Based on Research Conducted at OSLC
The Kids in Transition to School – Developmental Disabilities Project was a randomized efficacy trial of a preventive intervention to enhance psychosocial and academic school readiness in children with developmental disabilities as they enter kindergarten.
Project Overview
The Kids in Transition to School – Developmental Disabilities Project was a randomized efficacy trial of a preventive intervention to enhance psychosocial and academic school readiness in children with developmental disabilities and behavior or social difficulties who are entering kindergarten. One hundred children participated in the KITS intervention group, and 100 children participated in the services as usual group. Children in the KITS intervention group participated in a multi-component intervention program during the summer before school starts and for the first two months of school. The study investigated these two groups of pre-kindergarten children on immediate (prekindergarten), intermediate (kindergarten) and longer term (first grade) outcomes as well as examined a number of key factors that may impact intervention including: child history of EI/ECSE and other educational services, child characteristics, and familial risk factors. This project helped to demonstrate whether a program developed specifically to give at-risk children a boost in school readiness skills before kindergarten entry would be effective for children in this population.
Year Project Began: 2008Funder: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education