The Abecedarian program provides high quality pre-school and educational childcare for children from birth to five years from disadvantaged backgrounds. Read more
Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach (A-CRA) is an alcohol and substance abuse program for young people between the ages of 12 and 22 that attempts to replace environmental factors that support this behavior with prosocial activities to support recovery. Read more
Aggression Replacement Training was developed by Arnold Goldstein, Barry Glick and John Gibbs in the 1980s to help adolescents cope with aggressive emotions. Read more
All Stars is a US-designed program that has successfully reduced sexual activity and other risky behaviors, such as substance misuse, among young adolescents. It is classified as a Model Program by the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Read more
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), known to participants and press as ‘Children of the 90s’ was established to unravel the genetic and environmental pathways that predispose parents and children to the development of disorders and illness. Read more
Given the well-known barriers to implementing evidence-based programs, is it better to identify their discrete elements and trust practitioners to combine them in tailored packages depending on the needs of the child and family in question?
Tests in Australia on the effectiveness of the Family Risk Factor Checklist screening questionnaire have highlighted the difficulties parents and teachers alike face when they attempt to predict which children are most prone to mental health problems.