Take The Impact Far Beyond The Hallways of Your School.
The Susan Hirt Hagen Center for Community Outreach, Research, and Evaluation (CORE) at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College has partnered with RemedyLIVE, a 501(c) non-profit organization based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to conduct an external evaluation of the Get Schooled Tour to become an evidence-based program. Susan Hirt Hagen CORE is a research and outreach center at Penn State Erie whose mission is to cultivate a holistic, intentional, and interdisciplinary approach to positive youth development. CORE conducts program evaluation and research to support youth- serving programs and initiatives.
Why is this important?
During the 2024-2025 school year, CORE and RemedyLIVE will survey students, before and after receiving the Get Schooled Tour. Survey questions will include students’ attitudes towards mental health as well as help-seeking behaviors. Students who receive the program will be compared to students not receiving the program. The collected data will be used to support RemedyLIVE in becoming an evidence-based program and will only be reported in aggregate.
Navigating The Get Schooled Tour Research Program
A Step-by-Step Guide
Get Introduced
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Distribute Parent Opt-Out Forms
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Data Collection 2
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Students will complete the first 15-minute online survey during the school day.
Trusted Adults enter the number of students they talk to about mental health concerns daily for the 10 days leading up to the event.
Sit back and enjoy the program!
Data Collection 3
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If you have any questions about the program or the evaluation, please feel free to reach out to us.
Daniell DiFrancesca, Ph.D.
Charisse Nixon, Ph.D.
Megan LaMotte, Ph.D.
Connect with RemedyLIVE leaders and Penn State Behrend researchers to answer questions about the upcoming event and research initiative.
Complete Letter of Agreement
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Use the following template for the letter of agreement.
The due date for these forms must be no later than one day before students are scheduled to fill out the pre-survey. A template will be provided.
The Event
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1-2 days after the event, students will complete a 15-minute post survey. A teacher incentive will be provided to encourage survey completion.
Trusted Adults will continue to submit the number of students talked to for 10 days after the event.
1-2 weeks after the event, parents will complete an optional 1-minute survey.
Data Collection 1
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2-3 months after the event, students will complete a 15-minute follow-up survey.
Support
What’s Next?
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