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Research-Based/Best Practice Prevention and Intervention Resources for School Social Workers

Welcome to the site where you can access best practice/research-based prevention and intervention programs designed to meet the social/emotional/behavioral needs of all students as outlined in the Response to Intervention (RtI) process.  Here, you will find information about assessment, evidence-based programs for prevention, early intervention and treatment.  In addition, we have included a separate library of websites that address multiple areas of interest (specifically research and data demonstrating the effectiveness of specific programs). 

Below, topics have been categorized as Assessment and Appraisal Resources; School-Wide Programs/Tier 1; Targeted Interventions/Tier 2 & 3; or Resources.

* School-wide Programs/Tier 1 are preventive and proactive practices and supports designed for all students in the general curriculum.

*Targeted Interventions/Tier 2 & 3 are supplemental services and interventions that are provided in addition to school-wide prevention programs to those students for whom data suggests additional support is warranted.  At Tier 3, more intensive interventions are provided in addition to school-wide and targeted supports with the goal of providing individual students with the social/emotional/behavioral health supports that will allow them to fully benefit from core instruction. 

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Assessment and Appraisal Resources:

Appraisal Tools Pull Down to Select Appraisal of Guidelines Research & Evaluation (AGREE) Centre for Evidence Based Medicine's Levels of Evidence CONSORT Guidelines National Health Service's Public Health Resource Unit's Critical Appraisal Tools QUORUM Statement Checklist for Systematic Reviews STARD Initiative STROBE Initiative SUNY Medical Library Tutorials on Evaluating Studies Assessment Tools Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment Behavior Assessment System for Children Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Children's Global Assessment Scale Columbia University TeenScreen Program Mood and Feeling Questionnaire Scales of Independent Behavior-Revised School Success Profile Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-2 Goal Attainment Scaling Flinders Univ. (Australia) (cont.) Self-Esteem Goal Attainment Scaling Tool Kiresuk, Smith, & Cardillo's book on Goal Attainment Scaling Marson & Dran's Goal Attainment Scaling

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Outcomes:

Center for School Counseling Outcome Research Interventions currently under review: Student Success Skills, Second Step Violence Prevention, The Real Game, Learning to Learn, Peacebuilders Report of the National Panel for Evidence-Based School Counseling... Outcome Research Coding Protocol and Evaluation of Student Success Skills and Second Step Does a School-Based Social Skills Program Have an Effect on Students’ Behavior and Social Skills? Statistical Decisions Advanced Technology Services-UCLA Choosing the Correct Statistical Test... Exploratory Data Analysis EZAnalyze-Data Analysis for Educators HyperState Online Textbook Intuitive Biostatistics-Graphpad.com Matching Statistics with the Research Design - University of Texas Medical Branch MedCalc Statistics Menu Mississippi State Univ. Virtual Statistics Lab. Professor Gerstman's StatPrimer Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics Statistical Analysis Statistics Demonstrations with Excel Statistical Interpretation Level of Significance for Pearson's r Correlation (cont.) Illinois State Univ. Testing the Significance of Pearson's r (cont.) University of New England (Australia)

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School-wide Prevention (Tier 1) and Targeted Intervention (Tier 2) Issues and Services:

