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all children in the classroom, several times per week, throughout the school year. In this way,
young children are provided with the language and skills to cope effectively with emotions and
problems that arise in their everyday lives. Preliminary results and experience with the program in
over 40 Head Start, kindergarten, and grades one and two classrooms suggests the program is
highly regarded by teachers, parents, and children alike and is showing promising social and
academic improvements.
Dinosaur School is a comprehensive program that simultaneously works to eliminate
disruptive child behaviors and to foster prosocial behaviors. Ideally it would be used in
conjunction with the parent program and teacher classroom management training programs so
that parents and teachers are consistently reinforcing the newly learned social behaviors at home
and school. As with any intervention, this program is most effective when provided with high
fidelity, upholding the integrity of the content, process, and methods.