Teacher Training

• Proactive classroom management
  Establish consistent classroom expectations and routines at the beginning of the year.
  Give clear, explicit instructions for behavior.
  Recognize and reward desirable student behavior and efforts to comply.
  Use methods that keep minor classroom disruptions from interrupting instruction.

• Interactive teaching to motivate learners
  Assess and activate foundation knowledge before teaching.
  Teach to explicit learning objectives.
  Model skills to be learned.
  Frequently monitor student comprehension as material is presented.
  Re-teach material when necessary.

• Cooperative learning
  Involve small teams of students of different ability levels and backgrounds as learning partners.
  Provide recognition to teams for academic improvement of individual members.

• Effective reading instruction
  Balanced reading (guided reading, shared reading, reading aloud, and reading alone).
  Direct instruction in teaching word recognition and phonetic skills.

• Teacher coaching

• Teaching peering in on peers

Child Social and Emotional Skill Development

• Interpersonal problem-solving skills
  Communication
  Decision making/Problem solving
  Negotiation
  Conflict resolution
  Listening
  Giving compliments
  Sharing
  Recognizing feelings
  Tattling vs. reporting
  Using good manners

• Refusal skills
  Recognize social influences to engage in problem behaviors.
  Identify consequences of problem behaviors.
  Generate and suggest alternatives.
  Invite peers to join in alternatives.

• Summer camp for social skills and reading

Parent training

• Behavior management skills
  Observe and pinpoint desirable and undesirable child behaviors.
  Teach expectations for behaviors.
  Provide consistent positive reinforcement for desired behavior.
  Provide consistent and moderate consequences for undesired behaviors.

• Academic support skills
  Initiate conversations with teachers about children's learning.
  Help children develop reading and math skills.
  Create a home environment supportive of learning.

• Skills to reduce risks for drug use
  Establish a family policy on drug use.
  Practice refusal skills with children.
  Use self-control skills to reduce family conflict.
  Create new opportunities in the family for children to contribute and learn.

• School home coordinator to coordinate intervention

Source: Catalano R.F., Haggerty, K.P., Oesterle, S., Fleming, C.B., & Hawkins, J.D. (September, 2004). The Importance of Bonding to School for Healthy Development: Findings from the Social Development Research Group. Journal of School Health, 7(74), 252-261.