Table 2

Educators’ bi-weekly evaluation of the potential effectiveness (i.e. “Will they work?”) and actual effectiveness (i.e. “Did they work”) of skills taught that week in their own classrooms

SessionSubjectWill they work? Mean (SD)Did they work? Mean (SD)Week 8: Did they work? Mean (SD)
Week 1 (N = 40) and Week 2 (N = 26)PRIDE skills4.26 (0.86)3.73 (0.92)4.48 (0.51)
AVOID statements3.63 (1.22)3.00 (1.20)3.81 (0.87)
All Week 1 skills3.95 (0.88)3.37 (0.97)4.14 (0.62)***
Week 3 (N = 26) and Week 4 (N = 26)Commands4.26 (0.76)3.85 (0.88)4.52 (0.51)
Consequences3.11 (1.20)3.15 (1.08)4.29 (0.64)
Recovery3.30 (0.95)3.42 (1.21)4.24 (0.83)
All Week 3 skills3.56 (0.83)3.47 (0.98)4.35 (0.56)***
Week 5 (N = 27) and Week 6 (N = 22)Transitions4.30 (0.72)4.25 (0.72)4.43 (0.60)
Adjust environment4.30 (0.61)4.05 (0.76)4.38 (0.59)
Selective attention4.15 (0.72)3.85 (0.93)4.19 (0.81)
Model positive behavior4.33 (0.68)4.30 (0.73)4.67 (0.58)
Redirect4.33 (0.56)4.25 (0.85)4.43 (0.75)
Rules4.44 (0.69)4.05 (0.95)4.29 (0.78)
Choices4.41 (0.69)3.95 (0.83)4.57 (0.75)
When-then statements4.41 (0.69)3.95 (0.83)4.52 (0.68)
All Week 5 skills4.33 (0.56)4.09 (0.68)4.43 (0.54)*
Week 7 (N = 26) and Week 8 (N = 22)Tense and release4.50 (0.59)4.18 (0.66) 
Grounding4.00 (0.93)3.91 (1.07)
Breathing4.67 (0.57)4.41 (0.67)
Creative arts4.50 (0.72)4.23 (0.92)
Visualization4.00 (0.98)3.91 (1.07)
Modeling4.54 (0.51)4.55 (0.60)
All Week 7 skills4.37 (0.51)4.52 (0.51)

Source(s): Authors' own work

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