{"id":22,"date":"2012-01-13T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pathstraining.com\/main\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-03-30T05:07:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:07:43","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pathstraining.com\/main\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"PATHS\u00ae<\/sup> Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research Overview:<\/h1>\n

Evidence of Program Effectiveness<\/h1>\n

The PATHS\u00ae<\/em> curriculum is one of the few Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programs that has been well-researched using strong experimental designs. As a result, the PATHS\u00ae\u00a0<\/em>curriculum has received high recognition and recommendations from a number of different sources (PATHS\u00ae<\/em><\/a> recognitions).<\/p>\n

Summary<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A series of randomized controlled trials with intervention vs. control groups (using one year of PATHS\u00ae<\/sup><\/em>\u00a0curriculum implementation with pre, post, and follow-up data) have been conducted over the past two decades. These have included three different populations including deaf\/hearing impaired, regular education, and special education-classified children (Greenberg & Kusch\u00e9, 1993, 1998; 2004; Greenberg, Kusch\u00e9, Cook, & Quamma, 1995; Kam, Greenberg, & Kusch\u00e9, 2004; Riggs, Greenberg, Kusch\u00e9 and Pentz, 2006). Findings indicated that the PATHS\u00ae<\/sup><\/em>\u00a0curriculum was successful in both significantly increasing protective factors for healthy development and in reducing behavioral and emotional problems.<\/p>\n

Increasing Protective Factors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 In clinical trials, compared to a randomized control group, children who received one school year of the PATHS<\/em>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0curriculum showed significant improvements such as:<\/p>\n