Executive Summary In 2017, The SPARK Initiative engaged an external research team from Group Victory, LLC to conduct an outcome evaluation on the SPARK Curricula. The SPARK Initiative is a nonprofit organization in Brandon, Florida focused on cultivating human potential and resilience by providing education, mentoring, and coaching that increases individuals understanding of the mind….
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A Call for New Responses to the Challenge of Teacher Stress Management
Research Paper 3: Quinn Cashion Stress is an all too common phenomenon in our society today and the negative impact it is having in the workplace and in families is significant. Today’s teachers are not exempt from this crippling problem. In fact, teachers are in one of the main fields, the helping profession, that have…
Using the Principle Based Model to Improve Well-Being in School: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study
Research Paper 2: Dean Rees – Evans; David J. Pevalin SAGE Open April-June 2017: 1–9 © The Author(s) 2017 DOI: 10.1177/2158244017716217 journals.sagepub.com/home/sg School-based interventions aimed at improving well-being and mental health have shown mixed results. The Principle Based Model (PBM) of Mind, Consciousness, and Thought is an untried intervention in English schools and as a…
Building Resilience in Youth: The Efficacy of a Promising New Intervention
Research paper 1: Thomas M. Kelley; Jasmine Alexander; Jack Pransky An experimental design was used to test the efficacy of a new resilience building intervention for children and adolescents grounded in the logic of an understanding known as The Three Principles. Youth in California and Iowa received this intervention while their waitlist control groups participated in…
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