PPN Newsletter September 2006
Listed below are recent updates to the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities website (http://www.promisingpractices.net).
PROGRAMS THAT WORK
Listed below are program summaries that have been updated on the PPN site this month.
Long-Term Follow-Up Studies of the Seattle Social Development Project Show Continued Benefits to Participants
The Seattle Social Development Project (SSDP) was first implemented in 1981, and recent longitudinal follow-up has tracked original study participants up to age 21. The SSDP was a multi-year, school-based intervention that used a risk-reduction and skill-development strategy to improve outcomes for children in grades 1-6. Results from five studies have been added to the SSDP program review, with the program showing lasting effects for participants. Benefits range across several PPN indicators, including substance use, sexual activity, violent behavior, conduct problems, mood disorders, school performance, and high school graduation.
More about the SSDP programMore programs related to healthy children and school success
Incredible Years Program Summary Updated
The Incredible Years series is a set of comprehensive curricula targeting children age 2 to 10 years old and their parents and teachers. The curricula are designed to promote emotional and social competence, as well as to prevent, reduce, and treat children's behavioral and emotional problems. The PPN program summary has recently been updated to report evaluation findings from five additional studies. Additional studies provide further evidence that two of the program curricula meet PPN's "proven" criteria for reducing conduct problems in children.
More about the Incredible Years programMore programs related to behavior problems
Second Step Violence Prevention Program Summary Updated
Second Step: A Violence Prevention Program is a classroom-based social skills curriculum for students from preschool through middle school. The curriculum aims to reduce impulsive and aggressive behaviors and increase protective factors and social-emotional competence.
More about the Second Step programMore programs on violent behavior
RESEARCH IN BRIEF
Listed below are research summaries that have been added to the PPN site this month.
See all for 2006 » Healthy and Safe Children
Are Household Firearms Stored Less Safely in Homes With Adolescents?
— Aug. 2006
Journal abstract at Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine website
Exposure to Degrading Versus Nondegrading Music Lyrics and Sexual Behavior Among Youth
— Aug. 2006
Parental Report of Health Conditions and Health Care Use Among Children With and Without Autism
— Aug. 2006
A Randomized Controlled Trial Testing an HIV Prevention Intervention for Latino Youth
— Aug. 2006
Trends in HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students
— Aug. 2006
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006
— July 2006
Bullying Victimization Uniquely Contributes to Adjustment Problems in Young Children
— July 2006
Cigarette Use Among High School Students
— July 2006
Depressive Symptoms as a Longitudinal Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors Among U.S. Middle and High School Students
— July 2006
Early Drinking Linked to Higher Lifetime Alcoholism Risk
— July 2006
Graduated Driver Licensing Programs and Fatal Crashes of 16-Year-Old Drivers: A National Evaluation
— July 2006
Impact of Postpartum Hospital-Stay Legislation on Newborn Length of Stay, Readmission, and Mortality in California
— July 2006
It's Child's Play: Advergaming and the Online Marketing of Food to Children
— July 2006
Starting Off Right: Promoting Child Development from Birth in State Early Care and Education Initiatives
— July 2006
Executive summary at Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) website
State Child Care Regulations Regarding Infant Sleep Environment Since the Healthy Child Care America-Back to Sleep Campaign
— July 2006
Trends in Overweight from 1980 through 2001 among Preschool-Aged Children Enrolled in a Health Maintenance Organization
— July 2006
The Family Environment and Adolescent Well-being: Exposure to Positive and Negative Family Influences
— June 2006
Health Care for Adolescents and Young Adults Leaving Foster Care: Policy Options for Improving Access
— Feb. 2006
See all for 2006 » Children Ready for School
Starting Off Right: Promoting Child Development from Birth in State Early Care and Education Initiatives
— July 2006
Public Schools with Prekindergarten and Special Education Prekindergarten Programs
— June 2006
PK-3: What Is It and How Do We Know It Works?
— May 2006
Full-day Kindergarten
— 2006
Preschool and Prekindergarten Programs
— 2006
See all for 2006 » Children Succeeding in School
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006
— July 2006
Arts Instruction of Public School Students in the First and Third Grades
— June 2006
Public Schools with Prekindergarten and Special Education Prekindergarten Programs
— June 2006
Full-day Kindergarten
— 2006
Preschool and Prekindergarten Programs
— 2006
See all for 2006 » Strong Families
The New Poor: Regional Trends in Child Poverty Since 2000
— Aug. 2006
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006
— July 2006
Getting On, Staying On, and Getting Off Welfare: The Complexity of State-by-State Policy Choices
— July 2006
A Decade of Welfare Reform: Facts and Figures
— June 2006
The Family Environment and Adolescent Well-being: Exposure to Positive and Negative Family Influences
— June 2006
ABOUT OUR SPONSORS
The Promising Practices Network appreciates the generous financial support of the following organizations:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
The Children's Institute
Colorado Foundation for Families and ChildrenThe Colorado Trust
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Family and Community Trust
Family Connection Partnership
Foundation Consortium for California's Children & Youth
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families (GCYF)
Kansas Action for Children
KidsOhio.org
Northwest Early Childhood Institute
New York State Office of Children & Family Services
Oregon Commission on Children and Families
Parents Action for Children (formerly the I Am Your Child Foundation)
RAND Corporation
The Spencer Foundation
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