 She says evaluators from the University of Nebraska Medical Center assess the children at the beginning and end of each school year. Educare Winnebago is the only Educare program in the country on an Indian reservation. LaPointe Houghton attributes their success to Educare's four pillars, data utilization, professional development, high-quality teaching, and intensive family engagement. She says one focus of their program is a social-emotional curriculum, teaching skills like identifying and expressing emotions in acceptable ways.