PATHS® Results and Recognition
The PATHS® program is grounded in the science of children's brain development, which has determined that children experience and react to strong emotions before developing the cognitive abilities to verbalize them. The PATHS program's practical, effective strategies teach children how to label their feelings and apply self-control strategies, leading to significant improvements in coping skills, classroom behavior, and verbal fluency.
Program Results
In rigorous clinical studies,* the PATHS program has been shown to:
- reduce teachers' reports of students exhibiting aggressive behavior by 32%
- increase teachers' reports of students exhibiting self-control by 36%
- increase students' vocabulary for emotions by 68%
- increase students' scores on cognitive skills tests by 20%
- significantly improve students' ability to tolerate frustration plus their ability -- and willingness -- to use effective conflict-resolution strategies
- reduce behavioral problems, such as aggression at school (for both regular and special-needs students)
- significantly decrease conduct problems and the percentage of aggressive/violent solutions to social problems
- reduce depression and sadness among special-needs students.
*at one- or two-year follow-up, compared to matched-comparison children
Recognition
NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED:
- Model Program
highest possible rating
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
The PATHS program is one of only 12 SAMHSA Model Programs that have documented Academic Achievement outcomes -- and is one of only two programs designed for children ages 5-12.
- Perfect score -- program materials
SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
- Near perfect score -- dissemination
3.6 points out of 4 in SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP)
- Model Program
highest possible rating
Blueprints Project of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of Colorado
The PATHS program is the only violence-prevention curriculum for elementary-age children to achieve this rating.
- Model Program
highest possible rating
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network
PATHS is listed as showing a strong evidence of effectiveness!
- Select Program
highest possible rating
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
- Best Practices Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Promising Program
U.S. Dept. of Education, Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program's Expert Panel
- Promising Program
U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Youth Violence
- Best Practice
Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT)
- Highest possible rating in all SEL categories
KidsMatter Australian Primary Schools Mental Health Initiative
Highest possible rating in all SEL categories!
KidsMatter Australian Primary Schools Mental Health Initiative
The PATHS program is one of only two programs in the KidsMatter Program Guide to achieve both this rating for Social and Emotional Learning and the highest possible rating for Evidence of Effectiveness.
The Australian government has recognized PATHS as one of the two strongest social and emotional learning programs in its KidsMatter Program Guide! PATHS received the highest possible score for all five of the guide's Sound SEL Instructional Practice categories* and for Evidence of Effectiveness.**
PATHS is also the only listed program with demonstrated applicability to four special student groups:
- culturally and linguistically diverse students
- special needs students
- students from disadvantaged or low-socioeconomic families
- students from rural areas.
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Self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, responsible decision making, and relationship skills |
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Based on multiple studies showing positive behavior outcomes at post-test, and at least one study showing positive results in a one-year follow-up. |
The PATHS program has also been recognized for its effectiveness by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
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