Lion’s Quest: Skills for Growing, offered by Lions Club International, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades K-4 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 1-4. Programming for grades 5-8 are available in the companion program, Lion’s Quest: Skills for Adolescence. Translated materials for Lion’s Quest: Skills for Growing are available in 46 languages, including Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Arabic.
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- SEL lessons
- Instructional practices
- Relationship building
- Positive classroom management
- SEL generalization
- Shared agreements
- Student voice
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- Systemic support for SEL
- Adult SEL
- Group structures
- Student Voice
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- Service-learning
- Community partnerships
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- Family Intervention Component
- School Involvement
- Activities and Resources for Home
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- Onsite in-person training
- Virtual training
- Offsite training
- Train the trainer model
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- Administrator support
- Coaching
- Technical assistance
- Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
- Online resource library
- Self-report tools for monitoring implementation
- Observational tools
- Tools for measuring student success
Evidence of effectiveness
Results from a quasi-experimental study conducted in the 2013-2014 academic year (published in 2016) supported the effectiveness of Lions Quest Skills for Growing for elementary students. This evaluation included 417 grades 1 through 4 students enrolled in multiple urban schools in Turkey. This evaluation found that students who participated in the program engaged in more observer-reported positive cooperative behaviors and less belittling behaviors compared to students in the comparison group (outcomes reported 8 months after baseline). Although baseline equivalency was met, analyses did not adjust for pre-test scores, and therefore Lion’s Quest Skills for Growing is designated as Promising.
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Evidence shown in grades 1, 2, 3, 4School characteristics -
- Urban
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- Non-US location
Student characteristics - Not Specified
Percentage Low Income - Not Specified
Study design type - QE
Greater than 350 students included in study design type - Yes
Multiple school districts included at study design type - Yes
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- Improved academic performance
- Reduced emotional distress
- Improved identity development and agency
- Reduced problem behaviors
- Improved school climate
- Improved school connectedness
- Improved social behaviors
- Improved teaching practices
- Improved other SEL skills and attitudes
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Go to Provider SiteReferences
- Accepted by CASEL
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Gol-Guven, M. (2016). The effectiveness of the Lions Quest Program: Skills for Growing on school climate, students’ behaviors, perceptions of school, and conflict resolution skills. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 25(4), 575–594.
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Back to top- Program approach: Free Standing Lessons
- Significant evaluation outcomes: Reduced problem behaviors, Improved social behaviors
- School characteristics: Urban, Non-US location
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