Evaluation of the Primary Mental Health Project Model of Early Identification and Prevention of School Adjustment Problems

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The Primary Mental Health Project (PMHP) is a school based intervention program designed to identify and prevent school adjustment problems in primary grade children. In the PMHP, children identified as being at risk with respect to early school maladjustment are paired with trained nonprofessional aides in a play-type setting. The role of the aide is to encourage the expression of feelings, to help develop coping skills, and to serve as an adult model. Evaluation studies, with primarily positive results, have been conducted; however, the majority of these studies have employed experimental and control schools matched on demographic variables. The present study examined PMHP's effectiveness employing random assignment of children to experimental and control conditions within a single school. Results indicated no significant differences between the groups on behavioral, self-concept, academic, and intellectual criteria.

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