Effectiveness Evaluation of a Comprehensive School Readiness Summer Program for Young Children At-Risk

Conditions

• Externalizing Behavior

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

4 Years - 6 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Summer Academy — BEHAVIORAL
  All children received a seven-week comprehensive school readiness program adapted from the STP-PreK program (Graziano \& Hart, 2016; Hart, Maharaj, \& Graziano, 2019) that ran from June to early August over the course of three summers. Summer Academy followed the behavioral, social-emotional, academic, and recreational intervention procedures consistent with STP-PreK, including procedures and structure of staff training and supervision, but differed in programmatic aspects in several key ways that were made to be responsive to community needs. Caregivers were required to attend weekly caregiver groups following a modified School Readiness Parent Program (SRPP; Graziano et al., 2018).

Study Details

This study is a program evaluation or open-trial study of the effectiveness of Summer Academy, a comprehensive summer early intervention program for young children with early learning and disruptive behavior problems (based on the nationally recognized, evidence-based Children's Summer Treatment Program) living in at-risk community settings. The summer program, which is funded by The Children's Trust, will be held annually from June to August from Summer 2016 - Summer 2019 at an early childhood center located in the Liberty City community of Miami, FL. Our aims are to evaluate how well the program helps to prepare young children for the transition to kindergarten and measure to how well progress is maintained at six-month follow-up.

Key Dates

Start date

Mar 16, 2016

Status verified

Feb 2026

Primary completion

Sep 1, 2020

Completion

Sep 1, 2021

Study Design

Enrollment

124 participants (actual)

Allocation

NA

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Arms

• Experimental: Summer Academy
  All children received a seven-week comprehensive school readiness program adapted from the STP-PreK program (Graziano \& Hart, 2016; Hart, Maharaj, \& Graziano, 2019) that ran from June to early August over the course of three summers. Summer Academy followed the behavioral, social-emotional, academic, and recreational intervention procedures consistent with STP-PreK, including procedures and structure of staff training and supervision, but differed in programmatic aspects in several key ways that were made to meet the needs of the community. Caregivers were required to attend weekly caregiver groups following a modified School Readiness Parent Program (SRPP; Graziano et al., 2018).

Primary Outcome Measure

Behavioral Functioning [ Time Frame: From enrollment until the end of intervention at 7 weeks and then again at six months follow up ]

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