Head Start Classroom-based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social Skill Promotion (Head Start CARES)

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2670 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-04-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to deepen the evidence base for interventions that support the social-emotional skills that underlie children's engagement and attention to learning tasks by schools (learning behaviors) and their social interactions with teachers and peers (social behaviors). The study tested three theoretically-distinct approaches to enhancing children's social-emotional development, along with a comprehensive coaching and training model, on a large scale within the Head Start system.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Teacher Practice Child Social-Emotional Development

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control Group

Control group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Incredible Years

incredible years intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Incredible Years Teacher Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Preschool PATHS

Preschool PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Preschool PATHS

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Tools of the Mind

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tools of the Mind

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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Incredible Years Teacher Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Preschool PATHS

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Tools of the Mind

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Grantees had to have at least 4 centers with a similar racial/ethnic composition
* An equal number of classrooms with full-day or part-day programs
* And a similar mix of four-year-old-only and mixed-age (three-and four-year-old) classrooms.
* Children had to speak English and Spanish.

Exclusion Criteria

* A grantee was excluded from the sample if it: only ran early Head Start programs
* Only served migrant children
* Was located in a U.S. territory
* Only or mostly provided family child care or home services
* Was more than 100 miles from a "primary airport,"
* Operated fewer than 4 centers with two classrooms each
* Had been in operation for less than 2 years
* Was not in compliance with Head Start Standards
* They were already systematically implementing a social-emotional curriculum or participating in another evaluation study.

Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

4 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes