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PATHS-RASTEM study: program dissemination and first results

After the first trial of PATHS program in Istria, research team from University of Zagreb Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences got the grant for wider dissemination and research of PATHS program in Croatia. In collaboration with Celene Domitrovich from Prevention Research Centre, Penn State University, who is a project co-leader, we got the grant from Unity through Knowledge fund for the implementation and research of PATHS in schools and kindergartens in Zagreb, Rijeka and Istria. Each region has 5 intervention schools paired with 5 control schools and 2 pre- school settings. Program is being delivered to children from 30 classrooms from selected schools and will be delivered to 12 groups of children in selected kindergarten settings. Besides promotion of socio-emotional competence and skills, project goal is gathering of knowledge for program adaptation into Croatian conditions and assurance of program sustainability in Croatian curriculum. Project lasts from June 2010 until June 2012. PATHS program was already delivered to the 1st graders and it is continuing in September 2011 for the 2nd grade. Implementation of PATHS in kindergartens is starting also in September 2011. During our talk we will present the study design and first results in each of the 3 regions. PATHS implementation in schools is researched within experimental design while kindergartens have quasi-experimental design. Multi-informant and multi-method measurement strategy was employed for evaluation: children are assessed by teacher ratings and directly with individual interview.

PATHS; universal prevention; school based prevention; implementation of prevention

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