Program evaluation of the prepare school crisis prevention and intervention training curriculum

Amanda B. Nickerson; Michelle L. Serwacki; Stephen E. Brock; Todd A. Savage; Scott A. Woitaszewski; Melissa A. Louvar Reeves

doi:10.1002/pits.21757

Program evaluation of the prepare school crisis prevention and intervention training curriculum

Amanda B. Nickerson
, Michelle L. Serwacki
, Stephen E. Brock
, Todd A. Savage
, Scott A. Woitaszewski
, Melissa A. Louvar Reeves

Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

SUNY Buffalo
California State University Sacramento
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Winthrop University

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This study details a program evaluation of the PREPaRE School Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Curriculum (PREPaRE), conducted in the United States and Canada between 2009 and 2011. Significant improvements in crisis prevention and intervention attitudes and knowledge were shown among 875 Crisis Prevention and Preparedness workshop (Workshop 1) participants and 1,422 Crisis Intervention and Recovery workshop (Workshop 2) participants on matched pre-tests and post-tests. Results indicated high participant satisfaction for both Workshop 1 and Workshop 2. A qualitative analysis of workshop evaluation comments indicated strengths regarding workshop aims, materials, and activities, as well as suggestions for improvement, such as utilizing more active learning components. The use of these findings in the PREPaRE curriculum revision is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	466-479
Number of pages	14
Journal	Psychology in the Schools
Volume	51
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.21757
State	Published - May 2014

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