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Yin, Ming; Heard, Holly E.; Szabo, Julia; Ankoor, Nehemiah – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2021
In the fall of 2019, 3,355 10-year-old students in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) students participated in the Study on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES), part of an international effort led by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), with Houston serving as the only U.S. site. This report provides a…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Social Development, Emotional Development, Skill Development
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Pinho, Maria Inês; Fernandes, Dárida; Serrão, Carla; Mascarenhas, Daniela – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2019
Today's society has valued entrepreneurship in various sectors of personal and professional life, but the school seems to forget this reality. Aware of this fact, the Portuguese Ministry of Education has created a program, from early childhood education to basic and secondary education, to develop the concept of social entrepreneurship in schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness
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Lamont, Andrea; Van Horn, M. Lee – Social Development, 2013
Despite known risks associated with aberrant social skill development, there has been a relative dearth of literature on typical developmental changes in social skills over time. In this study, we examine systematic changes in social skills from kindergarten (typical age of 5-6 years) to third grade (typical age of 8-9 years), and focus on…
Descriptors: Social Development, Skill Development, Parent Attitudes, Elementary School Students
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Sad, Suleyman Nihat; Gurbuzturk, Oguz – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which parents of elementary students (1st to 5th) participate in their children's education with regard to some variables. The study was designed based on descriptive survey model and comparative and correlational associative models. The sample of the research comprised 1252 parents whose…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Foreign Countries
Horowitz, Rob – New York City Department of Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Everyday Arts for Special Education (EASE) program on elementary special education students' academic achievement (reading and math) and social-emotional learning. EASE was a 5-year program providing professional development and instruction in the arts in 10 New York City special education…
Descriptors: Special Education, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students, Reading Achievement
Sheridan, Susan M.; Glover, Todd; Kwon, Kyongboon; Garbacz, S. Andrew – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC; Sheridan et al., 1996; Sheridan & Kratochwill, 2008) is an indirect intervention that engages parents, teachers, and a behavioral consultant in collaborative, structured problem solving to address shared academic, behavioral, or social-emotional concerns for a student. The goals of CBC are to (a) enhance…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Family School Relationship, Cooperation
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Sutherland, Judy; Waldman, Gwenn; Collins, Carolyn – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2010
This article describes the theory and practice of Art Therapy Connection (ATC), an inner city, yearlong school art therapy program in Chicago, IL, for students identified as being at risk of failing grades 3-12. The ATC program helps to address the mental health needs of students living in impoverished communities and the constant threats they…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Mental Health, Urban Areas, Elementary School Students
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Wu, Chiu-yen; Lo, Ya-yu; Feng, Hua; Lo, Yafen – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2010
Two third-grade Taiwanese students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders participated in a pull-out, small-group social skills training program developed to promote their skill acquisition and maintenance. Using a multiple baseline across skills design, the authors demonstrated that both participants made marked performance improvement in…
Descriptors: Maintenance, At Risk Students, Behavior Disorders, Conflict Resolution