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Hoagwood KE, Olin SS, Storfer-Isser A, et al. Evaluation of a Train-The-Trainers Model for Family Peer Advocates in Children's Mental Health. J Child Fam Stud. 2017;27(4):1130-1136doi: 10.1007/s10826-017-0961-8.
Hoagwood, K. E., Olin, S. S., Storfer-Isser, A., Kuppinger, A., Shorter, P., Wang, N. M., Pollock, M., Peth-Pierce, R., & Horwitz, S. (2018). Evaluation of a Train-The-Trainers Model for Family Peer Advocates in Children's Mental Health. Journal of child and family studies, 27(4), 1130-1136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0961-8
Hoagwood, Kimberly Eaton, et al. "Evaluation of a Train-The-Trainers Model for Family Peer Advocates in Children's Mental Health." Journal of child and family studies vol. 27,4 (2018): 1130-1136. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0961-8
Hoagwood KE, Olin SS, Storfer-Isser A, Kuppinger A, Shorter P, Wang NM, Pollock M, Peth-Pierce R, Horwitz S. Evaluation of a Train-The-Trainers Model for Family Peer Advocates in Children's Mental Health. J Child Fam Stud. 2018;27(4):1130-1136. doi: 10.1007/s10826-017-0961-8. Epub 2017 Dec 01. PMID: 29576726; PMCID: PMC5854741.
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J Child Fam Stud. 2018;27(4):1130-1136. doi: 10.1007/s10826-017-0961-8. Epub 2017 Dec 01.

Evaluation of a Train-The-Trainers Model for Family Peer Advocates in Children's Mental Health.

Journal of child and family studies

Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood, S Serene Olin, Amy Storfer-Isser, Anne Kuppinger, Priscilla Shorter, Nicole M Wang, Michele Pollock, Robin Peth-Pierce, Sarah Horwitz

Affiliations

  1. 1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Child Study Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY USA.
  2. Public Health Communications Consulting, LLC, Cleveland, OH USA.

PMID: 29576726 PMCID: PMC5854741 DOI: 10.1007/s10826-017-0961-8

Abstract

Standardized training and credentialing is increasingly important to states and healthcare systems. Workforce shortages in children's mental health can be addressed through training and credentialing of professional peer parents (called family peer advocates or FPAs), who deliver a range of services to caregivers. A theory-based training program for FPAs targeting skills and knowledge about childhood mental health services (Parent Empowerment Program, or PEP) was developed through a partnership among a statewide family-run organization, state policy leaders, and academic researchers. Prior studies by this team using highly-experienced family peer advocates (who were also co-developers of the training program) as trainers found improvements in knowledge about mental health services and self-efficacy. In 2010, to meet demands and scale the model, a training of trainers (TOT) model was developed to build a cohort of locally-trained FPAs to deliver PEP training. A pre/post design was used to evaluate the impact of TOT model on knowledge and self-efficacy among 318 FPAs across the state. Participants showed significant pre-post (6 month) changes in knowledge about mental health services and self-efficacy. There were no significant associations between any FPA demographic characteristics and their knowledge or self-efficacy scores. A theory-based training model for professional peer parents working in the children's mental health system can be taught to local FPAs, and it improves knowledge about the mental health system and self-efficacy. Studies that evaluate the effectiveness of different training modalities are critical to ensure that high-quality trainings are maintained.

Keywords: Adolescent; Child; Family peer advocates; Mental health services; Train-the-trainer model

Conflict of interest statement

Compliance with Ethical StandardsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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