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Programs that Work

The PPN site features summaries of programs and practices that are proven to improve outcomes for children. All programs have been reviewed for quality and to ensure that they have evidence of positive effects.

Programs are assigned to one of three evidence level categories (Proven, Promising, or Other Reviewed Programs) according to a number of evidence criteria.

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Below is a complete list of all programs on the site, grouped by Proven and Promising Programs and Other Reviewed Programs.

 Proven and Promising Programs

Programs are assigned either a Proven or a Promising rating, depending on whether they have met PPN's evidence criteria.

The Abecedarian Project Accelerated Academics Academy (AAA) Accelerated Reader Adolescent Coping with Depression Course Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS) Attachment-Based Family Therapy Be Proud! Be Responsible! Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Child Development Project Child Sexual Abuse Prevention: Teacher Training Workshop Child-Parent Centers Class Wide Peer Tutoring Program Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) Cognitive Relaxation Coping Skills Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) Communities In Schools Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition Coping Cat Coping with Stress Course Core Knowledge Counselors Care (CARE) Creating Lasting Family Connections DARE to be You Direct Instruction Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) Early Head Start Early Intervention in Reading The Effective Learning Program Family Support and Parenting Education in the Home Family Thriving Program Father/Male Involvement Preschool Teacher Education Program FluText Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Get Real About AIDS Go Grrrls Guiding Good Choices Head Start Healthy Families New York (HFNY) Healthy Start Healthy Steps for Young Children HighScope Perry Preschool Program Hip-Hop to Health Jr. Incredible Years

Infant Health and Development Program Know Your Body LifeSkills Training Making Proud Choices! Midwestern Prevention Project/Project STAR Multisystemic Therapy (MST) National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program New Hope Project New York City's Small Schools of Choice Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) Nurse Family Partnership Parent-Child Home Program Parents as Teachers Parents' Fair Share Partners in Reading Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies Postponing Sexual Involvement/Human Sexuality Educational Series Primary and Secondary Control Enhancement Training Project ALERT Project Northland Project TRUST Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP) Reaching Educators, Children, and Parents (RECAP) Reading Recovery Reciprocal Teaching Reducing the Risk Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) Safe Child Program Seattle Social Development Project Second Step Violence Prevention Self Center (School-Linked Reproductive Health Services) Smart Start Social Decision Making / Problem Solving SPORT Student Achievement Guarantee in Education (SAGE) Syracuse Family Development Research Program Talent Development Secondary Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI) Team Accelerated Instruction: Math Teen Outreach Program Teen Talk Text4Health-Adolescents Triple P Positive Parenting Program Triple Play Who Do You Tell?

 Other Reviewed Programs

Some programs are identified as Other Reviewed Programs. These programs have not undergone a full review by PPN, but evidence of their effectiveness has been reviewed by one or more credible organizations using standards similar to PPN's evidence criteria.

Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success Across Ages Aggression Replacement Training Aggressors, Victims, and Bystanders: Thinking and Acting to Prevent Violence Al's Pals: Kids Making Healthy Choices All Stars All Stars (Core Program) Arthur Behavioral Monitoring and Reinforcement Program Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition Brief Strategic Family Therapy Career Academies Check & Connect Child FIRST Children in Between Class Action Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA) Community of Caring Community Trials Intervention to Reduce High-Risk Drinking (RHRD) Connect with Kids Coping Power Program DaisyQuest Dialogic Reading Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mothers (EIP) Early Risers 'Skills for Success' Program Enhanced Proactive Reading Everyday Mathematics The Expert Mathematician Facing History and Ourselves Families And Schools Together (FAST) Family Check-Up Family Matters Fast ForWord Language FAST Track Financial Incentives for Teen Parents to Stay in School Focus on Families Functional Family Therapy Good Behavior Game Growing Healthy Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) I CAN Learn Pre-Algebra and Algebra I Can Problem Solve Instructional Conversations and Literature Logs Interactive Shared Book Reading Keep A Clear Mind (KACM) Keepin' it R.E.A.L. (Refuse, Explain, Avoid, Leave) Leadership and Resiliency Program (LRP) Lessons in Character Let Each One Teach One Mentor Program Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT) Lions-Quest Skills for Adolescence Lions-Quest Working Toward Peace Michigan Model for Comprehensive School Health Education Minnesota Smoking Prevention Program

Multidimensional Family Therapy Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Not On Tobacco Olweus Bullying Prevention Program Open Circle Curriculum OSLC Treatment Foster Care Parent Child Development Center Parenting Wisely Parenting With Love and Limits PeaceBuilders The Peacemakers Program: Violence Prevention for Students in Grades 4-8 Peers Making Peace Phonological Awareness Training Phonological Awareness Training plus Letter Knowledge Training Positive Action Preventive Treatment Program Primary Mental Health Project Project ACHIEVE Project EX Project SUCCESS Project Toward No Drug Abuse (Project TND) Project Toward No Tobacco Use (Project TNT) Project Venture Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorders Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS) Protecting You / Protecting Me Reading Mastery Reconnecting Youth (RY) Residential Student Assistance Program Resources, Education, and Care in the Home (REACH) Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RIPP) Safe Dates Saxon Middle School Math Say It Straight Training SCARE Program School Transitional Environmental Program Schools and Families Educating Children (SAFE Children) Shared Book Reading SMARTteam (Students Managing Anger and Resolution Together) SNAP (Stop Now And Plan) Under 12 Outreach Project (SNAP ORP) Sound Foundations Start Taking Alcohol Risks Seriously (STARS) for Families Strengthening Families Program Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 Strong African American Families (SAAF) Program Talent Search Teaching Students to be Peacemakers Teenage Health Teaching Modules The Think Time Strategy Too Good for Drugs Too Good for Drugs and Violence Too Good for Violence Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Twelve Together University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) Algebra Vocabulary Improvement Program for English Language Learners and Their Classmates