Katherine C. Pears|Philip A. Fisher|Hong Kim|Jacqueline Bruce|Cynthia V. Healey|Karen Yoerger
Immediate Effects of a School Readiness Intervention for Children in Foster Care
Oregon Social Learning Center|Oregon Social Learning Center|University of Oregon|Oregon Social Learning Center|Oregon Social Learning Center|Oregon Social Learning Center|Oregon Social Learning Center
school readiness strong predictor adjustment elementary school beyond children foster care particular risk academic social difficulties school limitations selfregulatory skills caregiver involvement among children might contribute lack school readiness study presents immediate effects school readiness targeted shortterm intervention designed improve childrens early literacy prosocial selfregulatory skills summer kindergarten entry kids transition school kits using randomized controlled trial design 192 children foster care assigned either intervention services usual comparison condition multimethod multiagent assessments conducted immediately prior following completion intervention results structural equation modeling indicated intervention significant positive effects early literacy selfregulatory skillsan efficacious shortterm readily scalable theoreticallybased intervention targeted specific vulnerabilities children foster care may help improve school readiness eventual school adjustment