PTR-YC increases preschool children's social skills more than business-as-usual, as measured by the SSIS social skills subscale¶

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Subclaims¶

q4 i2 In an RCT, the PTR-YC group showed a significantly greater pre-to-post increase in SSIS social skills scores than the BAU group, with a small interaction effect. → Glen Dunlap 2018

Evidence¶

Glen Dunlap 2018¶

Glen Dunlap, Phillip Strain, Janice K. Lee, Jaclyn Joseph, and Nancy Leech. (2018). A Randomized Controlled Evaluation of Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Young Children. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271121417724874

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Mixed ANOVA in the same classroom-level RCT on the SSIS social skills subscale found a significant time-by-group interaction, "F(1, 158) = 10.52, p = .001", ηp² = .062; posttest means were 66.11 (PTR-YC) vs 55.37 (BAU), with similar pretest levels.

"Results for the mixed ANOVA specific to SSIS social skills revealed a statistically interaction effect between time and group, F(1, 158) = 10.52, p = .001. The effect size was small for the interaction analyses (ηp 2 = .062)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• PTR-YC increases preschool children's directly observed engaged time more than business-as-usual — related
• Teachers and parents rated PTR-YC as socially valid, finding it acceptable, effective, and unlikely to produce negative side effects — 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
• Typical early childhood providers implemented PTR-YC with very high fidelity, while BAU classrooms completed almost none of the process steps — related
• The treatment effect on social skills was moderated by a significant Condition × Pretest × State interaction, significant only in State A — related
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