Early Risers shows no discernible effects on external behavior for children at risk of emotional disturbance classification¶
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q3 i0 Neither RCT found statistically significant or substantively important effects on external behavior outcomes (domain average effect size 0.11). → Early Risers 2012
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Early Risers 2012¶
Early Risers. (2012). WWC Intervention Report: Children Classified as Having an Emotional Disturbance. What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. http://www.med.umn.edu/psychiatry/research/earlyrisers/home.html
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Randomized controlled trial in which 20 Minnesota schools were randomly assigned to Early Risers or comparison; analysis sample after three years was 199 students (n = 100 intervention, n = 99 comparison). The WWC confirmed "no statistically significant differences between the intervention and comparison groups on aggression, hyperactivity, or impulsivity composite measures," with a domain average effect size of 0.11.
"August et al. (2002) found, and the WWC confirmed, no statistically significant differences between the intervention and comparison groups on aggression, hyperactivity, or impulsivity composite measures."
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Early Risers shows no discernible effects on external behavior for children at risk of emotional disturbance classification |
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Early Risers shows no discernible effects on external behavior for children at risk of emotional disturbance classification |
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