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The Pyramid Club Primary School-Based Intervention: Evaluating the Impact on Children's Social-Emotional Health
Maddie Ohl1,2, Kathryn Mitchell1, Tony Cassidy3
1Department of Psychology, Thames Valley University, St Mary's Road, London, W5 5RF, UK.
Background:
Children with poor social-emotional health are at risk of failing to reach their potential.
Method:
The impact of the Pyramid Club year 3 preventive intervention on children's social-emotional health was investigated. Children were allocated to an intervention or non-problem comparison group.
Results:
Post-intervention both groups had improved Total Difficulty scores (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) with the Pyramid group showing a significantly stronger effect size (r = .71) than the non-problem comparison group (r = .44).
Conclusions:
The Pyramid Club intervention improves the social-emotional health of vulnerable children. The need to evaluate such interventions and to extend research are discussed.
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