title: Teacher consultation and coaching within mental health practice: classroom and child effects in urban elementary schools.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine effects of a teacher consultation and coaching program delivered by school and community mental health professionals on change in observed classroom interactions and child functioning across one school year.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-six classrooms within 5 urban elementary schools (87% Latino, 11% Black) were randomly assigned to intervention (training + consultation/coaching) and control (training only) conditions. Classroom and child outcomes (n = 364; 43% girls) were assessed in the fall and spring.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Random effects regression models showed main effects of intervention on teacher-student relationship closeness, academic self-concept, and peer victimization. Results of multiple regression models showed levels of observed teacher emotional support in the fall moderated intervention impact on emotional support at the end of the school year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest teacher consultation and coaching can be integrated within existing mental health activities in urban schools and impact classroom effectiveness and child adaptation across multiple domains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA. elise.cappella@nyu.edu
authors.forename: Elise
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cappella
authors.forename: Bridget K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Hamre
authors.forename: Ha Yeon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Stacy L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Frazier
authors.forename: Marc S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Atkins
authors.forename: Sonja K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Schoenwald
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services; D010379:Peer Group; D012572:School Health Services; D012574:Schools; D012919:Social Behavior; D014505:Urban Population