Dr. James P. Comer  | Developed by child psychiatrist Dr. James P. Comer
and his colleagues at the Yale Child Study Center in collaboration with
the New Haven Public Schools, the School Development Program (SDP) is a
research-based, comprehensive K-12 education reform program grounded in
the principles of child, adolescent, and adult development.
First
introduced in two low-achieving schools in 1968, over the years the
School Development Program has been implemented in hundreds of schools
in more than 20 states, the District of Columbia, Trinidad and Tobago,
South Africa, England, and Ireland.
The SDP provides the
organizational, management, and communications framework for mobilizing
teachers, administrators, parents, and other concerned adults to
support students' personal, social, and academic development and
achievement. The SDP also helps educators make better programmatic and
curriculum decisions based on students' needs and on developmental
principles.
For more information about the Comer School Development Program at the Yale Child Study Center, please visit the SDP website and YouTube page.
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