Implementing a School-Based, Trauma-Informed Resilience Curriculum for Parents.

Fein EH, Kataoka S, Aralis H, Lester P, Marlotte L, Morgan R, Ijadi-Maghsoodi R. Implementing a School-Based, Trauma-Informed Resilience Curriculum for Parents. Social work in public health. 2021 Nov 17; 36(7-8):795-805.

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"Families OverComing Under Stress" (FOCUS) Resilience Curriculum for Parents (FRC-P) is a trauma-informed group parenting program adapted for school social workers to deliver to parents of racial/ethnic minority urban public schoolchildren, an under-researched group of parents in the literature. The objective was to describe implementation of the pilot FRC-P in terms of possible effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability. Social workers delivered FRC-P to parents at 16 schools. We analyzed (1) changes in parent well-being; (2) parent satisfaction; and (3) a focus group of participating social workers. Ninety-six of 261 parents (37%) who attended FRC-P completed pre and post surveys. Parents reported significant improvements ( < .01) in family functioning (Cohen's = 0.41), parent connectedness ( = 0.71), and social support ( = 0.66). Social workers linked parents to needed services. Parents and social workers found FRC-P feasible and acceptable. With refinement, FRC-P could help schools foster resilience in under-resourced parents.