Early Risers shows no discernible effects on emotional/internal behavior for children at risk of emotional disturbance classification¶
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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesisr1·q3·i0negligible
Currency · newest study 2012 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i0 The single study in this domain found no statistically significant difference on internalizing problems (domain average effect size 0.18). → Early Risers 2012
Evidence¶
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 effectiveness study in two neighborhood family centers and 10 elementary schools in a large midwestern city, with kindergarten and first-grade students randomized to intervention or comparison. The WWC confirmed "no statistically significant difference between the intervention and comparison groups on the Internalizing Problems Parent Report and Internalizing Problems Teacher Report measures"; the domain average effect size was 0.18.
"August et al. (2003) found, and the WWC confirmed, no statistically significant difference between the intervention and comparison groups on the Internalizing Problems Parent Report and Internalizing Problems Teacher Report measures."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Emotional Intelligence — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
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- FBA-based interventions show potentially positive effects on school engagement for children identified with or at risk for an emotional disturbance — related
- The percentage of students with ED meeting clinically significant problem-behavior criteria declined significantly from pre- to post-test — related
- Early Risers has potentially positive effects on academic performance, driven by a significant Academic Achievement Composite effect in one of two studies — related
- Early Risers has potentially positive effects on social outcomes, driven by a significant Social Skills Composite effect in one of two studies — related
- After two years of implementation, Early Risers showed a statistically significant positive effect on the Academic Competence Composite in the 2001 supplemental findings — related
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Early Risers shows no discernible effects on emotional/internal behavior for children at risk of emotional disturbance classification |
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Early Risers shows no discernible effects on emotional/internal behavior for children at risk of emotional disturbance classification |
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2012 |
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2026-10-20 |
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