Kristin Duppong Hurley

The goal of this project is to better understand associations between parental involvement and education outcomes for high school students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorder (EBD). As a group, youth with EBD experience high rates of dropout and juvenile arrest, and poorer academic performance when compared to youth without disabilities and those in other disability groups. While it has been widely documented that parental involvement plays an important role in the education outcom...

Youth with emotional and behavioral disorders are more likely to experience poor education outcomes than those from any other disability group. Although the effectiveness of parental involvement in improving academic outcomes of students is supported by research, students with emotional disturbance (ED) are the least likely to have families who are involved in their education. Because effective interventions for this population have not yet been established in schools, there is a need to eva...