Project Details
Examining the Potential Efficacy of a Classroom Wide Intervention for Promoting Social Emotional Development and Addressing Challenging Behavior in Preschool Children with and without Disabilities
Description
Dr. Lise Fox is teaming with Vanderbilt University to provide data on the outcomes associated with a classroom intervention model designed to promote young children’s social and emotional development and reduce challenging behavior. The Teaching Pyramid Model was developed in 2003 to provide early educators with a prevention, promotion, intervention model of practices to promote young children's social emotional development and address challenging behavior. Now recognized as a promising practice, additional funding from the US Department of Education/Institute of Education Sciences (IES) will allow the team to further develop the intervention and then conduct an initial evaluation in 40 public preschool classrooms in Tennessee and Florida. Teachers randomly assigned will be provided with training, technical assistance, and materials needed for the intervention and will be compared to teachers who are implementing "business as usual" practices. Fox and the CFS team will randomly select preschools in Pinellas County. Findings will reveal whether intervention classrooms have improved teacher and child outcomes compared to control classrooms.