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In 2003, the SDM/PS Program was identified as one of twenty
"select" social & emotional learning programs
out of an extensive research study of 242 programs with
evidence of effectiveness. The study was conducted over
a three-year period by the Collaborative for Academic, Social,
and Emotional Learning (CASEL) funded by the Office of Educational
Research and Improvement (OERI) of the U. S. Department
of Education. The publication, Safe and Sound: An Educational
Leader's Guide to Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning
Programs is designed as a resource for school administrators.
In 2001, the SDM/PS Program was designated a Promising
Program by the Expert Panel on Safe and Drug Free Schools
of the United States Department of Education's Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education.
In 2000, the SDM/PS Program was designated a Character
of Education Program of Merit by the Character Education
Partnership in Washington, DC, and by the New Jersey Department
of Education's Character Education Partnership.
In 1998, the SDM/PS Program received "Exemplary Program"
designation from the U.S. Department of Education and the
National Association of School Psychologists' Center for
Effective Collaboration and Practice.
In 1997, the SDM/PS Program was designated as a Model Program
by the National Education Goals Panel of Goals 2001.
In 1995, the SDM/PS Program was recognized as a model program
to promote emotional intelligence in schools by Daniel Goleman
in his national best-selling book entitled, Emotional Intelligence.
In 1989, the SDM/PS Program was validated as a National
Program of Excellence in Education by the Program Effectiveness
Panel of the National Diffusion Network of the U. S. Department
of Education. The program has also received revalidation.
In 1988, the SDM/PS program received the 1988 National
Lela Rowland Prevention Award as an Outstanding Prevention
Research Program in the United States from the National
Mental Health Association. The program was also designated
as a Statewide Model Program for Substance Abuse Prevention
at the Elementary and Secondary School Level by the New
Jersey Department of Education in that same year.
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