e G ro up 4 8
- Summary 5 0 50
- 5. Child Behaviour, Parents and Families 51
- 5.1 Group W ork W ith Parents and Children 51
- Group work, group formation and barriers to group work 51
- Parent-child interaction and resistance to disclosure in gro wor k 53
- Conflict over lesp onsibilities or male andifemale children 54
- rorn Strong Boys to Just Boys: Reactions to parental non-attendance 55
- 5.2 Parents. Active and Passive: Cases and patterns 57
- Parents and their families 58
- "Mack ack" 60
- "R uss" 62
- Parenting Delegation and Inclusion: "Clay". 64
- Suicide Threats, Anxiety and Stress: "Marietta" , 66
- 5.3 Parenting, Family Transitions and Group Relationships 68
- P aren tin g S ty les. 70
- Parental Assertive/ ess and Passive-avoidant Parenting 70
- Coercive and Inconsistent Parenting 73
- Vigilant Children and Parental Conflict 76
- hildren's Play, Children's Anxieties 78
- Dealing with Death and Violence 79
- Discussion: Change mechanisms in the Tiwi context 80
- eci fic Mechanisi ms Effects and M otivations 80
- Measurement of Parenting and Family Functioning 81
- 5.4 The Recognition of Problems and Accounts of Change: Parents and Teachers 82
- Teacher- and Parent-reported Change 82
- Referral Reasons and Changes Noted by Teachers or Parent 83
- Accounting for Change 87
- 6 Program Effectiveness: Measures. Outcomes and Determinants 89
- Introduction Aims and Hypotheses 89
- Unique Features of the Tiwi Program 90
- 6.1 Sampling History and Stages of Scale Construction 90
- The Development of a Composite Behaviour Measure 91
- "Timelines for Development and Use of Evaluation Measures 92
- 6.2 Sample Characteristics 93
- Stage 1 Participants 93
- Stage 3 Participants 97
- 6.3 Scale Development 97
- S tag e I O rig in al S cales 9 7
- Stage 2 Revised Scales 98
- Stage 3 Validation Scales 98
- 6.4 Development of the Evaluative Strategy: Experimental Design and Tiwi Context 99
- Measuring Outcomes: Developing a Statistical Procedure 100
- 6.5 Hypothesis I nstrum entation 102
- Distribution of Scale Scores (Statistic 1) 102
- Scale Consistency: Cronbach's Alpha Values (Statistic 2) 106
- Exploring Construct Validity: Congruence among Component Scoes (Statistic 3) 07
- 6.6 Hypothesis II - Measuring Program Gains 109
- Testing for Behavioural Change (Statistics 4, 5 and 6) 109
- Problem Scales - "Is this a problem for you?'" 111
- Revised and Validation Scales 1 13
- Revised Scales: Pro grm ad Wa .ing List Cn 13
- Validation Scales 1
- 6.7 Hypothesis III: Measurement in Context- Family and School Effects 115
- Measuring Covariate Effects (Statislics 7 and 8) 1 15
- Predicting Scale Values: Covariates and "Risk" (Statistic 8) 117
- he Conmponents of "Risk 118
- Predicting self harm: threats of suicide and self harm (Original Scales) 120
- Covariate analvsis 12 1
- lk h (t O 0lo 1..2 12 2
- 68 Sumar,y and Conclusions 126
- ro Ca'm Eifif ct and Self H arm Item s 125
- 7 Program Outcomes and Future Directions: Integrating Prevention in Health and
- Education Services 129
- 7 1 Nganpirliga'ajirr Contextualizing intervention 129
- 7.2 Sustainability and Capacity: Health and Education Services 130
- hl s tain ability of Ngaripirliga 'ajirri in the Tiw i context, 130
- sed B a i r a ag n t and udent S es I3
- 7 h ia l ics. inta tl H lth a d Y lut7 SW, i CS 134
- :V iAalt/i Sci es fitaclr lth i i!Y ut S- -iccs 134
- Not s on cost e fectiveness and sustainable del 136
- 7.3 Partnerships to Build Capacity in Early Intervention 138
- esarch and Development Partnership.
- Notes:
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- Bibliography: p. 141-144.
- Also available online via the World Wide Web.
- Subject:
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- Behavior modification -- Northern Territory -- Tiwi Islands
- Behavioral assessment of children -- Northern Territory -- Tiwi Islands
- Child psychotherapy -- Northern Territory -- Tiwi Islands
- Children - Behaviour and development
- Education - Schools - Parent relations
- Education - Primary
- Social behaviour - Socialisation - Child rearing
- Tiwi Islands (NT SC52-15, SC52-16)
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