Social-emotional curriculum programs are designed to divert and address challenging behaviors. Walker, Kavanagh, Stiller, Golly, Severson, & Feil (1998) study had a positive relationship between early intervention programs preventing antisocial behaviors, when there is an inclusion of environmental factors (the home atmosphere and parents, the class atmosphere and teachers, and the playground and peers’ atmosphere) and social factors. The “First Step to Success is an early intervention program designed to help children who are at risk for developing aggressive or antisocial behaviors” (Institute of Education Sciences, 2012).
Program Overview
First Step to Success Early Intervention Program is a multicomponent program, which aims to teach …show more content…
The screening module is used by teachers to identify students at risk of antisocial behaviors. This module provides a definition of antisocial behavior for teachers to screen students, in addition, to rate their behaviors using standardized scale. The screening module is designed with three early detection options for identifying children: (1) teacher nomination and rank ordering (2) teacher and parent behavior ratings, and (3) direct observations in classroom and free- play settings. If screening reveals the need for early intervention, a trained consultant or behavior coach works with the teachers, parents, student and classroom peers over a three-month period (approximately 50 to 60 …show more content…
The Coach Phase occurs during the first five days, the behavior coach introduces program, provides materials, teaches behavior, monitors the intervention progress, and trains parents. The teacher provides verbal praise, announces motivation to class, and send the color card to go home. The parents are responsible for checking the red/green card daily, providing three praise statements and an incentive for making daily points, remaining neutral if child doesn’t earn daily points and signing card for student to return to the school. Day 6 through 20 are considered to be the Teacher’s Phase. The Teacher takes over the daily intervention implementation, records data on cards and communicates with parents. The behavior coach begins implements the parent training (Home Base Program) and parent participate in weekly session, in addition to the continuum of providing praise, incentives, and monitoring the card. The Maintenance Phase takes place 21 days and beyond the intervention program 30-day criteria. The Teacher works with coach and parents to maintain positive gains, while the behavior coach post intervention data (Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support, 2013).
The Parent Training (Home Base) module is designed to work in association with the CLASS module. The behavior coach meets parents and discuss one skill per week over the course
Program Overview
First Step to Success Early Intervention Program is a multicomponent program, which aims to teach …show more content…
The screening module is used by teachers to identify students at risk of antisocial behaviors. This module provides a definition of antisocial behavior for teachers to screen students, in addition, to rate their behaviors using standardized scale. The screening module is designed with three early detection options for identifying children: (1) teacher nomination and rank ordering (2) teacher and parent behavior ratings, and (3) direct observations in classroom and free- play settings. If screening reveals the need for early intervention, a trained consultant or behavior coach works with the teachers, parents, student and classroom peers over a three-month period (approximately 50 to 60 …show more content…
The Coach Phase occurs during the first five days, the behavior coach introduces program, provides materials, teaches behavior, monitors the intervention progress, and trains parents. The teacher provides verbal praise, announces motivation to class, and send the color card to go home. The parents are responsible for checking the red/green card daily, providing three praise statements and an incentive for making daily points, remaining neutral if child doesn’t earn daily points and signing card for student to return to the school. Day 6 through 20 are considered to be the Teacher’s Phase. The Teacher takes over the daily intervention implementation, records data on cards and communicates with parents. The behavior coach begins implements the parent training (Home Base Program) and parent participate in weekly session, in addition to the continuum of providing praise, incentives, and monitoring the card. The Maintenance Phase takes place 21 days and beyond the intervention program 30-day criteria. The Teacher works with coach and parents to maintain positive gains, while the behavior coach post intervention data (Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support, 2013).
The Parent Training (Home Base) module is designed to work in association with the CLASS module. The behavior coach meets parents and discuss one skill per week over the course