Date of Graduation
2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Type
EdD
College
College of Education and Human Services
Department
Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling & Counseling Psychology
Committee Chair
Reagan Curtis
Committee Co-Chair
Patricia Haught
Committee Member
Michael Mayton
Committee Member
Eileen St John
Committee Member
Jessica Troilo
Abstract
Positive Behavior Support (PBS) promotes the importance of all staff, school locations, and instructional settings emulating and purposefully teaching the same targeted behavioral expectations. One way to achieve this is to decisively partner with parents and jointly teach positive behavioral conduct and cultivate consistent behavioral expectations across home and school. The purpose of this study was to determine degrees of parent involvement within the confines of a qualitative case study to assess the perceptual nuances that parents experience with their child's middle school using the PBS process. Six parents across two middle schools employing PBS voluntarily shared their perceptions of the benefits and challenges of connecting to their child's school. Results of this study revealed differing degrees of connectedness that are unique to the individual student needs, parental ease in engaging, and the school's effort to establish rapport. Implications for teacher education and parent participation are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Work-Poggi, Kathryn, "Two Case Studies of Middle School Parents and Their Engagement with Schools Who Participate in Positive Behavior Support" (2018). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 6976.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/6976