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by Savannah Heaney Published 3 years ago Updated 2 years ago 7 min read

What is Paths curriculum?

The PATHS® curriculum is a comprehensive program for promoting emotional and social competencies and reducing aggression and behavior problems in elementary school-aged children while simultaneously enhancing the educational process in the classroom.

How many times a week is Paths?

The PATHS® program is designed to be taught two or more times per week for a minimum of 20-30 minutes per day. Systematic, developmentally-based lessons, materials, and instructions are provided to facilitate emotional literacy, self-control, social competence, positive peer relations, and interpersonal problem-solving skills.

Why do we use Paths?

This also results in our students utilizing only part of their brains while in the classroom. Alternatively, when we teach children through the use of both social and nonsocial neural systems, as achieved with the implementation of the PATHS® program, learning is easier, much more enjoyable, and far more effective. In other words, using the PATHS® curriculum, and thereby engaging both neural systems, is literally teaching the whole child.

What are the skills for the future?

Skills for the future: Life satisfaction, good health, & citizenship

Is Paths a good program?

Over the past 35 years, more than 40 published research studies (by ourselves and others, both nationally and internationally) have documented the effectiveness of the PATHS® program and show that the PATHS® program is the best choice for achieving optimal educational success. A wide variety of results has consistently shown improvements in seven major goals of education needed for the development of healthy, happy children and future adults:

Is Paths curriculum effective?

Alternatively, when we teach children through the use of both social and nonsocial neural systems, as achieved with the implementation of the PATHS® program, learning is easier, much more enjoyable, and far more effective. In other words, using the PATHS® curriculum, and thereby engaging both neural systems, is literally teaching the whole child.