Barbara Gunn|Edward G. Feil|John R. Seeley|Herb Severson|Hill M. Walker
Promoting School Success: Developing Social Skills and Early Literacy in Head Start Classrooms
article reports results pilot intervention improve social skills literacy preparation behaviorally atrisk head start children teachers eight head start classrooms two oregon communities participated 200203 school year children eight classrooms screened identified participation using early screening project esp participants n16 randomly assigned receive social skills training first step success social skills plus literacy training early literacy essentials comparison condition participants two intervention groups combined compared comparison group results indicated statistically significant gains social skills outcomes intervention group however parent ratings social skills showed superior effects comparison group well receptive vocabulary measured peabody picture vocabulary test ppvt yielded large effect size cohens d95 intervention group findings suggest combined intervention addressing literacy social skills shows promise worthy development evaluation