Designing a Data-Tracking System for a Private Therapeutic Day School

Designing a Data-Tracking System for a Private Therapeutic Day School

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Main Author: Bittner, Olin J.
Language:English
Published: Antioch University / OhioLINK 2015
Subjects:
Clinical Psychology
Educational Evaluation
Educational Psychology
Psychology
Program Evaluation
Education
Special Education
Tracking Outcomes
Measuring Outcomes
Mental Health
Mental Health Outcomes
Student Mental Health
Therapeutic School
Therapeutic Day School
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1448896028
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-antioch14488960282021-08-03T06:34:09Z Designing a Data-Tracking System for a Private Therapeutic Day School Bittner, Olin J. Clinical Psychology Educational Evaluation Educational Psychology Psychology Program Evaluation Education Special Education Tracking Outcomes Measuring Outcomes Mental Health Mental Health Outcomes Student Mental Health Therapeutic School Therapeutic Day School The Children's Institute on Mercer Island (CHILD) is a private therapeutic day school inthe Seattle area serving students in elementary and secondary education. Their statedmission is to "provide innovative school programs and therapies that promote social,emotional and academic development for children with special needs." In the fall of 2012they engaged in a program evaluation that in many respects resembles a needs assessmentin order to explore and improve aspects of their functioning. Through preliminaryevaluation processes, including dialogue with CHILD's Leadership Team and a survey ofinternal stakeholders, an area of interest in student mental health was uncovered and aninitial evaluation question emerged: "How does CHILD claim expertise, particularly inthe area of mental health?" Historically, evidence of CHILD's impact in this regard hasbeen largely anecdotal. Aside from a limited collection of behavioral data pertaininglargely to IEP goals and objectives, CHILD does not track mental health, or long-termstudent outcomes. As a program interested in its own claims to "expertise," members ofthe Leadership Team and other stakeholders have called for improved data collection inthis regard. This program evaluation is an attempt to understand the types of data thatwould be most useful to CHILD's interest in expertise and then design a program fortracking this data. Bronfenbrenner's (1994) ecological model was used as a frameworkfor guiding data collection, the results of which are synthesized and integrated into aseries of recommendations constituting the final results of the project. This dissertation isavailable in open access at AURA, http://aura.antioch.edu/ and Ohio Link ETD Center,https://etd.ohiolink.edu/etd 2015-12-08 English text Antioch University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1448896028 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1448896028 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Clinical Psychology
Educational Evaluation
Educational Psychology
Psychology
Program Evaluation
Education
Special Education
Tracking Outcomes
Measuring Outcomes
Mental Health
Mental Health Outcomes
Student Mental Health
Therapeutic School
Therapeutic Day School
spellingShingle Clinical Psychology
Educational Evaluation
Educational Psychology
Psychology
Program Evaluation
Education
Special Education
Tracking Outcomes
Measuring Outcomes
Mental Health
Mental Health Outcomes
Student Mental Health
Therapeutic School
Therapeutic Day School
Bittner, Olin J.
Designing a Data-Tracking System for a Private Therapeutic Day School
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