TY - JOUR PY - 1996// TI - Creating Classrooms that Students Experience as Communities JO - American journal of community psychology A1 - Solomon, Daniel A1 - Watson, Marilyn A1 - Battistich, Victor A1 - Schaps, Eric//// SP - 719 EP - 748 VL - 24 IS - 6 N2 - Note: This publication discussed the effects of the Child Development Project (CDP) on sense of community, prosocial development, and other student outcomes in students followed from kindergarten through sixth grade. The CDP is a comprehensive, research-tested, elementary school-based program. CDP's mission is to: (1) Help students resist drugs, alcohol, and tobacco; (2) Create an atmosphere of trust where students and teachers treat each other with kindness and respect; (3) Nurture such values as responsibility and fairness, honesty and helpfulness; (4) Enhance conflict resolution skills; (5) Increase students' academic motivation; and (6) Strengthen family-school-community connections. For more information on the Child Development Project (CDP), see VioPro record number 3399. Child Development Youth Development Late Childhood Middle Childhood Social Skills Development Prosocial Skills Elementary School Student Grade K Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade Grade 6 Education Program School Based Child Behavior Program Effects 10-00

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