This is a school-based intervention for students up to the third grade. Three programs have been incorporated: the Classroom Social Skills Development Program, the Connected Peer Reading Program, and a combination of those two programs. The aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions to prevent and reduce inappropriate and antisocial behavior.
The Classroom Social Skills Development Program is implemented by trained teachers, who select social skills to present to students for practice and evaluation in class. This evaluation involves rewards for students who put the skills into practice correctly. The program suggests that parents encourage the practice of the skills learned and that they provide the teachers with records of the program.
The Connected Partners Reading Program, on the other hand, involves pairing students with older students and family members to improve reading practice. Families were encouraged to carry out daily 15-minute readings with the children to reinforce the strategies adopted at school. In the combination of those two programs, students received social skills training and reading practice interventions.