Document Number: 11165First Look at the Head Start CARES Demonstration Exec. Sum. - A first look at the Head Start CARES (Classroom-based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion) finds that three programs meant to enhance the social-emotional skills of young children were carried out with fidelity and did lead to expected changes in teacher practice. (The three programs included The Incredible Years, Preschool PATHS and Tools of the Mind.) A later report will examine the programs' impacts.
(Shira Kolnik Mattera, et al., OPRE and MDRC, December 2013)...
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Social/Emotional Learning and Non-Cognitive Skills