During the past decade there has been an increasing interest in positive psychology, which
promotes a shift away from the traditional deficit-based model of mental health to a …

Compliance with adult requests and directives has often been described as a keystone
behavior in children, meaning it is associated with engagement in other desirable and …

The present concurrent study combined developmental and ecological considerations to
examine the unique contribution of multiple preschool competencies to an indicator of early …

This article presents the design, national standardization, and validation of the Preschool
Learning Behaviors Scale (McDermott, Green, Francis, & Stott, 2000). A normative sample …

Research shows that positive approaches to learning improve both social–emotional and
academic outcomes. This resource will help early childhood professionals implement …

This highly practical resource and text presents 70 interventions that have been
demonstrated to improve the classroom learning environment, academic achievement, and …

Although not trained as treatment providers, teachers are increasingly faced with students
who present challenging behavioral issues that require intervention. Teachers often resort to …

This study qualitatively explored frontline perspectives on the challenges of addressing
youths' criminogenic needs within a risk–need–responsivity (RNR)-based case …

Standardized measures of cognitive ability, academic achievement, classroom learning
behavior, and school social-emotional adjustment were administered for a nationally …

Background Approaches to learning (ATL) is a key domain of school readiness with
important implications for children's academic trajectories. Interestingly, however, the impact …