Professor Esther Calzada helped develop ParentCorps, a program that teaches young children skills such as expressing their emotions, and coaches parents and teachers in how to encourage positive behaviors. Recent research in New York City public schools that serve predominantly poor students shows that by second grade, children at schools with ParentCorps were half as likely to have clinically significant mental health problems, compared to peers at non-participating schools, and had higher academic performances. Results were published in JAMA Pediatrics. Calzada hopes to bring this evidence-based program to Texas schools.
The Magazine of the Steve Hicks Schools of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin
