Program Profile: Behavioral, Emotional, and Social Training: Competent Learners Achieving School Success (BEST in CLASS)

A classroom-based intervention, delivered by teachers, designed to prevent emotional and behavioral disorders in high-risk children.

Evidence Rating: Effective | One study

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A classroom-based intervention, delivered by teachers, designed to prevent emotional and behavioral disorders in high-risk children. The program is rated Effective. Intervention group children showed statistically significant improvement in behaviors, social and behavioral competence, and student-teacher relationships, compared with control group children. Intervention group teachers showed statistically significant improvements in instructional practices, compared with control group teachers.

An Effective rating implies that implementing the program is likely to result in the intended outcome(s).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes at least one high-quality randomized controlled trial.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 3 - 5

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Other

Geography: Suburban Urban Rural

Setting (Delivery): School

Program Type: Classroom Curricula, School/Classroom Environment

Current Program Status: Active

Researcher:
Maureen Conroy
Professor and Anita Zucker Endowed Professor in Early Childhood Studies; Co-Director, Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies
University of Florida

Box 117050, 2-160R Norman Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-7050
United States

Phone: 352.262.3916
Website(link is external)
Email

Researcher:
Kevin Sutherland
Professor Director, PhD in Special Education and Disability Policy
Clark-Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development; Virginia Commonwealth University

1015 W. Main St., PO Box 842020
Richmond, VA 23284
United States

Phone: 804.827.2652
Email