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Bender, Stacy L.; Fedor, Megan C.; Carlson, John S. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
This study examined a comprehensive screening model within children attending Head Start programs from urban (n = 232) and rural (n = 231) communities. The Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA; LeBuffe & Naglieri, 1999) was used to measure social-emotional protective factors (i.e., Total Protective Factors [TPF]) and risk factors (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Urban Programs, Income, Disadvantaged Youth
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Maxwell, Bruce; DesRoches, Sarah – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2010
This chapter identifies three common pitfalls in the use of the concept of empathy in formal social-emotional learning interventions: (1) not distinguishing between affective and cognitive empathy ("equivocation"); (2) overestimating the role of the imagination in empathizing ("Piaget's fallacy"); and (3) not accommodating the developmental and…
Descriptors: Empathy, Educational Environment, Cognitive Processes, Socialization