Desiree W. Murray

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 ...

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...

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...

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...