“…High-quality early childhood interventions can serve as an antecedent for children's later academic development (Maier, Vitiello, & Greenfield, 2012;Duncan et al, 2007;DiPerna, Volpe, & Elliot, 2005;Rimm-Kaufman, Pianta, & Cox, 2000;Shonkoff & Phillips, 2000). Given the importance of early academic success, numerous interventions focus on children's early development (Furlong, McGilloway, Bywater, Hutchings, Smith, & Donnelly, 2012;Fuchs, Fuchs, Thompson, Otaiba, Yen, McMaster, Svenson, & Yang, 2001;Webster-Stratton & Taylor, 2001;Domitrovich & Greenberg, 2000). A growing body of research finds temperament-based interventions instrumental in children's social, emotional, and academic development (Collins, O'Connor, McClowry, in progress, McClowry & Collins, 2012).…”