Using interactive multimedia to teach parent advocacy skills: an exploratory study.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the efficacy of Brain Injury Partners: Advocacy Skills for Parents, an interactive multimedia intervention that provides training in educational advocacy skills for parents of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI).


METHODS
Randomized trial, with participants assigned to treatment (Brain Injury Partners CD-ROM) or control (alternate CD-ROM) conditions.


METHODS
Knowledge; skill application; and attitude, behavioral intention, and self-efficacy to use key advocacy skills.


METHODS
Thirty-one parents of children with TBI.


RESULTS
The Brain Injury Partners group reported higher postintervention adjusted means for application, knowledge, and attitudes scale scores than did the control group.


CONCLUSIONS
The results demonstrate the utility of a computer-delivered intervention for training parents in key skills for communicating with school personnel.
Glang
Ann
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Oregon Center for Applied Science, Eugene, OR 97401, USA. aglang@orcasinc.com
McLaughlin
Karen
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Schroeder
Susan
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology; D016251:CD-ROM; D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000193:education*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D033182:Intention; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D019212:Multimedia; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000193:education*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012574:Schools; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013663:Teaching