PFS reduces teacher-reported problem behavior (SSiS) in preschoolers¶
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q3 i2 Children receiving PFS showed significant reductions in teacher-reported problem behavior (SSiS) relative to controls, Hedges's g = .79. → Feil 2014
Evidence¶
Feil 2014¶
Feil, E. G., Frey, A., Walker, H. M., Small, J. W., Seeley, J. R., Golly, A., & Forness, S. R. (2014). The Efficacy of a Home-School Intervention for Preschoolers With Challenging Behaviors: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Preschool First Step to Success. Journal of Early Intervention. https://doi.org/10.1177/1053815114566090
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In the same RCT, covariate-adjusted regression on the teacher-reported SSiS problem behavior scale yielded t = -4.82, p < .001, Hedges's g = .79, a large reduction favoring PFS.
"Across the four outcomes in the problem behavior domain, children who received the PFS intervention had significant reductions in problem behavior across both school and home settings as compared with children who did not receive the program."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- PFS improves parent-reported social skills with smaller effects than teacher-reported outcomes — related
- PFS effects translate to practical percentile gains averaging +23 points in prosocial domain — related
- Preschool First Step intervention improves teacher-reported social skills (ESP-ABI) in preschoolers with challenging behaviors — related
- Preschool First Step to Success produces statistically significant postintervention improvements on all teacher-reported symptom and functioning outcomes for preschoolers at risk for ADHD, with large effect sizes — related
- Parent-reported outcomes for the PFS ADHD-risk subsample improved in the medium range for both home-setting symptoms and social functioning — related
- PTR-YC reduces preschool children's problem behavior more than business-as-usual, as measured by the SSIS problem behavior subscale — related
- PTR-YC reduces preschool children's directly observed challenging behavior more than business-as-usual — related
- PTR-YC increases preschool children's directly observed engaged time more than business-as-usual — related
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