Continued participation in the Harrisburg Preschool Program (HPP) has led fifth-grade students to score higher on Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) literacy and math tests than peers who have not participated in the HPP program, according to the final evaluation of the HPP initiative by the Prevention Research Center at Penn State. (more)
Continued participation in the Harrisburg Preschool Program (HPP) has led fourth-grade students to score higher on Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) literacy and math tests than peers who have not participated in the HPP program, according to a recent evaluation by the Prevention Research Center at Penn State. HPP is a collaborative program involving the Harrisburg School District (HSD) and Capital Area Head Start (CAHS) program, which provides comprehensive, high-quality preschool services to at-risk children in the Harrisburg area. (more)
Celene Domitrovich, assistant director of the Prevention Research Center at Penn State University, has been awarded a Joseph E. Zins Award for Action Research in Social and Emotional Learning. The award is given to one researcher each year by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), an organization devoted to promoting the success of children in school and life. (more)
While visiting Harrisburg for a conference in 2006, Josipa Basic approached Mark Greenberg and other Penn State faculty members to ask for their support. Basic, a professor of theories of prevention at the University of Zagreb in Croatia and head of the University of Zagreb's Center for Prevention Research, was coordinating the creation of a new Ph.D. program in prevention science and disability studies at the university. She felt that the vision of Penn State's Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development -- of which Greenberg is the director --was similar to the vision she had in mind for a prevention science program at Zagreb. She believed that Penn State would be able to provide the support she needed. (more)
Recent standardized test results show that participation in the Harrisburg Preschool Program (HPP) significantly affects children's literacy and math skills. Third-grade children who had participated in the HPP program scored significantly higher on Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) tests than their peers who had not participated in the HPP program. (more)
Researchers at Penn State have found that participation in a particular preschool program increases children's literacy and math skills and cognitive abilities. The researchers evaluated children enrolled in the Harrisburg Preschool Program (HPP), a comprehensive program that provides preschool programming in collaboration with early childhood agencies in Harrisburg, Pa. (more)
An evaluation by researchers at Penn State of youth crime in Pennsylvania shows that research-based strategies have resulted in reduced rates of youth delinquency and drug use, improved academic achievement and cost-savings in communities across the state. (more)
The Penn State Prevention Research Center (PRC) has opened its new Evidence-based Prevention and Intervention Support Center, created to support the PRC's continuing efforts to work with Commonwealth agencies and Pennsylvania communities to promote the well-being of children, youth, and families and reduce violence and delinquency through tested and effective programs. (more)
A $60 million investment by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) over the last decade in evidence-based programs across the state has resulted in a $317 million return on just seven of those programs, according to a report by the Penn State Prevention Research Center. Programs involve prevention strategies that address youth crime and violence, including mentoring programs, school-based skill building programs, family strengthening programs and individual and family therapy for juvenile offenders. (more)
A Penn State research initiative which answered health and human services needs in the Harrisburg area from 2000 to 2003 is being resurrected by a Penn State Harrisburg faculty member. Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Richard Fiene has been awarded funding from the University's Children, Youth and Families Consortium which is bringing the Harrisburg Collaborative Research Scholar Initiative back to life after an absence of five years. (more)
