TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of a Social-emotional Skills-Building Program (Pisotón) on Early Development of Children in Colombia
T2 - A Pilot Effectiveness Study
AU - Cosso, Jimena
AU - de Vivo, Ana Rita Russo
AU - Hein, Sascha
AU - Silvera, Liceth Paola Reales
AU - Ramirez-Varela, Lucero
AU - Ponguta, Liliana Angelica
N1 - Funding Information:
We are thankful to all the ECD center principals, teachers, and psychologist and to the famlies and children who participated in this study. We are also endebted to the Insitutio Colombiano de Bienestar Famliar for its support in implementing and evaluating the study. We also appreciate the support of Save the Children in the training and advice on the appliaction of IDELA, in particlar Lauren Pisani and Sara Poehlman. We thank David Sears and Signe Kastberg for their valuable comments and suggestions.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Quality early childhood development (ECD) settings that address children's needs holistically provide safe and nurturing opportunities for children to thrive. We evaluated, through a quasi-experimental design, the impact of a social-emotional skills-building program (Pisotón) across ECD centers in Colombia. Developmental outcomes of children participating in Pisotón (n = 37) for 12 weeks were compared to those of children who did not participate in the program (n = 37) using the International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) measure and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The results show that participation in Pisotón significantly increased children's social-emotional development score by 0.37 standard deviation units as assessed by IDELA. Study implications are discussed.
AB - Quality early childhood development (ECD) settings that address children's needs holistically provide safe and nurturing opportunities for children to thrive. We evaluated, through a quasi-experimental design, the impact of a social-emotional skills-building program (Pisotón) across ECD centers in Colombia. Developmental outcomes of children participating in Pisotón (n = 37) for 12 weeks were compared to those of children who did not participate in the program (n = 37) using the International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) measure and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). The results show that participation in Pisotón significantly increased children's social-emotional development score by 0.37 standard deviation units as assessed by IDELA. Study implications are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101898
DO - 10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101898
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119593763
SN - 0883-0355
VL - 111
JO - International Journal of Educational Research
JF - International Journal of Educational Research
M1 - 101898
ER -