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Adult mentors are usually unrelated to the child or teen and work as volunteers through a community-, school-, or church-based social service program. The goal of youth mentoring programs is to improve the well-being of the child by providing a role model that can support the child academically, socially and/or personally. This goal can be ...
SMART Recovery is based on scientific knowledge and is intended to evolve as scientific knowledge evolves. [4] The program uses principles of motivational interviewing, found in motivational enhancement therapy (MET), [5] and techniques taken from rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), as well as scientifically validated research on treatment. [6]
Evidence-based education is related to evidence-based teaching, [2] [3] [4] evidence-based learning, [5] and school effectiveness research. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The evidence-based education movement has its roots in the larger movement towards evidence-based practices , and has been the subject of considerable debate since the late 1990s. [ 8 ]
Positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) is a set of ideas and tools used in schools to improve students' behavior.PBIS uses evidence and data-based programs, practices, and strategies to frame behavioral improvement relating to student growth in academic performance, safety, behavior, and establishing and maintaining positive school culture.
E-mentoring is a means of providing a guided mentoring relationship using online software or email. It allows participants to communicate at their own convenience and beyond time zones since it eliminates the need for them to be in the same physical location. [ 1 ]
Outcome-based methods have been adopted in education systems around the world, at multiple levels. Australia and South Africa adopted OBE policies from the 1990s to the mid 2000s, but were abandoned in the face of substantial community opposition. [2] [3] The United States has had an OBE program in place since 1994 that has been adapted over ...
Fantuzzo is also a principal investigator of EPIC, or Evidence-Based Program for the Integration of Curricula, a Head Start program for disadvantage and at-risk preschoolers. EPIC integrates social, emotional, and cognitive supports with literacy and numeracy education and is being implemented at several preschools in Philadelphia. [ 8 ]
In 1980, with Carol A. Kusché he co-authored the PATHS program, an evidence-based social and emotional learning curriculum now used in thousands of schools around the world. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] In 1990, he joined the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group to develop and test the Fast Track Intervention – an integrated multiple-tier model for ...