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Board hears plan for parent-empowerment early-intervention pilot to address preschool–K behavior
Summary
District leaders proposed a Parent Empowerment Program (PEP), an evidence-based early-intervention pilot for TK and kindergarten families that includes parent training, live coaching, and a PEP classroom pilot at Roosevelt, with seed funding from Providence and training sourced from a Tennessee-based program.
Lawndale Elementary School District leaders presented a proposal for a Parent Empowerment Program (PEP), an early-intervention, parent-engagement program the district plans to pilot to address challenging behaviors among TK and kindergarten students.
The plan was introduced by Dr. Julie Kane and Emily Le, the district’s newly hired community schools coordinator, who said the PEP concept was informed by a La Mesa–Spring Valley program and Vanderbilt University research and would add a tier-2 intervention between universal supports and intensive special-education referrals.
Emily Le said a district needs assessment showed behavioral referrals across sites and identified student behavior and family engagement as the two greatest needs. She reported that in 2023–24 the district recorded about 56 referrals, with roughly 50% coming from Roosevelt (FDR); by a January 2024–25 snapshot there were 43 referrals, with 20% from Roosevelt. Based on that data, the district proposed piloting the program at Roosevelt (referred to as FDR in the presentation).
Dr. Kane described the program structure: participating students attend the PEP classroom two days per week for two hours per session (in…
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