A Virtual Collaborative Parent Education Program for Parents of School-Aged Children

Abstract

The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a virtual, collaborative parent education program for parents of school-age children. Although parenting websites and online discussion forums have been around since the world wide web became widely available in the early 1990s (Lupton, Pedersen & Thomas, 2016), a rise in the use and necessity of virtual platforms for program delivery and telemedicine services provides an opportunity to expand parent education on mental health literacy in hard to reach communities. This program model will combine the basic principles of adult education and group counseling with models that promote collaborative learning with parents and subject matter experts.