Well Supported by Research

Pyramid Model

The overall goal of the proposed work is to improve the social emotional development of young children in Oklahoma in any licensed childcare program.

Promising Research

Al’s Pals Kids Making Healthy Choices

The goal of this project is to ensure the healthy development and social emotional well-being of young children ages 5 and below throughout Oklahoma through the promotion of the Reach Out and Read (ROR) intervention, designed to foster intentional skill-building in parents, resilience in families, and positive bonding between children and families, integrated into pediatric primary care.

Well Supported by Research

Conscious Discipline

Conscious Discipline’s adult-first, child-second approach equips educators with the mindset and skillsets needed to internalize and dramatically upgrade their own social and emotional aptitudes.

Well Supported by Research

Reach Out and Read

The goal of this project is to ensure the healthy development and social emotional well-being of young children ages 5 and below throughout Oklahoma through the promotion of the Reach Out and Read (ROR) intervention.

Additional Research Needed

Supporting Data-driven Improvements in Early Education

This proposal provides a framework to support continuous improvement for early education programs that utilizes classroom and child data to identify existing strengths and appropriate areas for coaching and development.

Well Supported by Research

LENA – Building Brains Through Early Talk

LENA has conducted research showing significant variability in how much adults talk with children and that those who talk the least tend to overestimate how much they talk the most.

Promising Research

Little Otter Health

A New Model of Care: Little Otter has developed a platform and clinical model to provide virtual whole-family mental health care.

Well Supported by Research

Second Step® Early Learning

Second Step® Early Learning is designed specifically for multiple-age early learning environments with a focus on supporting children from low-income families.

Promising Research

ELQA Starting Right – CECPD

ELQA: Starting Right proposes to implement the ELQA and professional support in at least 20 classrooms in ten rural Oklahoma public elementary schools and selected childcare centers, Head Starts, and public preschool/pre-k programs that feed into each school.

Well Supported by Research

Learn the Signs Act Early: A Developmental Health Promotion Program

This submission targets parents of young children, early educators and other professionals working in systems that support early childhood.