PATHS Curriculum

Awards and Recognition

top ratings from independent evaluators

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

  • Select Program — highest possible rating

Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development; University of Colorado

  • Promising Program — meets the minimum standard of effectiveness

 
 

Office of Head Start’s Social Emotional Preschool Curriculum Consumer Report

  • The PATHS® Preschool/Kindergarten classroom module is one of two programs to show evidence of all 12 components of an effective curriculum, with top ratings in:

  • Being evidence-based

  • Being comprehensive across social and emotional development (SE) and approaches to learning (ATL) domain elements

  • Depth for each covered SE domain element

  • Well-designed learning activities

  • Responsive teaching

additional national and international recognition

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  • Office of Justice Programs' CrimeSolutions.gov: Effective Program (highest possible rating).

  • U.S. Department of Justice/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Effective Program (highest possible rating). The PATHS® program is one of only two universal classroom-based social and emotional learning curricula to achieve this rating.

  • U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Youth Violence: Promising Program.

  • Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT): Best Practice.

  • Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (IWGYP): Level 1 Program (highest possible rating).

  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Model Program (highest possible rating). The PATHS® program was one of only 12 SAMHSA Model Programs that had documented Academic Achievement outcomes—and one of only two programs designed for children ages 5-12.

  • SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP): Perfect score, program materials—3.6 points out of 4 in SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).

  • National Dropout Prevention Center/Network: Model Program (highest possible rating).

  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Best Practices Program.

  • U.S. Dept. of Education, Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program's Expert Panel: Promising Program.

  • KidsMatter Australian Primary Schools Mental Health Initiative: Highest possible rating in all SEL categories (Australia).

  • Early Intervention: The Next Steps: A Report for Her Majesty's Government: Level 1 Program (United Kingdom) highest possible rating. The PATHS® program is the ONLY universal classroom-based social and emotional learning curriculum to achieve this rating.

  • The PATHS® program has also been recognized for its effectiveness by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.