How to Order the
Student Success Skills Curriculum

To order the classroom and/or group curriculum contact the publisher, Atlantic Education Consultants, Boca Raton, FL: at SSSAEC@aol.com

or click here to order online
 

Training is available

Drs. Brigman and Webb work with school districts to provide training in the SSS model for school counselors.  If your district or school is interested we will share templates for grants and information about how to access current federal, state and local funding streams tied to improving student academic and social competence. 

Four randomized comparison group studies investigating the impact of the SSS curriculum have been completed.  All four studies showed marked improvement in student standardized test scores in math and reading as well as in classroom behavior.  The school counselors participating in all four studies received training to insure that they could implement the SSS program as designed. 

School counselors may implement the SSS curriculum without the training.  However, since no studies have been done without training, we are not sure about the results.  We are confident that with the SSS training counselors can expect a success rate of between 70-86% (this was the range of the percent of students showing improvement in test scores across all four studies). The reasons for this confidence are explained below. 

The four SSS studies included training for participating school counselors that focused upon three main ingredients related to implementing the SSS curriculum:  Topics, Skills and Format.  

The Topics refer to three skill areas that emerge from the research literature on successful students.  These three skills are cognitive skills, social skills, and self-management skills.  The group and classroom guidance curriculums focus upon these critically important topics. 

The Skills refer to ten skills considered crucial to effective group leadership and classroom guidance.  First, these skills are demonstrated by the trainers. Next, participants practice using the skills, and last, they receive structured feedback using a “Counselor Peer Coaching” model developed at FAU. 

The Format refers to a structured format for each group and classroom lesson.  A series of key strategies for the Beginning, Middle and End of each lesson have been developed to facilitate delivery of the SSS curriculum.

It is the combination of these three components, TOPICS, SKILLS, FORMAT, that give school counselors a high degree of confidence in implementing the SSS program. 

The training emphasizes practice with the SSS curriculum, the structured format and the key skills for leading groups and classroom lessons.  The curriculum includes specific models for helping students develop cognitive, social and self-management skills.