Desiree W. Murray
Associated IES Content
Grant
Integrating Mindfulness Into School Counseling to Enhance Resilience for Adolescents in the Context of Stress
The purpose of this project is to develop, refine, and pilot test an IES-funded program (Be CALM Counseling) to increase counselors' attunement to the stress-related needs of the diverse middle school populations they serve. Stress is highly prevalent among adolescents, even more so in the present times, and disrupts students' learning as well as their emotional wellbeing. Although many different individual and contextual factors have been shown to promote stress resilience, emotion regulati...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A230390
FY2021
FY2021 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
FY2020
FY2020 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
FY2019
FY2019 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
FY2018
FY2018 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
FY2017
FY2017 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
Grant
Promoting Self-Regulation to Enhance Social, Behavioral, and Academic Adjustment in Middle School
The purpose of this project was to develop and test an intervention to support the development of adolescents' self-regulation skills during the middle school years. The need for intervention during this time period can be seen in a decline in achievement and an increase in discipline problems and truancy. Middle school classroom peer cultures also tend to discourage academically engaged and prosocial behaviors, favoring aggression and defiance. As such, there is reason to provide universal ...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A170172
FY2016
FY2016 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel
Grant
Educational Outcomes of the Incredible Years Small Group Program for Early Elementary Students with Self-Regulation Difficulties
Researchers evaluated the efficacy of a small group social-emotional and behavioral intervention, the Incredible Years Dina Dinosaur Treatment Program (IY-Dina), for helping early elementary school students with social-emotional and behavioral difficulties. Many children with these difficulties do not respond adequately to universal interventions. As a result, they are at risk for discipline referrals, academic underachievement, and conflict with peers and teachers that interferes with learn...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A150169
Grant
Effects of Classroom Management Training on Early Learning Skills
Considerable evidence suggests that teacher classroom management practices play a large role in determining the amount of time students engage in academic tasks, but there has been little experimental research on the direct benefits of classroom management training for academic achievement. The Incredible Years teacher training program (IYT) has been shown to be effective in improving classroom management practices in early elementary school and in enhancing children's social competence, em...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A090361
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