Four-year-old Jas鈥檓eir English can act up from time to time and she鈥檚 capable of disrupting a classroom.
But what if we paired young students, like Jas鈥檓eir, with behavior coaches? Would they learn proper behavior in the classroom and retain it for the rest of their school careers. The University of Louisville has received a first-of-its-kind federal grant to find out.
鈥淭he purpose of it is to understand whether or not the First Step Next early intervention is effective for young kids at risk for academic failure due to behavioral, social or emotional concerns鈥 said Andy Frey, a researcher in the Kent School of Social Work and principal investigator on the grant.
Forty 4-year-olds in Jefferson County Public Schools鈥 early childhood program are part of the study. Jas鈥檓eir鈥檚 behavior coach is Blake Skidmore who says 鈥渨e really focus on using positive reinforcement to teach kids what we want to see them doing versus what we tend to slip into which is negative attention when they鈥檙e misbehaving.鈥
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