Summary of Findings of CARY Program Evaluations
Repeated surveys of school administrators and parents shows that CARY program participants demonstrate positive attitudes, positive behaviors, improved social skills, improved problem solving skills and diminished reports of fighting and aggression. One of our recent graduating students at Bedichek Middle School proclaimed that the youth violence prevention program was so helpful to him, that he though the program should be in each school in Austin.
2003-2004 School Year
Academic Research Associates found statistically significant “improvements in social behavior and decreases in anti social behaviors” with CARY students during the 2003-2004 school year.
2005-2006 School Year
Pablo Martinez Ph.D. found statistically significant results in improved social skills, anger management skills, conflict resolution skills and social responsibility skills for a group of CARY students in the 2005-2006 school year.
2006-2007 school year
Dottie Carmichael Ph.D., found that among 300 participants, CARY students demonstrated a 50% decrease in serious incident reports with the decrease sustained for an 18-month period of time in a recent evaluation of pre- and post CARY treatment using serious school incident reports during the 2006-2007 school year.
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