DARE To Be You - A Systems Approach to the Early Prevention of Problem Behaviors

DARE To Be You (DTBY) is a program that has both a conceptual foundation and is demonstrably effective in building assets linked to a decrease in problem behaviors. Its success is based on working not only with the individual child, but also with multiple systems that affect the child. These systems include family, peers, school and the broader community. The DTBY curricula is age-appropriate and adapted to account for changing developmental needs. While this volume focuses on the DTBY program for families with 2 to 5 year old children, references are made to the programs for school aged children and teens.
This program has proven effective in diverse settings including a Native American community; an urban setting of mixed cultures; a traditional Hispanic and Anglo rural community; and a poor, isolated agricultural region.

List of contents

Ecological Systems and Social-Cognitive Theory as a Basis for Building Resiliency.- Ecological Systems and Social-Cognitive Development Theory Applied to Early Prevention Programming.- DARE to be You Children's Program.- DARE to be You Family Program.- DARE to be You Community Team and School Training.- The Impact of DARE to be You.- How Can a Community or Agency Determine If It Can Successfully Implement the DARE to be You Program?.- Conclusion.

Summary

DARE To Be You (DTBY) is a program that has both a conceptual foundation and is demonstrably effective in building assets linked to a decrease in problem behaviors. Its success is based on working not only with the individual child, but also with multiple systems that affect the child. These systems include family, peers, school and the broader community. The DTBY curricula is age-appropriate and adapted to account for changing developmental needs. While this volume focuses on the DTBY program for families with 2 to 5 year old children, references are made to the programs for school aged children and teens.
This program has proven effective in diverse settings including a Native American community; an urban setting of mixed cultures; a traditional Hispanic and Anglo rural community; and a poor, isolated agricultural region.

Product details

• Authors: Janet J Fritz, Janet J. Fritz, Davi MacPhee, David MacPhee, Ja Miller-Heyl, Jan Miller-Heyl
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9780306463921
• ISBN: 978-0-306-46392-1
• No. of pages: 135
• Weight: 413 g
• Illustrations: XIX, 135 p.
• Series: Prevention in Practice Library; Prevention in Practice Library
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; C, Sociology, Society, Medicine, Society & social sciences, Criminology, Public Health, Social Sciences, Clinical psychology, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social, group or collective psychology, Social Sciences, general, Community and Environmental Psychology, Community Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Crime & criminology, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Familie;Training;children;cognitive theory;prevention