Robin Jacob

The purpose of this project is to examine the efficacy of the TRAILS Early Intervention program (TRAILS-EI) by evaluating its impact on the mental health and academic performance of students in Detroit Public Schools Community District. TRAILS (Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students) is a University of Michigan program that promotes utilization of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) by providing school mental health professionals (SMHPs) curriculum resources, train...

Intervention programs that target literacy skills have proven successful in boosting at-risk children's academic achievement. Yet the gains for these children, while important, are modest and often fall short of closing the achievement gap that emerges early in development. Emerging research evidence suggests that social-emotional understanding and self-regulation skills contribute in important ways to academic success in the early grades. In the present study, the research team will deve...