After School Programs Targeted Interventions After School KidzLit After School KidzMath Resources CASEL Anger Management Prevention Second Step Targeted Interventions Reducing Anger in Adolescents Anxiety Resource Anxiety Disorders Assoc. of America Attendance Targeted Interventions OJJDP-Funded Attendance Programs Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) Targeted Interventions Effective Interventions for Students With ADHD (cont.) “The School Services Sourcebook” Chapter 4. Franklin, C., Harris, M.B., & Allen-Meares, P. Resources Ntl. Resource Center on ADHD... Attention Deficit Disorder Assoc. (ADDA) Autism and Asperger's Syndrome Targeted Interventions Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Pivotal Response Training (PRT) Therapeutic and Educational Interventions Therapeutic and Educ. Interventions 2 Therapeutic and Educ. 3 Resources http://www.autism-society.org http://www.autisminfo.com http://nichcy.org http://wwwaspergers.com http://udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/aslink.html http://www.autism-pdd.net/autism.htm http://www.autismwebsite.com/ari/index.htm Behavior Prevention Caring School Community (Child Dev. Project) PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) Positive Behavior Supports Second Step Skills, Opportunities, and Recognition (SOAR) (cont.) OR Social Decision Making and Problem Solving Program Behavioral Rubrics Kathy Schrock's Guide to Rubrics Intervention Central (Behavior Report Cards) Princeton Online's Positive Behavior Rubric Prof. John Howe's Behavior Rubric RubiStar 4 Teachers Technology-Online Teacher Resource Bipolar Disorder Currently there are no evidence-based psychosocial interventions for students with bi-polar disorder, but clinical trials of the most promising interventions are underway including: Targeted Interventions “The Multi-Family Psychoeducation Group (MFPG)” Fristad and colleagues Child and Family Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Classroom Tips for Children with Bipolar Disorder Resources The Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation Bullying Prevention “Bullying Prevention Programme”. Dan Olweus Lions-Quest ("Skills Series") “Stop Bullying Now” Toolkits for Elementary and Middle School Students Career Exploration Resources http://www.realgame.org/ Learn More Indiana Career Education Resources Caring School Community Community of Caring Lions-Quest ("Skills Series") PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) Postive Action Positive Action Too Good for Violence Too Good for Violence Conduct Disorder Targeted Interventions "Living With Children Manual" Resources Parent Management Training (PMT) Incredible Years Parents, Teachers and Children’s Training series “Strengthening America’s Families: Exemplary Parenting and Family strategies for Delinquency Prevention” Co-Occurring Disorders Resources Parent Management Training (PMT) “Effective Strategies for Working with Students Who Have Co-Occurring Disorders”. Chapter 13. Creating a Positive School Climate Prevention Caring School Community Comer School Development Project Community of Caring Lions-Quest ("Skills Series") Positive Behavior Supports Resources CASEL Crisis Prevention – School or District-Wide Resources IDOE School Safety Critical Thinking Resources Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit Critical Thinking Community Quack Watch Depression in Adolescence Resources "Adolescent Coping with Depression Course" Lewinsohn and Clarke Dropout Prevention Prevention Career Academies Targeted Intervention Check and Connect Check and Connect Resources OJJDP-Funded Attendance Programs ALAS (Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success) Eating Disorders Targeted Interventions Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Gay. Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Resources GLESN GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender) The Trevor Project Grief and Loss Targeted Interventions Play Therapy Projective Play Teens Together Grief Support Group Curriculum: Adolescence Ed.: Gr. 7-12 (Paperback) by Linda Lehmann (Author), Shane R. Jimerson (Author), Ann Gaasch (Author) Homeless Students Resources IDOE McKinney-Vento Homeless Juvenile Delinquency Resources Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Mentoring Targeted Interventions Big Brothers Big Sisters Resources OJJDP Mentoring Programs Maryland Mentoring Partnership TALKS Mentoring Connecticut Mentoring Partnership based in Hartford, CT. Minority and Migrant Students Resources IDOE Language Minority & Migrant Programs Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Targeted Interventions Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) Targeted Interventions Effective Interventions for Youth With Oppositional Defiant Disorder: “The School Services Sourcebook” Chapter 5.  Franklin, C., Harris, M.B., & Allen-Meares, P. The Anger Coping Program Parenting Resources CASEL "Strengthening America's Families" Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Targeted Interventions Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Trauma Reactive Attachment Disorder Targeted Interventions Group Art Therapy Resources www.RADKID.org Response to Intervention / Integrated and Focused Systems Resources RTI Power Point AIMS Web Ntl. Center on Student Progress Monitoring Nt. Research Center on Learning Disabilities Reseach Institute on Progress Monitoring Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders Resources “Effective Interventions for Students with Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders”.  Susan Stone. From “The School Services Sourcebook”. Chapter 11. Franklin, Harris, Allen-Meares School Safety Prevention Life Skills Training Peacebuilders (Violence Prevention) Protecting You/Protecting Me (cont.) Alcohol use prevention for students in grades 1-5 Second Step Violence Preventin Curriculum Targeted Interventions Safe Dates? (Conflict Resolution, Sexual Violence Prevention) Safe Dates Resources IDOE School Safety Specialist Academy Blueprints for Violence Prevention: Model Programs Promising Programs Self-Harming Adolescents Targeted Interventions “Integrative, Solution Oriented Approaches With Self-Harming Adolescents” Matthew D. Selekman. The School Services Sourcebook Chapter 27 Franklin, Harris, Allen-Meares Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) Targeted Interventions The Coping Cat Program Service Learning Resources CASEL IDOE Social Skills Training Prevention General Personal and Social Skills Project CLASP (Project Counseling Leadership About Smoking Pressure) Life Skills Training Resources For Meta-Analyses of these prevention programs see: “The School Services Sourcebook: Franklin, Harris, Allen-Meares. Ch. 21 Table 21.1 Social Skills Effectiveness: Article - “Social Skills Programs Found to Yield Gains in Academic Subjects.” Debra Viadero Substance Abuse Prevention Resources The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Ntl. Registry of Effective Prevention Programs American Cancer Society Ntl. Council on Alcoholism "Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment in the U.S.: (cont.) Exemplary Models from a Ntl. Evaluation Study" (cont.) Sally J. Stevens PhD. Andrew R. Morral PhD. Editors Affective Education: Here's Looking at You 2000 Affective Education: Me-Me Targeted Interventions Outward Bound (wilderness program) Resistance Skills Training Prevention Enhancement Protocols System Suicide Prevention Resources See Article: “Suicide Prevention Program Focuses on Teens”  Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, Christian Science Monitor Jan. 3rd 2008 Edition states: Research shows that “Signs of Suicide” helps reduce the number of attempts by high school students.” American Assoc. of Suicidology American Society for Suicide Prevention ASIST Living Works Education Best Practices Registry for Suicide Prevention Columbia TeenScreen Indiana Suicide Prevention Coalition Lifelines Natural Helpers Program QPR Institute Signs of Suicide Prevention Program SOS Signs of Suicide SPAN: Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network StopASuicide: Checklists on Warning Signs Suicide Prevention Best Practice Registry Suicide Prevention Resource Center Yellow Ribbon Youth Suicide Prevention School-based Guide University of South Florida Violence Prevention Targeted Interventions Child Development Project FAST Track (Families and Schools together PATHS curriculum (component of Fast Track)

