Project ACHIEVE

Ages: 2-14

Contact: Howard M. Knoff, Ph.D.
Professor of School Psychology
Department of Psychological Foundations
EDU 162/4202 E. Fowler Avenue
Tampa, FL 33620
Phone: 813/974-9498, Fax: 813/974-5814
E-mail: knoff@tempest.coedu.usf.edu

To Order: Sopris West, Inc.
4093 Specialty Place
Longmont, CO 80504
Phone: 800/547-6747

Project ACHIEVE is an innovative school-reform program targeting academically and socially at-risk and underachieving students. It places particular emphasis on increasing student performance in the areas of social skills and conflict resolution, improving student achievement and academic progress, facilitating positive school climate, and in increasing parental involvement and support. This is done through an integrated process that involves organizational and resource development, comprehensive in-service training and follow-up, and parent and community involvement all leading to direct and preventive services for at-risk students.

Successful replication of the Project ACHIEVE model involves seven interdependent components:

  • Strategic Planning and Organizational Analysis and Development
  • Referral Question Consultation Process (RQC) for building-wide problem solving
  • Effective Classroom Teaching/Staff Development
  • Instructional Consultation and Curriculum-Based Assessment
  • Behavioral Consultation and Behavioral Interventions including the school-wide and parent/community use of social skills (or problem solving) and aggression-control training
  • Parent Training, Tutoring, and Support
  • Research and Accountability

    Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Model Program, (PDF) 2001