- AUDIENCE
Teachers and parents of pre-k through third grade children who may be experiencing school adjustment challenges
- GOALS
- Detect school adjustment difficulties early
- Children develop a school-based, trusting relationship with an adult
- Reduce social, emotional, and school adjustment difficulties
- Enhance learning skills
- BENEFITS
- Reduces negative adjustment behaviors
- Improves children's self-confidence, social skills, learning skills, and other school-related competencies
- Allows school mental health professionals to focus on children who need more intensive interventions
- HOW IT WORKS
- Early screening detects school adjustment difficulties
- Children meet weekly with highly trained and supervised paraprofessionals (called child associates) in a playroom setting
- The child sets the pace with the child associate supporting and reflecting on what the child says and does to reinforce and build on the child’s strengths
- Ongoing consultation and program evaluation allows for continuous improvement
- TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Contact us for more information at CIPrimaryProject@childrensinstitute.net
- AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- Evidence-Based Program - National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP): Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- Sharing Success Program - New York State Education Department
- Lela Rowland Award for Outstanding Prevention Program - National Mental Health Association
- Exemplary Prevention Program - U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health