First Step to Success shows potentially positive effects on social outcomes (average improvement index +23)¶

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q3 i2 Walker et al. (2009) found three positive and statistically significant differences favoring treatment on parent-rated and teacher-rated social skills and the SSBD Adaptive Behavior Index, with domain-average effect size 0.62. → First Step to Success: WWC Intervention Report 2012

Evidence¶

First Step to Success: WWC Intervention Report 2012¶

First Step to Success: WWC Intervention Report. (2012). What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/179

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Single RCT in 34 elementary schools in Albuquerque. Effect sizes were 0.37 (SSRS Social Skills: Parent), 0.78 (Teacher), and 0.72 (SSBD Adaptive Behavior); the domain average of 0.62 was statistically significant, yielding a potentially positive effects rating with small extent of evidence.

"Walker et al. (2009) found, and the WWC confirmed, three positive and statistically significant differences between treatment and comparison groups on the SSRS Social Skills Subscale for Parents, the SSRS Social Skills Subscale for Teachers, and the SSBD Adaptive Behavior Index."

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