Supporting Children, Parents, and Educators in Different Settings and Problem Areas: Innovations in Video Feedback

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Abstract

Video feedback (VF) has been increasingly acknowledged as an effective strategy to support healthy child development through enhancing developmentally nurturing parenting practices and educator-child interactions. In programs using VF, parents or teachers are filmed interacting with children and are then invited to watch and reflect on the video recording under the guidance of a coach/mentor. Although the theoretical bases for different programs differ, VF programs share the similarities of enhancing existing positive interactions with the child and highlighting strengths and resources. Given this approach’s flexibility and adaptability, VF is also found scalable to different social contexts and problem areas. This symposium features three papers that illustrate the innovative application of VF in different settings and problem areas. Paper 1 reports the effectiveness of the Filming Intervention to Nurture Development (FIND) program, a home-based VF intervention, in improving parents’ self-efficacy as well as child socioemotional and language outcomes. Paper 2 presents the Smart Beginning (SB) program, a tiered VF intervention in pediatric primary care and home settings, that effectively reduces harsh parenting and child externalizing problems. Paper 3 presents the Assessing Classroom Sociocultural Equity Scale (ACSES)-Global, a VF coaching program that targets racial equity mindsets and decision-making in the classroom setting in order to improve socio-culturally equitable teacher-child interactions, educators’ anti-bias and anti-racist practices, and racial equity beliefs. Together, these studies exemplify the wide application and strong effectiveness of VF as an intervention strategy. Comparisons of VF applications in different settings, problem areas, and theoretical bases will be discussed.

Sub Unit

• Prevention and Interventions

Chairs

• Philip Fisher, Stanford University

• Sarah E Watamura, University of Denver

Individual Presentations

• Improving Caregiver Self-Efficacy and Child Development via FIND Video Coaching Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial - Presenting Author: Sihong Liu, Stanford University; Andrea Imhof, University of Oregon; Sarah E Watamura, University of Denver; Tiffany Phu, University of Denver; Lisa Schlueter, Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Early Childhood; Amy Dominguez, University of Denver; Eliana Hurwich-Reiss; Andrew (Drew) B. McGee, University of Denver; Philip Fisher, Stanford University

• Improving Child Behavior through Reductions in Harsh Discipline: Impacts of a Tiered Video Feedback Intervention - Presenting Author: Caitlin Ford Canfield, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Elizabeth B. Miller, New York University School of Medicine; Erin Roby, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Luciane Piccolo, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Pamela Morris-Perez, New York University; Daniel S. Shaw, University of Pittsburgh; Alan L Mendelsohn, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

• Teachers as their own Models for Improvement: Using Video Clips to Promote Equitable Classroom Interactions - Presenting Author: Taylor Boyd, Boston University; Stephanie Michelle Curenton, Boston University; Emily Stolz, Boston University