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Coping Power Program

Scientific Rating:
1
Well-Supported by Research Evidence
See scale of 1-5

Additional Implementation Resources

Since this program Coping Power Program was highly rated on the Scientific Rating Scale, program representatives were asked to provide additional implementation information.

Pre-Implementation Assessments

To be given to organizations or providers in order to measure organizational or individual readiness:

The Coping Power Program has several measures of organizational climate and individual characteristics that are utilized with organizations who request them. The measures have been used in research trials as well. A set of questions is available on the website, www.copingpower.com, for individuals to leave information about their organization and interest in Coping Power training or materials.

Implementation Tools — for the program (e.g., implementation guides or manuals)

Facilitator's guides and client workbooks for the Coping Power Program have recently been published by Oxford University Press. They are available through the publisher's website or through sites such as www.amazon.com.

  • Lochman, J. E., Wells, K. C., & Lenhart, L. (2008). Coping Power: Child group facilitators' guide. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Lochman, J. E., Wells, K. C., & Lenhart, L. (2008). Child group 8-copy set client workbooks. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Wells, K. C., Lochman, J. E., & Lenhart, L. (2008). Coping Power: Parent group facilitator's guide. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Wells, K. C., Lochman, J. E., & Lenhart, L. (2008). Parent group 8-copy set of client workbooks. New York: Oxford University Press.

Fidelity Measures

Two sets of fidelity measures are used by the Coping Power Program. One is used to track the extent to which the objectives in each child and parent session are completed. The second is a rating scale which assesses quality of implementation of each session. For further information on these measures please contact:

  • Caroline Lewczyk Boxmeyer, PhD
    Research Psychologist
    The Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems
    email: boxmeyer@ua.edu
    phone: 205-348-4252