Evaluation Tools BSC

Boy in wheelchair sitting outside with parents.
Two fathers and a daughter taking a slefie.
Latino extended family eating a meal together outside.

Two sets of evaluation tools are available for those offering Building Strength through Coping:

  • Fidelity checklists for each lesson (facilitator and observer forms) for describing the fidelity of program delivery.
  • Participant pre-post questionnaires for evaluating the influence of the program on parenting practices and parenting self-efficacy.  The parenting practices questionnaire is a shortened version of the “Parental Scaffolding Questionnaire” used in the two randomized controlled trials of the program described in the research section.1,2  The self-efficacy and fidelity questionnaires are the same instruments that were used as evaluation tools in these two studies.

1 Power, T. G., Ramos, G. G., Guerrero, Y. O., Diaz Martinez, A., Parker, L. A., & Lee, S. (2021).  Evaluation of a program to help low-income, Latina mothers help their children cope with stress.  Journal of Primary Prevention, 42, 257-277.

2 Power, T. G., Silva Garcia, K., Diaz Martinez, A., Parker, L. A., & Ramos, G. G. (2022).  Further evaluation of a program to help low-income, Latina mothers help their children cope with stress:  Effects on parenting, child coping, and adjustment.  Prevention Science, 23, 1018-128.