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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN
Center for At-Risk Children's Services
J. Ron Nelson and Michael H. Epstein
The Center for At-Risk Children's Services is one of two research centers investigating
behavior intervention models for students in Grades K-3. The center aims to investigate
the impact of multiple-level prevention programs on school, staff, student, and
family levels. Participating schools include 7 of the 36 schools in the Lincoln
Area School District.
The center's primary (Grades K-5), secondary (Grades K-3), and tertiary (Grades
K-3) interventions are as follows:
- At the primary level, leadership teams at each participating
elementary school guide the implementation of the Behavioral and Academic
Support and Enhancement model (BASE) for all students. BASE is a behavior
reform program designed to create, conduct, and maintain a school-wide
discipline at the classroom, non-classroom, individual, and academic
levels.
- At the secondary level, kindergarten and first-grade students
are screened for emotional and behavioral disorders. Those students
receiving scores above normative criteria are randomly assigned to
a wait-list control or treatment (First Step to Success) condition.
First Step to Success is an intervention for at-risk kindergarten
students who are exhibiting early symptoms of antisocial behaviors.
Students receive consultant-, teacher-, and maintenance-phase classroom
interventions (a version of the Contingencies for Learning Academic
and Social Skill, or CLASS) to monitor and correct disruptive behaviors
and home interventions for caregivers (e.g., teaching limit setting,
cooperation, sharing in school, etc.).
- At the tertiary level, students who have emotional disorders
and meet participation criteria receive Multisystemic Therapy (MST). MST
focuses on increasing positive behavior and decreasing antisocial behavior
through a home-based family intervention process.
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