Advancing Ideas 4 School Health

On this page, you can search and read through Evidence-Based Initiatives that have an impact on school health and academic outcomes.

Using the search boxes on the right you can explore different combinations to filter through the available initiatives.

Each result will provide a description of the initiative that was implemented, the specific study findings, a complete reference to the original study, the study´s level of evidence, and a link to the initiative´s website for more resources if available.

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Too Good for Drugs Prevention Program (TGFD) https://toogoodprograms.org/ Results: Improved Mathematics Performance In the TGFD intervention, the curricular emphasis on SEL-related competencies, together with the positive results on the R&P outcomes particularly for high risk students, suggest these elements as a possible source of the positive effect on low FCAT mathematics performance. Reference: Hall, B. […]

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| School Climate, Social Emotional Skills

Initiative Description: The peer mediation program delivered a 9 hr training in negotiating integrative agreements to the conflicts and mediating classmate conflicts by implementing 18-30 minute training sessions 3x a week to 2 classes, while 4 classes received 12 45 min training sessions 2x a week. Study Results: Improved conflict resolution skills Reference: Johnson, D. […]

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| Academics, Mental Health, Classroom Behavior, Depression - Anxiety

The PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) program (pilot version) Initiative Description: The program implemented an adapated intervention for 2nd and 3rd graders with various mental and physical disabilities consisting of 60 20-30 minute lessons which were taught approximately 3x per week. Study Results: It was successful in reducing teacher-reported internalizing and externalizing behaviors two years […]

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| Substance Use Prevention

Life Skills Training Program Initiative Description: Life Skills Training program implemented in three schools in Spain for 485 pupils aged 12 – 14 years and their respective parents.This program consisted of five 90-minute sessions, weekly. The main objective of the present study was toanalyse whether family factors and organisationalaspects of school are related to parents’ […]

Counseling-Psychological-Social
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| Academics, Academic Performance

Challenging Horizons Program (CHP) Initiative Description: The CHP operated 4 days a week for 2 hours each day, after school, for the duration of the first semester of school. Small group CHP included a behavioral level system with four levels, each associated with a different set of privileges Following check-in, all students participated in two […]

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| Academics, Cognitive Skills

HOPS & CHIEFS Program https://www.scred.k12.mn.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3022443/File/special%20ed/HOPS.pdf Initiative Description: Two brief school-based interventions targeting the homework problems of adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Homework, Organization, and Planning Skills (HOPS) intervention and the Completing Homework by ImprovingEfficiency and Focus (CHIEF). The HOPS intervention targets organization and planning aspects of homework, whereas the CHIEF intervention targets focus and efficiency during […]

Counseling-Psychological-Social
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| Classroom Behavior, Academics

Initiative Description: School-based, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) program for academically weak adolescents with at-risk levels of aggressive and rule-breaking tendencies.The intervention sought to promote self-awareness and self-control by providing instructions on emotional, cognitive and behavioural techniques. Comprising 12, 1.5-hour lessons these followed a general format: (a) review of previous session; (b) introduction to new skills; (c) […]

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| Academics, Classroom Behavior

Initiative Description: A counselor-led comprehensive developmental guidance unit approach on the behavior, school attitudes, and level of informational awareness of ninth-grade students. Six 45-minute developmental guidance unit sessions were delivered to the students over a period of approximately 2 months from early October through mid-November, with topics derived from the needs assessment. Each session had […]

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| Academics, Classroom Behavior

Initiative Description: SWPBIS is a universal prevention strategy that aims to alter the school environment by creating improved systems (e.g., discipline, reinforcement, data management) and procedures (e.g., office referral, training, leadership) that promote positive change in staff behaviors, which subsequently alter student behaviors Study Results: The schools trained in SWPBIS reported a significant reduction in […]

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| Academics, Academic Performance

Initiative Description: The intervention, provided by school counselors, was structured group counseling focused upon student success skills. A group manual was developed that provided detailed group plans for each session. All of the groups began the first week of October. The groups met for 45 minutes, once a week, for 8 weeks, followed by four […]