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Intervention Programs and Curricula Targeting Literacy and Social-Emotional<br />

Development<br />

Improving both literacy and social-emotional skills has become a focus <strong>of</strong> recent<br />

intervention research. Currently, only three programs, the 4Rs: Reading, Writing,<br />

Respect, and Resolution intervention (M<strong>or</strong>ningside Center f<strong>or</strong> Teaching Social<br />

Responsibility, n.d.); the Peers Early Education Partnership intervention (PEEP;<br />

Evangelou & Sylva, 2007); and the Woven W<strong>or</strong>d program (Committee f<strong>or</strong> Children,<br />

2006) specifically aim to simultaneously enhance children‘s literacy and social-emotional<br />

skills.<br />

First, the 4Rs: Reading, Writing, Respect, and Resolution intervention links<br />

conflict resolution into language arts to create a caring classroom community f<strong>or</strong> children<br />

ranging in age from kindergarten through grade 5. Program components cover seven<br />

units, including community building, dealing with emotions, listening, being assertive,<br />

dealing with conflict, celebrating diversity and countering prejudice, and making a<br />

difference. Each unit is based on a children‘s book and has two parts, including Book<br />

Talk (e.g., st<strong>or</strong>ybook discussion, writing, and role play) and Applied Learning (i.e.,<br />

lessons on conflict resolution). Implementation <strong>of</strong> the intervention requires a substantial<br />

eff<strong>or</strong>t on facilitat<strong>or</strong>s‘ parts, including 25 hours <strong>of</strong> training and ongoing teaching f<strong>or</strong><br />

teachers and parent-child activities f<strong>or</strong> use in the home (M<strong>or</strong>ningside Center f<strong>or</strong> Teaching<br />

Social Responsibility, n.d.). Research evaluating the efficacy <strong>of</strong> the 4Rs program is<br />

currently being conducted (W. Hoglund, personal communication, May 1, 2008; Lovett,<br />

2006).<br />

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