I Can Problem Solve

An intervention focused on developing students’ problem solving skills.

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I Can Problem Solve (ICPS) is a lesson-based program designed to help students develop their interpersonal and cognitive problem-solving skills. With 59-83 lessons per grade, this curriculum is presented in the form of games, role plays, puppets, etc. Specific skill building includes:

Pre-problem-solving vocabulary and skills
Identifying feelings in self and others
Developing alternative solutions
Use of consequential thinking
Means-end thinking

According to the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), two randomized control trials (RCTs) published in 2002 with PreK-1st grade students found increased positive social behavior and reduced conduct problems.

Tier 1, Grades K-8, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)