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November 1, 2000 | Program Result
From 1991 through 1998, the Developmental Studies Center in Oakland, Calif., developed a large-scale trial of an elementary school model called the Child Development Project (CDP).
October 1, 1997 | Program Result
What can a school do when a child isn't getting needed medical treatments? Thanks to the Seattle Child Health Initiative, elementary schools in two areas are not only identifying problems such as this, but taking action to help.
October 1, 1997 | Program Result
The project serves children and their families living near two inner-city elementary schools in adjoining districts. At one school, Smart Start serves children from infants through sixth grade at the other, infants through fourth grade.
April 17, 2012 | Report
Related Website Learn more about Playworks Related Read the news release: Can a Game of Tag Help Combat Bullying? Recommended Reading Evaluation of Playworks: Findings from a Randomized Experiment Better Physical and Emotional Health Equals Better L ...
January 25, 2013 | Program Result
Experience Corps engages older volunteers to tutor - with a focus on reading - and mentor low-income kindergarten through third-grade students. It expanded and became an independent nonprofit organization.
National Program
Caring Across Communities re-engineers traditional mental health services to provide better and more sensible care for immigrants and refugees, especially children.
National Program
Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships is an innovative approach to preventing teen dating violence and abuse by teaching 11 to 4 year-olds about healthy relationships.
March 24, 2011 | Story
A senior researcher at the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, Rebecca London, Ph.D., is day-to-day leader of the evaluation of Playworks.
February 14, 2011 | Video
Maximizing the Return on Recess
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.