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Millenky, Megan; Treskon, Louisa; Freedman, Lily; Mage, Caroline – MDRC, 2019
PACE Center for Girls is a Florida-based organization that provides academic and social services to girls of middle school and high school age. Girls who attend PACE have a specific set of characteristics that put them at risk of involvement with the juvenile justice system and other negative outcomes. PACE seeks to reduce the likelihood of…
Descriptors: Females, Middle School Students, High School Students, At Risk Students
Michael T. Sanders; Janet A. Welsh; Karen L. Bierman; Brenda S. Heinrichs – Grantee Submission, 2020
Two hundred ninety-four children from low-income families (58% White, 17% Latinx, 25% Black; 54% girls; M[subscript age] = 4.49 years old at study entry) were recruited from Head Start classrooms to participate in a randomized-controlled trial of the project REDI (Research-based, Developmentally Informed) preschool intervention and then followed…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Early Intervention, At Risk Persons, Program Effectiveness
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Michael T. Sanders; Janet A. Welsh; Karen L. Bierman; Brenda S. Heinrichs – School Psychology, 2020
Two hundred ninety-four children from low-income families (58% White, 17% Latinx, 25% Black; 54% girls; M[subscript age] = 4.49 years old at study entry) were recruited from Head Start classrooms to participate in a randomized-controlled trial of the project Research-based, Developmentally Informed (REDI) preschool intervention and then followed…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Early Intervention, At Risk Persons, Program Effectiveness
Cahill, Meagan; Liberman, Akiva – Urban Institute, 2012
An evaluation of the Truancy Court Diversion Program (TCDP) found that despite significant implementation challenges, parent-child communication and youths' attitudes towards school both improved. A voluntary program for middle school students at risk for chronic truancy, TCDP involves judicially-led sessions that address student attitudes…
Descriptors: Truancy, Middle School Students, At Risk Students, Parents