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CONDUCTING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN PARENTS OF TYPICAL ADOLESCENTS, AGES 11-13 YEARS OLD
by
Dayna Belvin
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2011
Copyright 2011 Dayna Belvin
Object Description
| Title | Conducting a needs assessment in parents of typical adolescents, ages 11 - 13 years old |
| Author | Belvin, Dayna |
| Author email | belvin@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-05-10 |
| Date submitted | 2011-08-09 |
| Date approved | 2011-08-09 |
| Restricted until | 2011-08-09 |
| Date published | 2011-08-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Clark, Ginger |
| Advisor (committee member) | Chung, Ruth |
| Abstract | Parents of typical adolescents often find themselves feeling unprepared to face the challenges of child rearing. Though parent education programs are readily available for parents of young children, parents of adolescents, ages 11-13, have difficulty finding relevant, age-appropriate curriculum. The literature indicates that parent education programs are providing valuable information and, indeed, are effectively meeting their own intended goals but there is no indication that the parents’ needs themselves are being met ( Dembo et al, 1985). ❧ The purpose of this study is to determine precisely what parents of typical adolescents need most in a parent education program; to examine if parenting needs differ based on demographic backgrounds, and to determine if the goals of existing programs are, in fact, aligned with the parents’ articulated needs. Using a qualitative approach, the respondents were made up of an ethnically and demographically diverse group of 25 parents whose 11 to 13-year-old children attended school within the Los Angeles Unified School District. Significant findings indicated that, although existing parent education programs do meet their intended goals, and even address some parents’ identified needs, parents still have specific concerns about academic achievement, teaching values, and parent-child communication. This study also identified that differences in ethnic, social, and economic background should be taken into consideration when addressing parent needs. The implications of the findings are that input from parents is crucial to bridging the gap between program content and identified parent needs. |
| Keyword | adolescents; parent education programs; parent needs |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Belvin, Dayna |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-BelvinDayn-264.pdf |
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| Full text | CONDUCTING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN PARENTS OF TYPICAL ADOLESCENTS, AGES 11-13 YEARS OLD by Dayna Belvin A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2011 Copyright 2011 Dayna Belvin |
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