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School-wide Prevention (Tier 1) and Targeted Intervention (Tier 2) Issues and Services:

Advocacy Groups Advocates for Children in Therapy Alliance for Human Research Protection Coalition Against Institutionalized Child Abuse Database Resources American Institutes for Research CASEL Campbell Collaboration (social, behavioral & educational issues) Cochrane Collaboration (health care) Developmental Studies Center Education Resource Info. Center Ntl. Academics Press (free) Ntl. Center for Biotechnology Information Ntl. Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings Promising Practices Network Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)... Univ. of CA Science Based Programs List What Works Clearinghouse Empirically Supported Treatments for Children & Adolescents American Academy of Child & Adoles. Psychiatry Practice Parameters American Psychological Assoc. Guide to Empirically-Supported Interventions Empirically Supported Interventions in School Mental Health... Ntl. Guideline Clearinghouse Ntl. Institute on Drug Abuse Ntl. Institute of Health Consensus Statement on ADHD Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention's Model Programs SAMHSA's Ntl. Registry of Evidence-Based Programs & Practices USDOE's Safe, Disciplined, & Drug-Free Exemplary Programs Matrix of Children's Evidence-Based Interventions (cont.) U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Library Critiques of Web-Based Information Assoc. of College & Research Libraries Library of Congress Babson College (Librarian: Hope Tillman) UCLA (Librarian: Esther Grassian) University Research Centers Center for Mental Health in Schools: UCLA Center for School Mental Health Analysis and Action: Univ. of Maryland Center of Excellence in Children's Mental Healthq Children's Mental Health Research Center Ntl. Center for School Counseling Outcome Research Ntl. Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health: Georgetown Univ. Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health: Univ. of So. Fla.