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Helping Children Adjust—a Tri-Ministry Study: II. Evaluation Methodology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

Michael H. Boyle ,
Charles E. Cunningham ,
JoAnn Heale ,
Joel Hundert ,
Jan McDonald ,
David R. Offord  and
Yvonne Racine
Michael H. Boyle
Affiliation:
McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, Canada
Charles E. Cunningham
Affiliation:
McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, Canada
JoAnn Heale
Affiliation:
McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, Canada
Joel Hundert
Affiliation:
McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, Canada
Jan McDonald
Affiliation:
Halton Board of Education, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
David R. Offord
Affiliation:
McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, Canada
Yvonne Racine
Affiliation:
McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, Hamilton, Canada
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Abstract

This report describes the evaluation methodology of the Tri-Ministry Study—a school-based trial evaluating the effectiveness of three universal programs: (a) a classwide social skills program (SS), (b) a partner reading program (RE); and, (c) a combination of both (SS & RE), to reduce and prevent behavioural maladjustment among children in the primary division (up to grade 3) of Ontario schools. The trial was done between 1991 and 1995. Sixty schools in 11 boards of education took part and were assigned randomly to program(s) during the study. Contributing to the evaluation database are detailed follow-up assessments (observations, ratings, and standard tests) on 2439 children. Three-level growth trajectory models are used to evaluate program effects. The analysis presented for illustration in this report focuses on reading achievement measured by the Wide Range Achievement Test. A companion paper presents the results of the study and discusses important methodological and programmatic issues applicable to this and other prevention studies in the field.

Keywords

Behaviour problemsinterventionlongitudinal studiespreventionresearch designschool
Type
Research Article
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The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines , Volume 40 , Issue 7 , October 1999 , pp. 1051 - 1060
Copyright
© 1999 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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